Eric Edwards (actor)

Edwards was born Robert Everett on November 30, 1945 in Michigan. Everett performed a scene from The Taming of the Shrew. Out of 24,000 people, Everett received three callbacks and was one of sixteen people selected. He left Baylor and moved to New York City to attend the academy, a decision he says "changed my life." After relocating to New York, he lived in an apartment on the Upper West Side. He met Kathie Fitch, who was also attending the academy, in a movement class. They started dating. Fitch left the academy, and eventually moved in with Everett. Everett graduated from the academy in 1967 and that same year, the couple married in 1967 in Norwalk, Connecticut, near where Fitch's family lived. They acted together, performing in low budget plays throughout the country. They also used illegal drugs, including using LSD regularly. Eventually, they relocated to Los Angeles, where Everett signed a three-year contract with the William Morris Agency, acting in commercials for Colgate, Gillette and Coleco. When the contract ended, he struggled to get work in Los Angeles, and Everett and Fitch returned to low budget theater. They moved to Norwalk, Connecticut, in 1971. The couple struggled to remain sexually compatible without the aid of drugs and they started swinging, which Everett credits with helping their relationship. Everett and Fitch had roles in the comedy, Is There Sex After Death?. It was the first time Everett went by a pseudonym, Robb Everett. The following year, in 1972, Everett starred in Boeing-Boeing, using the pseudonym that would be his adult film stage name: Eric Edwards. He would act steadily in summer stock and touring theatrical productions until the late 70s before deciding to pursue a career in porn full-time. == Career in porn industry ==

Everett is the only porn actor to have worked in each decade of the porn film industry. 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. == Life in retirement ==

Everett was inducted into the Erotica Hall of Fame in 2004. In 2005, he was diagnosed with colon cancer and he filed for bankruptcy after incurring excessive debt due to cancer treatment. That same year, his landlord sold the home Everett was renting, forcing him to move out. Everett lived in a tent in a forest outside of Los Angeles. As of 2020, he is cancer free and living in a home in the Los Angeles area. 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. He died in 2024 with no cause given. == Awards ==

• 1984 XRCO Best Actor for Great Sexpectations • 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 == Further reading ==