Born and raised in San Diego, California, Daniels is of mixed ancestry, of Irish, Mexican and African heritage, one of six children; he has four brothers and a sister.[1] He worked from the age of 11, often on his grandfather's farm milking the cows, and lost his virginity at 14 in a barn, although he did not have sex again until he was 17. By the early 1970s, he began appearing in short 8mm film loops, appearing in the first of them at age 24. By 1978, at age 27, he appeared in his first big-budget porn flick, The Legend Of Lady Blue with fellow porn stars Gloria Leonard and John Leslie.[1][2]
Daniels had the most prominent part of his career during the second-wave of the so-called Golden Age of Porn from the mid-late 1980s to the early-mid 1990s. In a period when the segregation of pornographic actors on racial lines was a sensitive issue and top female stars were often reluctant in performing with black males,[1] being a very light-skinned African American man ("everyone thought he just had a great tan")[3] and speaking "smoothly",[4] Daniels could pass for white, securing him roles in top-rated pornographic productions with prominent porn stars such as Marilyn Chambers (Marilyn Chambers' Private Fantasies series) and one-time girlfriend Nikki Knights,[3] following his debut with a small role in The Legend Of Lady Blue (1978) and also making him the only African American actor the 1980s top star Traci Lords had performed with.[5] Nevertheless, he could also play roles in productions with explicit black theme such as the porn parodyChocolate C.H.I.P.S. (1988)[4][6] and Caught from Behind V: Blondes and Blacks (1986), the interracial special release in an anal sex video series. Accordingly, Daniels is today foremost credited as a porn actor who had blurred the colour lines in the American porn industry.[3]
Billy Dee had a daughter with a girlfriend in the U.K. and later went on to marry adult actress Suzannah French.[8] Now the grandfather to eight, and great grandfather to two, Daniels shuffles time between the U.K in Bristol and the U.S.[1]
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billy, confused, with, williams, smith, william, randall, daniels, born, september, 1951, better, known, stage, name, retired, american, adult, film, actor, bornwilliam, randall, daniels, 1951, september, 1951, diego, california, united, statesother, namesobe,. Not to be confused with Billy Dee Williams or Billy Dee Smith William Randall Daniels born September 25 1951 better known by the stage name Billy Dee is a retired American adult film actor Billy DeeBornWilliam Randall Daniels 1951 09 25 September 25 1951 age 72 San Diego California United StatesOther namesObe Wahn Billie Dee Billy D Billy De Ron Anderson Robert Franklin Billy Daniels Obi WahnYears active1978 1996 Contents 1 Life and career 2 Personal life 3 References 4 External linksLife and career editBorn and raised in San Diego California Daniels is of mixed ancestry of Irish Mexican and African heritage one of six children he has four brothers and a sister 1 He worked from the age of 11 often on his grandfather s farm milking the cows and lost his virginity at 14 in a barn although he did not have sex again until he was 17 By the early 1970s he began appearing in short 8mm film loops appearing in the first of them at age 24 By 1978 at age 27 he appeared in his first big budget porn flick The Legend Of Lady Blue with fellow porn stars Gloria Leonard and John Leslie 1 2 Daniels had the most prominent part of his career during the second wave of the so called Golden Age of Porn from the mid late 1980s to the early mid 1990s In a period when the segregation of pornographic actors on racial lines was a sensitive issue and top female stars were often reluctant in performing with black males 1 being a very light skinned African American man everyone thought he just had a great tan 3 and speaking smoothly 4 Daniels could pass for white securing him roles in top rated pornographic productions with prominent porn stars such as Marilyn Chambers Marilyn Chambers Private Fantasies series and one time girlfriend Nikki Knights 3 following his debut with a small role in The Legend Of Lady Blue 1978 and also making him the only African American actor the 1980s top star Traci Lords had performed with 5 Nevertheless he could also play roles in productions with explicit black theme such as the porn parody Chocolate C H I P S 1988 4 6 and Caught from Behind V Blondes and Blacks 1986 the interracial special release in an anal sex video series Accordingly Daniels is today foremost credited as a porn actor who had blurred the colour lines in the American porn industry 3 He was inducted into the XRCO Hall of Fame in 2002 7 Personal life editBilly Dee had a daughter with a girlfriend in the U K and later went on to marry adult actress Suzannah French 8 Now the grandfather to eight and great grandfather to two Daniels shuffles time between the U K in Bristol and the U S 1 References edit a b c d Meet Billy Dee The American man living in Bristol who has starred in 600 porn films BristolPost com 2014 11 27 Archived from the original on 2014 11 29 Retrieved 2015 05 28 The Legend of Lady Blue at IMDb a b c Adult Hall of Fame Archived November 23 2015 at the Wayback Machine a b Billy Dee Excalibur Films profile Traci Lords Interracial Chocolate C H I P S Porn Parody Archived July 15 2014 at the Wayback Machine XRCO XRCO com Retrieved 2008 02 23 Rialto Report interview with Billy Dee Archived May 21 2016 at the Wayback MachineExternal links editBilly Dee I at IMDb Billy Dee at the Internet Adult Film Database Billy Dee at the Adult Film Database Rialto Report interview with Billy Dee nbsp This article about a pornographic actor is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Billy Dee amp oldid 1159560494, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
