Richard Locke

Richard Locke

Birth : 1941-06-11, Oakland, California, USA

Death : 1996-09-25

History

Richard was born to Clayton Eugene and Bessie Jewel Holt Locke, the third of four children: his older brother Clay, Jr., older sister Janet and younger brother Robert. Richard died of AIDS after battling the disease for more than thirteen years. Many people in the gay community consider Richard an "AIDS Hero" since his activism in the early years of the epidemic, soon to turn pandemic, did manage to bring illumination about the disease and how to live with it.

Profile

Richard Locke
Richard Locke

Movies

Two Films by Arthur J. Bressan, Jr.
In Passing Strangers, a closeted gay teenager (Robert Adams) finds love, community and a political awakening when he decides to answer a personal ad from an older, jaded man (Robert Carnagey). One of cinema's first coming out stories, Passing Strangers is a romantic portrait of gay liberation-era San Francisco that still resonates today. Robert Adams returns in Forbidden Letters as Larry, a man trying to pass time on the day his older lover Richard (Richard Locke) is set to be released from prison. Unable to clear his head through casual sex, he reads through his letters to Richard - letters he could never send out of fear that his outing would lead to a harsher sentence. As Richard's release draws nearer, the question remains: will the spark still be there when he gets out?
Hairy Muscle Daddy 3
(archive footage)
A young, smooth blond bodybuilder begins the fun by doing bicep curls for the amusement of an older bearded daddy, who is mesmerized by his every move. Daddy moves in to fondle and worship the blonde’s glorious chest, but the youngster is feigning disinterest at first. They exchange glances, sizing each other up, till the blond mop-top softens a bit and nearly cracks a smile. He relents and lets the older guy suck his dick as he stands over the weightlifting bench, lowering his sweet cock into daddy’s waiting mouth.
The Filth and the Fury
(archive footage)
"The Filth and the Fury" is a 4-hour compilation of scenes from some of HIS Studio's gay adult films over the years of 1974-1984: 501 (1982), Alley Cats (1983), The Brig (1982), California Fox (1979), Dreamer (1974), El Paso Wrecking Corp. (1977), Gayracula (1983), Heatstroke (1982), Jobsite (1984), Kansas City Trucking Co. (1976), L.A. Tool and Die (1979), Nighthawk in Leather (1982), Pieces of Eight (1980), Revenge of the Nighthawk (1983), and Sleaze (1982).
Positive Men
Self
Positive Men begins as a docudrama which illustrates the impact of the AIDS epidemic on gay men in the early 1980s. Memories of New York and San Francisco are the backdrop for seven dramatic scenes which designate the intersection of community support, medical science, and gay politics that emerged in response to the AIDS epidemic. Words and images from these scenes resonate throughout the documentary portraits which follow. The interviews, conducted in Toronto and San Francisco (1993-1994), feature artists, filmmakers, AIDS community workers, writers and volunteers who have made unique contributions within the cultural and community responses to AIDS.
The Diamond Stud
Bhudda, Diamond's Manager
Diamond Kincaid is a famous gay singer who hires a bodyguard to keep his secret. Escapades occur including a sizzling pool three way with Kincaid and two pro athletes. The guard and Diamond fall in love culminating in a nude motorcycle ride and versatile lovemaking.
An Evening With Richard Locke
Director
Richard Locke was the star of the Gage Trilogy, ground-breaking feature length gay porn films made in the late seventies. This tape is a document of an erotic performance intercut with statistics of HIV transmission in North America.
An Evening With Richard Locke
Self
Richard Locke was the star of the Gage Trilogy, ground-breaking feature length gay porn films made in the late seventies. This tape is a document of an erotic performance intercut with statistics of HIV transmission in North America.
Daddy Dearest
Daddy
New York director Edward Thompson is making his latest "all male! all action!" triple-X feature, but there's another movie running in his head -- a film of fantasies about an ex-lover, his current cast, and the two young men across the courtyard.
Heatstroke
Shep
On a ranch in rural Montana, Rory and his fellow ranch hands are constantly bullied and humiliated by their cruel foreman, Shep. After a night on the town opens Rory's eyes, he hatches a plan to turn the tables on Shep and gain the upper hand.
Best of the Superstars
An anthology of early shorts by Christopher Rage.
Cruisin' The Castro
Leather boys, denim queens, urban cowboys… all on the prowl, cruising down the legendary San Francisco strip.
Forbidden Letters
Richard
Erotic, explicit letters between a young man and his incarcerated lover recall happier (and hotter) times.
L.A. Tool & Die
Hank
Hank follows the man of his dreams across the country from the El Paso Wrecking Corp. to L.A. Tool & Die.
El Paso Wrecking Corp.
Hank
Hank and Gene are fired from their trucker jobs at the Kansas City Trucking Company after an alcohol-fueled brawl. The two search for opportunities in the blue-collar workforce, but are often distracted by other men along the way.
Take One
Explores the fantasies of a group of men, having them articulate their desires to the camera, then allowing them to live them out in elegant, abstract, and experimental scenes.
Gemini
Jack Wrangler portrays a man with a split personality, torn between nasty, back-alley sex and his clean, straight-laced life with his lover, Craig (Chris Adams in his first adult film role), in this all-male take on The Three Faces of Eve.
Two Days in a Hot Place
Luke Hanson gets much more than he bargained for when he decides to drive out to Los Angeles for the weekend.
Kansas City Trucking Co.
Hank
Hank, a trucker, turns out new hire Joe on a long haul to the West Coast.
The Sins of Johnny X
Phil
A unsatisfied lover looks for new spice by hiring Johnny X, an escort listed in the Advocate's Trader Dick personals.
Dreamer
Clay Grant has sex dreams about the men he encountered the day before.
Passing Strangers
Man in baths
Passing Strangers tells the story of two gay men in San Francisco who meet via a newspaper ad and fall in love. Robert is an 18 year-old high school senior who is the object of affection for Tom. Tom’s curly locks and luscious good looks seem to make him irresistible to all — as he spends his time cruising Polk Street, going to the baths and the bars — but when Robert responds to his personal ad in the gay paper, Tom finds himself falling in love.