Fred J. Lincoln

Fred J. Lincoln was born Frederick Joseph Piantadosi in January 1936. He grew up in the Hell's Kitchen slum neighborhood of New York City. He is widely credited with helping to start the hardcore porn scene in his native New York in the early 1970s, His career spanned four decades in the adult entertainment business. He was usually listed as Fred J. Lincoln or F.J. Lincoln in his adult-film credits. His career in adult films and video was prolific; his IMDb filmography credits him as director of 310 films, producer of 42, and actor in 64 (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 classic horror film The Last House on the Left (1972) and worked as a stunt man. In 1984 he won the Critics' Adult Film Award as Best Director for his film Go for It (1983). Lincoln was a member of the AVN Hall of Fame and was the owner of the famous New York City sex club Plato's Retreat during the 1970s and ear