Fred J. Lincoln

Fred J. Lincoln was born as Frederick 'Fred' Piantadosi in January 1936. He grew up in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood slum of New York City. Widely credited with helping to start the hardcore porn scene in his native New York in the early 70s, Lincoln's career spanned parts of four decades in the adult entertainment business. He would become known as F.J. Lincoln in film credits. His career in adult films and video was prolific; his filmography at the Internet Movie Database credits him as the director of 310 films, the producer of 42, and as an actor in 64 films (most of them non-sex roles). His credits in mainstream cinema are limited, although he did play the role of Weasel Podowski in Wes Craven's 1972 horror film, The Last House on the Left and worked as a stunt man. In 1984, Lincoln won the Critics' Adult Film Award as Best Director for his film, Go for It. Lincoln was a member of the AVN Hall of Fame. He also was the owner of the New York City sex club Plato's Retreat during the 1970s and early 1980s. Lincoln was married twice, to Patti Rhodes-Lincoln and Tiffany Clark, both pornographic actresses. He had at least one child, a daughter named Angelica. At one point, Lincoln lived in Ventura, California, in an apartment adjacent to pornographic actress Erica Boyer. Fred J. Lincoln died on January 17, 2013 at age 76 from complications to emphysema and heart disease. He died just two days before his 77th birthday.