Leo Ford

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American pornographic actor (1957–1991)

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name	Leo Ford
image	Leo Ford.jpg
birth_name	Leo John Hilgeford
birth_date
birth_place	Dayton, Ohio, U.S.
death_date
death_place	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
partner	Divine, Craig Markle
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Career

In 1989, Ford was crowned King of the Beaux Arts Ball in New York City. His Queen was Melissa Slade.

Ford paired with David Alan Reis aka "Lance" in Leo & Lance and Blonds Do It Best, Leo and Lance directed by William Higgins; Blonds Do It Best directed by Richard Morgan. In his starring role for the film Games, directed by Steve Scott, Ford played a medal-winning swimmer in the Gay Games competition, with Al Parker playing a photographer assigned to take professional portraits of the athlete. In a scene that foreshadowed what happened to Ford in real life, his character had a severe motorcycle accident that left him hospitalized and in a coma.

Ford died in 1991 two days after a motorcycle accident, from a major brain trauma, after being hit by a car while riding his motorcycle near Sunset Boulevard. His partner of 6 years, Craig Markle, survived with minor injuries.

Personal life

Ford had a short-lived relationship with cult actor Divine. The two travelled together and he made appearances at clubs in which Divine was contracted to perform. In late 1985, Ford began a relationship with Craig Markle. Ford and Markle lived together in Los Angeles and Hawaii, where they raised tropical birds and ran a tour and recreation business called "Pacific Paradise Tours".

Selected videography

Gay

Best of Leo Ford
Blondes Do It Best (1986)
Colossal Cocks 5
Flashbacks (J. Brian) (1980)
Games (1983)
Leo & Lance (1983)
New York City Pro (1982)
A Night at Alfies
Sailor in the Wild (1983)
Sex in the Great Outdoors (1980–1984)
Spokes (1983)
Stiff Sentence (1986)
Style (1982)
William Higgins Class Reunion (1983)
Summer Of Scott Noll (1981)

Bisexual

Best Bi Far #1
Passion by Fire: The Big Switch 2
True Crimes of Passion

Notes

References

''Autopornography: a memoir of life in the lust lane'' (1997), [[Scott O'Hara]], Routledge, {{ISBN. 0-7890-0144-6, {{ISBN. 978-0-7890-0144-3.
''Acts of intervention: performance, gay culture, and [[AIDS]]: Unnatural acts : theorizing the performative'' (1998), David Román, Indiana University Press, {{ISBN. 0-253-21168-9, {{ISBN. 978-0-253-21168-2.
Escoffier, Jeffrey. (2009). "Bigger Than Life". Running Press.
[http://www.beauxartssociety.org/19356.html Beaux Arts Society] {{webarchive. link. (2014-01-02)
''Not simply Divine: beneath the make-up, above the heels and behind the scenes with a cult superstar'' (1994), Bernard Jay, Simon and Schuster, {{ISBN. 0-671-88467-0, {{ISBN. 978-0-671-88467-3.
"Leo Ford - Trivia".

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