Tom Byron @ Pornstar Classics
Date of Birth 04/04/1961
Given name Thomas Bryan Taliaferro, Jr.
Birth place Houston, Texas, USA
Siblings 4 sisters, 1 brother
Texas-bred Tom Byron, the boyish star of close to 2'000 hardcore movies, is a self-proclaimed white trash poster boy. When he was 18 years old he moved from Houston to Los Angeles where he worked at an adult store called 'Le Sex Shoppe'. In 1982, he rang the doorbell of Jim South's World Modeling agency, the industry's leading supplier of fresh meat. Tom had just turned 21 and with Jim South's help he landed roles in Bobby Hollander's video flick 'Anything Goes 19' and the Marylin Chambers vehicle 'Up & Cumming'.
Together with Peter North and Marc Wallace, Tom ranks among the most popular and successful male stars of the 80's. Between 1982 and 1990, he starred in more than 1'000 adult movies. It was during that time that he met porn queen traci Lords. The two of them even shared the same appartment for some time (and allegedly the same bed as well). Their relationship crumbled when traci's cover was blown and she was found out to be underage. The ensuing media frenzy and the DA's investigation almost brought the industry to its knees. Tom still swears he didn't know traci's real age back then.