Chuck Traynor
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| Chuck Traynor | ||
 Chuck Traynor | ||
| Background information | ||
| Birthdate: | Aug 21, 1937 | |
| Born as: | Charles Everett Traynor | |
| Location: | Westchester County, New York | |
| Date of death: | Jul 22, 2002 - age 65 | |
| Location: | Chatsworth, CA (Heart attack) | |
| Spouse(s): | Linda Lovelace Marilyn Chambers | |
| Occupation: | Porn Star, Pimp, Talent aGENT | |
| IMDB #: | 0871509 | |
Charles E. "Chuck" Traynor (August 21, 1937-July 22, 2002) was an American pornographer. His cousin, Jay Traynor, was the original Jay of Jay and the Americans.
Traynor was the production manager on the film Deep Throat. He also tried acting in the film, but was not able to sustain a long enough erection.
Chuck Traynor was accused by his wife and star of the movie, Linda Lovelace, of forcing her into pornography and prostitution. They divorced in 1974 after three years of marriage.
Relationship with Linda Lovelace
In a 1980 article in Ms. magazine, "The Real Linda Lovelace", Gloria Steinem discussed Traynor and Lovelace's relationship. Steinem stated that "the myth that Lovelace loved to be sexually used and humiliated was created by her husband" and that he kept her as his prisoner. Lovelace claimed that Traynor forced her into prostitution by threatening her with a gun, repeatedly beating her, forcing her to make pornography, and allowing men to rape her repeatedly. Lovelace tried to escape from Traynor three times before she was successful. She said that during Deep Throat one can see scars and bruises left on her legs from a beating by Traynor. According to Steinem, Traynor once stated, "When I first dated [Linda] she was so shy, it shocked her to be seen nude by a man... I created Linda Lovelace."
In 1979, Lovelace underwent a polygraph examination in which she repeated allegations she made against Traynor. During the session, the test results supported the following allegations:
- In 1971, Traynor forced Lovelace to have sex with five men for money in the Coral Gables Holiday Inn. He pointed a gun at Lovelace and threatened to kill her if she refused.
- During her relationship with Traynor, Lovelace feared for her life if she tried to leave him.
- He would hypnotize her.
- He asked her to help him run the prostitution business, and when she refused he hit her. He used to beat her occasionally, which seemed to sexually excite him. He beat her the night before their wedding and during the filming of Deep Throat.
- After she left him, Traynor threatened to shoot her sister's son if she did not return.
- When out with other people, he would tell her not to speak, and she had to ask his permission to use the toilet.
- The movie Deep Throat made approximately $600 million but Lovelace did not receive any money from the film and said that her husband received around $1,250 for the project. Traynor kept control of the money.
In a Vanity Fair article on Marilyn Chambers, whom Traynor married after Lovelace divorced him, Traynor said he considered himself a country boy in that he could live away from civilization and that if his woman said something he didn't like, he thought nothing of hitting her for it.
Lovelace's allegations against Traynor have been disputed since she voiced them but in the second commentary on the DVD of "Inside Deep Throat," one member of the production crew of Deep Throat backed up Lovelace's allegation of a brutal beating that she claimed left bruises that are visible in the film. The man said his motel room was next to Lovelace and Traynor's and emphatically stated that Traynor beat Lovelace viciously at night. Marilyn Chambers later claimed that Linda's allegations "hurt Chuck," but Deep Throat, Part 2 actress Andrea True said that most people did not like Chuck Traynor and sided with Lovelace as to her allegations.
Traynor was portrayed by actor Peter Sarsgaard in the 2013 film Lovelace
In 1975 he married the porn star Marilyn Chambers, the so-called "Ivory Soap Girl". They divorced in 1985 when Chambers got fed up with Traynor's physical and psychological abuse.
He died of a heart attack in Chatsworth, California on July 22, 2002. Linda's sister later said it was disappointing that he died before she could kill him.
Filmography
- Actor
- Karla (1969) (as Howard Dale) .... Warren
- The Layout (1969) (as Howard Dale) .... Robb
- I Am for Sale (1968)
- ... aka I Am for Excitement (USA)
- Desire Under the Palms (1968) (as Howard Muniz) .... Walter Williams
- Odd Triangle (1968) (as Howard Muniz) .... Harry Zahn
- Production Manager
- Deep Throat (1972) (production manager)
- Producer
- Dog 1 (1972) (producer)
- ... aka Dog Fucker (Australia) (USA: alternative title)
- ... aka Dog-A-Rama (USA: alternative title)
- ... aka Linda & German Shepherd
- Self
- "Midnight Blue" .... Himself (1 episode, 1987)
- - Episode dated 14 April 1987 (1987) TV Episode .... Himself
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