John Leslie

DOB: 1945-01-25

DOD: 2010-12-05

John Leslie Nuzzo (January 25, 1945 – December 5, 2010) was a prolific porn actor who went on to have a long-running career as a producer and director of adult movies. Usually credited under the name John Leslie, he has also worked under a variety of pseudonyms, including John Leslie Dupre, Frederick Watson, and Lenny Lovely. Beginning with 1973's 'Sensuous Delights', Leslie was a performer in almost 300 adult films. He won numerous awards during his days as a performer. He appeared with some of the era's most noted porn stars, including Seka, Kay Parker, and Annette Haven. His most noteworthy roles were in 'Talk Dirty To Me' (1980), 'Nothing To Hide' (1981), and 'Talk Dirty To Me, Part II' (1982). He was one of the first porn actors to make the transition from performing to directing, beginning with 1987's 'Nightshift Nurses'. Since then he directed more than 90 adult movies, including 'The Chameleon' (1989), 'Curse of the Catwoman' (1992), 'Dog Walker' (1994), and 'Drop Sex' (1997), along with the 'Voyeur', 'Fresh Meat' and 'Crack Her Jack' series. He won many awards for his work behind the cameras as well. Though much of his recent work, in keeping with current trends in adult video, has been in the gonzo genre, such as the 'Fresh Meat' and 'Crack Her Jack' series, Leslie has continued to make feature films, or 'sex dramas'; most recently, in 2007 he directed the film 'Brianna Love, Her Fine, Sexy Self'. In the early 1970s, he was a vocalist and harmonica player for the 'The Brooklyn Blues Busters', a southeastern Michigan-based musical group sometimes accompanying John Lee Hooker. 'The Brooklyn Blues Busters' were the backing band for Victoria Spivey during the 1973 Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival. Nuzzo also worked as a bartender in the early 1970s at Mr. Flood's Party, in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He was a member of the AVN, Legends of Erotica and XRCO Halls of Fame. John Leslie died on December 5, 2010, from a heart attack, at his home in Mill Valley, California at the age of 65. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Leslie, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Starred In

1988
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Dirty Girls

1987
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Let's Get It On

1981
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Bad Girls

1986
Movie

Sweethearts

1986
Movie

Wild Things 2

1980
Movie

Wicked Sensations

1988
Movie

Dy-Nasty

1994
Movie

The Voyeur

1989
Movie

Hot Scalding

1981
Movie

Outlaw Ladies

1980
Movie

Insatiable

1979
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Little Blue Box

1976
Movie

The Fury in Alice

1982
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Las Vegas Maniacs

1980
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Talk Dirty to Me

1988
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Forbidden Worlds

1976
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The Starlets

1976
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Revelations

1977
Movie

Babyface

1976
Movie

Night Pleasures

1985
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Spitfire

1983
Movie

Girlfriends

1976
Movie

Temptations

1989
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A Taste of Seka

1987
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Legends of Porn

1983
Movie

Cumshot Revue

1979
Movie

N.Y. Babes

1988
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Sweat 2

1980
Movie

Co-Ed Fever

1979
Movie

The Ecstasy Girls

1988
Movie

Rachel Ryan RR

2012
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After Porn Ends

1987
Movie

Passionate Heiress

1985
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Cherry Tricks

1985
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Legacy Of Lust

2005
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Curious Housewives

1987
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Sinset Boulevard

1986
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Talk Dirty to Me 4

1986
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Erotic City

1988
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Miami Spice II

1985
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Suzie Superstar II

1988
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Back to Class 2

1988
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Backdoor Summer

1984
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Frisky Business

1988
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Barbara Dare's Bad

1988
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For Your Love

1988
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Addicted To Love

1983
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Fantasex Island

1977
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Confessions

1988
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Love Lies

1989
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Hot Property

1987
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Diamond Head

1986
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All for His Ladies

1988
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Let's get wet

1979
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Star of the Orient

1988
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The Final Taboo

1987
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Moonlusting 2

1978
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Pretty Peaches

1986
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Body Games

1979
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Summer Heat

1988
Movie

Art of Passion

1977
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Mary! Mary!

1981
Movie

Vista Valley PTA

1981
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My Sister Seka

1982
Movie

Double Pleasure

1978
Movie

V: The Hot One

1987
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Lust Italian Style

1988
Movie

Nightshift Nurses

1992
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Lick Bush

1986
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With Love Lisa

1981
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Nothing to Hide

1978
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SexWorld

2003
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Swedish Erotica 17

1989
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Lost Angel

1978
Movie

Dracula Sucks

1988
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Loose Ends 5

1986
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Sex Game

1988
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Loose Ends 4

1979
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That's Erotic

1987
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A Rare Starlet

1984
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Talk Dirty to Me 3

1976
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Femmes de Sade

1983
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Never Sleep Alone

1985
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Tower of Power

2003
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Swedish Erotica 16

1977
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A Coming of Angels

1984
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Trinity Brown

1986
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Ecstasy

2004
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Diamond Collection

1986
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The Call Girl

1980
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'F'

1987
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Grand Prixxx

1979
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Getting Off

1976
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Naked Afternoon

1976
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Dixie

1979
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China Sisters

2003
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Swedish Erotica 10

2003
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Swedish Erotica 2

1981
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The Dancers

1977
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Obsessed

1978
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Expensive Tastes

1977
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Foxy Lady

1986
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Traci's Fantasies

1985
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Adult 45

1984
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Breaking It

1986
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Beyond Desire

1978
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Carnal Haven

1976
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Cry for Cindy

1976
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Easy Alice

1980
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Garage Girls

1982
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Oriental Hawaii

1979
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That's Porno

1976
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Midnight Hustle

1982
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Satisfactions

1977
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7 Into Snowy

1984
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FireStorm

1983
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Suzie Superstar

1983
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The Prey

1984
Movie

Reel People

1984
Movie

An Unnatural Act

1978
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Boiling Point

1982
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Talk Dirty to Me 2

1983
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Fleshdance

1985
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Bedtime Tales

1985
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Ball Busters

1988
Movie

Exposure

1985
Movie

Erotic Zones #1

1983
Movie

When She Was Bad

1987
Movie

Seduction by Fire

1979
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The Treasure Box

1986
Movie

Lust At Sea

1976
Movie

Baby Rosemary

1994
Movie

Dog Walker

1984
Movie

Matinee Idol

1991
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Taboo IX

1983
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Smoker

1986
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10 1/2 Weeks

1983
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Snow Honeys

1981
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Love Dreams

1981
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Between the Sheets

1980
Movie

Urban Cowgirls

1984
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Stiff Competition

1983
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Little Girls Lost

1976
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Judgement Day

1987
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Hands Off

1975
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Fantasy In Blue

1988
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Goin' Down Slow

1977
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Reflections

1988
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Conflict

1981
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Exposed

1983
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Between Lovers

1981
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Sugar Britches

1980
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Skin on Skin

1985
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Passions

1985
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Wild Things

1985
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Cinderella

1985
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Striptease

1987
Movie

Talk Dirty to Me 5

1986
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Born To Be Bad

1976
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Love Slaves

1986
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Pumping Flesh

1986
Movie

Taxi Girls 2

1982
Movie

All About Annette

1983
Movie

A Taste of Money

1982
Movie

That's My Daughter

1981
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Cover Girl

1993
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The Rehearsal

1977
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Heat Wave

1987
Movie

Wet Dreams 2001

1978
Movie

Telefantasy

1991
Movie

Lethal Passion

1981
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Cells Of Passion

1988
Movie

The Catwoman

1984
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Sexsations

1989
Movie

Shame on Shanna

1976
Movie

The Honeymooners

1985
Movie

Ecstasy Girls II

1988
Movie

Satin Angels

1976
Movie

Coming Attractions

1978
Movie

Teeny Buns

1980
Movie

Ultra Flesh

1986
Movie

Sweat

1983
Movie

Pleasure Zone

1988
Movie

Partners in Crime

1987
Movie

Loving Spoonfuls

1987
Movie

Honey Buns

1983
Movie

Golden Girls

1989
Movie

Legends of Porn II

1976
Movie

Girl Scout Cookies

1987
Movie

Mile High Girls

1980
Movie

Hot Line

1978
Movie

Fiona on Fire

1978
Movie

Intimate Desires

1981
Movie

Extremes

1987
Movie

Moonlusting

1987
Movie

Club Ecstasy

1987
Movie

L.A. Raw

1988
Movie

'Boom-Boom' Valdez

1986
Movie

Breakin In

1989
Movie

Blue Movie

1983
Movie

Blue Confessions

1985
Movie

Dames

1989
Movie

Coming on Strong

1989
Movie

FireStorm 3

1987
Movie

Lady By Night

1984
Movie

The Seka Story

1997
Movie

A Lover For Susan

1987
Movie

Spoiled

1985
Movie

Dirty Angel

1986
Movie

Hard Candy

2003
Movie

The Voyeur 13

1988
Movie

Partners in Sex

1985
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Tracy in Heaven

1987
Movie

Taija

1984
Movie

Sex - Maniacs 3

1984
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AVN Awards