Fred Halsted

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.

Directed

1. LA Plays Itself (1972) — Director
2. Sextool (1975) — Director
3. Sex Garage (1972) — Director
4. Truck It (1973) — Director
5. A Night at Halsted's (1982) — Director
6. The Filth and the Fury (2004) — Director
7. Pieces of Eight (1980) — Director
8. Breaker Blue (1988) — Director
9. Fast Friends (1987) — Director
10. Men at Work (1981) — Director
11. California Fox (1979) — Director
12. Nighthawk in Leather (1982) — Director
13. Move Over Johnny, Here Comes Big Dan (1985) — Director
14. Centurian (1978) — Director
15. EarthMan (1978) — Director
16. Desert Fox (1978) — Director

Also appeared in

1. LA Plays Itself (1972) — Himself
2. El Paso Wrecking Corp. (1977) — Gene
3. Sextool (1975) — Boxer
4. Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts (1979) — Self
5. Erotikus: A History of the Gay Movie (1973) — Narrator
6. Birth of a Nation (1997) — Self
7. A Night at Halsted's (1982)
8. Revenge of the Nighthawk in Leather (1983) — The Nighthawk
9. Nighthawk in Leather (1982)
10. Pieces of Eight (1980) — (segment "Raging Glory") (archive footage)
11. The Filth and the Fury (2004) — (archive footage)
12. Three Day Pass (1981) — Lt. Strong
13. Fast Friends (1987)