Fred Halsted
Directing
Biography
Fred Halsted was an American gay pornographic film director, actor, escort, publisher, and sex club owner. His films Sex Garage and LA Plays Itself are the only gay pornographic movies in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art, where they were screened before a capacity audience on April 23, 1974.
Born: July 17, 1941
Place of Birth: Long Beach, California
Known For
LA Plays Itself
Two men have a fleetingly idyllic meeting outside of Los Angeles while Fred Halsted shows a young pick-up the ropes within city limits.
Birth of a Nation
Jonas Mekas assembles 160 portraits, appearances, and fleeting sketches of underground and independent filmmakers captured between 1955 and 1996. Fast-paced and archival in spirit, the film celebrates the avant-garde as its own “nation of cinema,” a vital community existing outside the dominance of commercial film.
Sextool
A supposedly straight stud is given a guided tour through the seamy S&M underbelly of Hollywood’s glitzy socialite scene by his trans paramour.
Erotikus: A History of the Gay Movie
The film, narrated by "LA Plays Itself" director Fred Halstead, begins by looking at the muscle magazines and films of the late 1940s-early 1960s, then at the softcore films of the late 60s and the boundary-pushing and legal-testing which allowed these to evolve into hardcore loops and then features.
El Paso Wrecking Corp.
Hank and Gene are fired from their trucker jobs at the Kansas City Trucking Company after an alcohol-fueled brawl.
Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts
Personal diary-style documentary of German Gay rights activist Von Praunheim's sojourn in the US.
Nighthawk in Leather
A night at Nighthawk, the hottest club in L.A., turns into a saga of leather and lust as Fred Halsted steals Paul Monroe's leather jacket -- and much more.
A Night at Halsted's
Fred Halsted spends a night pursuing Greg Dale — and others — at his after-hours Silverlake sex club, Halsted's.
Pieces of Eight
Looking for some solid gold all-male action? You'll find it here! Superstud Dan Pace has to get "worked up" for his big strip number and a stack of hand-on mags do the trick. Dan's fantasies come to life in one blistering scene after another.
The Filth and the Fury
"The Filth and the Fury" is a 4-hour compilation of scenes from some of HIS Studio's gay adult films over the years of 1974-1984: 501 (1982), Alley Cats (1983), The Brig (1982), California Fox (1979), Dreamer (1974), El Paso Wrecking Corp. (1977), Gayracula (1983), Heatstroke (1982), Jobsite (1984), Kansas City Trucking Co. (1976), L.A. Tool and Die (1979), Nighthawk in Leather (1982), Pieces of Eight (1980), Revenge of the Nighthawk (1983), and Sleaze (1982).
Filmography
as (archive footage)
as Self
as The Nighthawk
as Lt. Strong
as (segment "Raging Glory") (archive footage)
as Gene
as Boxer
as Narrator
as Himself