Ben Dover

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Ben Dover (Steve Perry)
Birthdate: 1953
Birth location: Essex, England
Birth name: Simon Lindsay Honey
Eye color: Blue
Hair color: Brown/Grey
Ethnicity: White British
Stage Name(s): Ben Dover
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Ben Dover (born Simon Lindsay Honey, also known as Steve Perry) is an English porn star and director/producer of pornographic movies. The pseudonym is a pun on the phrase "bend over".

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[edit] Beginnings in the adult film industry

Ben worked for years with his girlfriend, the stripper and model Linzi Drew. After she retired at 41 to have their child, he developed his "Ben Dover" persona. In 1983 Videx was raided by the police, and Freeman was remanded in custody. He used the Videx equipment and mail order list to start up his own business, with Mike Freeman's permission. At the time Mike Freeman was England's most successful pornographer, having released twenty one hour long uncensored films. At a trial at the Old Bailey Freeman was acquitted, along with Honey, Sarah Bhaskaran and Kent Boulton.

[edit] Success in the adult film industry

Dover subsequently became best known for his Ben Dover's: series, which he directed, produced and starred in between 1996 and 2002. The popular series featured young, female, British and European amateurs in Gonzo, Hardcore and Anal scenes. In 1997, Dover was awarded the Breakthrough Award for the Ben Dover series by Adult Video News. He has also won AVN's Best Gonzo Award twice, in 2000 for Ben Dover's End Games and in 2002 for Ben Dover's The Booty Bandit.

Upon original release in the United States, Dover's films were edited by VCA Pictures to exclude the more graphic contents of the original, such as scenes of Ass to Mouth and double penetration. It wasn't until 2004 that Dover again attempted US distribution for his films. He signed a deal with Kick Ass Pictures and began producing the Ben Dover's Kick Ass Anal Adventures series, of which there have been five installments. This series was not edited any more than Dover wished.

Dover was included in Larry Flynt's Hustler Magazine's Top 50 Most Influential People In Porn list, printed in the January 1999 issue. He also has a line of adult toys bearing his moniker: The Ben Dover Signature line, which produces, among other products, The Ben Dover Realistic Penis and The Ben Dover Anal Kit. In 2006, Ben Dover won the Lifetime Achievement Award at the UK Adult Film Awards, which he co-presented with Kristyn Halborg, Kelly Stafford and lifelong friend and co-star Pascal White.

[edit] Other projects

As well as his pornographic works, Ben has acted in some non-pornographic feature films, such as the horror/thriller, Deadly Intruder (1981), for which he also provided the incidental music, and drama The Last Resort (2000), in which he played the role of a low budget pornography producer.

He has also performed as a musician on various projects:

  • He was the keyboardist on La Rox's 1982 single "Can I Bring You Love"/"Photograph (It Doesn't Matter)".
  • He was the keyboardist on Bachelor of Hearts' 1983 album On the Boulevard, as well as some live performances of the period.
  • He was the drummer on the Ian Mitchell Band's 1980 album Goin' Crazy.
  • He was the drummer and pianist on the Ian Mitchell Band's 1979 album Lonely Nites.

[edit] Partial filmography

  • Ben Dover's More Housewives Fantasies (2006)
  • Ben Dover's Pussy Galore (2006)
  • Ben Dover's The XXX Factor (2005)
  • Ben Dover's Kick Ass Anal Adventures 5 (2005)
  • Ben Dover's British Butt Hunt (2005)
  • Ben Dover's The Girlie Show (2005)
  • Ben Dover Does The Boob Cruise (2004)
  • Ben Dover's Soccer Sluts (2003)
  • Ben Dover's Addicted To Sex (2003)
  • Ben Dover's Anal Spunkfest (2002)
  • Ben Dover's Essex Girls (2002)
  • Ben Dover's Eurobabes Vol. 1 (2001)
  • Ben Dover's Posh Birds (2001)
  • Ben Dover's Cheek Mates (2000)
  • Ben Dover's Booty Duty (2000)
  • Ben Dover's Foxy Ladies (2000)
  • Ben Dover's Housewives Fantasies Fulfilled (2000)
  • Ben Dover's Dirty Blondes (1999)
  • Ben Dover's Spicy Girls (1999)
  • Ben Dover's British Anal Invasion (1997)
  • Ben Dover's Ben Behaving Badly (1996)
  • Ben Dover In London (1994)

[edit] External links

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