Eric Edwards

Early life and career

Edwards was born Robert Everett on November 30, 1945 in Michigan. Everett performed a scene from The Taming of the Shrew.

1970s After the release of Deep Throat, Everett began regularly filming pornographic films. When he returned to New York, Fitch had moved out of their apartment. Everett went back to live with Kathy 2. By 1976, she had moved out and Everett and Fitch had divorced. The two visited Jamaica, where they photographed a series of scenes together, which were published in High Society. Everett and Lake moved in together. He co-starred alongside Lake in the iconic Debbie Does Dallas in 1978.

Everett's drug addiction made it hard for him to work for a brief time. He almost died twice from overdosing. When he was sober, he would work, traveling to San Francisco for films due to obscenity laws in place in Los Angeles. He started dating a woman, Onusa, who was neither in the adult film industry nor a drug user. He credits her with helping him end his addiction. Everett was also traveling between Los Angeles and New York for work. While in New York, he met a woman named Cheri Roberdes, whose stage name was Renee Summers, on the set of Great Sexpectations. Summers would move to California to live with Everett, and by 1986, they were married. Everett started directing adult films for couples. The films were romantic, with features of mainstream romance films combined with heavy sex scenes. In 1986, Everett and Summers moved to Tujunga, California and had a son, Tyler. Two years later, Everett and Summers ended their relationship. The next year, Summers and Everett started to date again, eventually moving back in together. He retired from the industry in the early 2000s.

Everett calls today's porn industry "demeaning to women" and that "it's not like the lovemaking we did in the 1970s and 1980s." He credits the Golden Age of Porn with helping a society as a whole with exploring sexuality. 1984 XRCO Male Performer of the Year 1985 AVN Best Actor – Film for X Factor 1986 AVN Best Actor – Video for Dangerous Stuff 1991 AVN Best Actor – Video for The Last X-rated Movie XRCO Hall of Fame

Notable film appearances Debbie Does Dallas Uncovered, himself, 2005