Sasha Gabor

Gábor Sárközy or Gabor Sarkøzy (born Sámuel Guttmann; 6 June 1945 – 27 June 2008), known professionally as Sasha Gabor, was a Hungarian-Norwegian actor and director. As a youth, he moved to Norway as a Hungarian refugee, eventually moving to the United States to pursue a career as a pilot, which eventually led to a career in film. While he acted in mainstream films, he was a look-alike for Burt Reynolds and Sean Connery, which popularized him in adult films, including parodies. He started making pornography at age 38 and retired in his sixties, with over 500 films in his canon. Labelled Norway's most famous porn actor by Morgenbladet, the three-times-married Gabor was described as "a womanizing alcoholic who played accordion, spoke eight languages, and was one of Ron Jeremy's best friends." He eventually moved to the United States, where he joined the United States Army and went to school to become an airplane pilot. Gabor and Jeremy saw each other again at an Adult Film Association of America gala in 1983. Attendees usually dressed in costumes and Gabor did his Burt Reynolds shtick including arriving in a black sports car complete with a vanity license plate reading "Bandit". He had plastic surgery to appear more like Reynolds.

Views on the film industry

Gabor believed pornographic films were beneficial for men and women to watch, suggesting one can learn that "there is no one way to make girls climax" and that one can "learn many things from porn movies."

After retiring in 2001, Gabor moved back to Norway. Gabor died of cardiac arrest on 27 June 2008 on vacation in Bangkok, Thailand. Gabor was married three times and had five children.