Anthony Spinelli

Anthony Spinelli (21 February 1927, Cleveland, Ohio - 29 May 2000, Los Angeles, California) was an American mainstream actor and producer who later became a pornographic film director. Born Sam Weinstein, he was the brother of actor Jack Weston and the father of porn director Mitchell Spinelli. Under his original stage name, Sam Weston, he produced the mainstream films Gun Fever (1958) and One Potato, Two Potato (1964) and acted on television shows including Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Green Acres and That Girl. He moved into pornography in 1971 with Diary of a Nymph and directed scores of films, including Sex World (1977), Talk Dirty to Me (1980), Nothing to Hide (1981) and Dixie Ray, Hollywood Star (1982). Nothing to Hide ranked number two in AVN's 2001 list of the greatest adult tapes of all time. He won AVN Awards for Best Director in 1985 and 1993 and was inducted into the XRCO and AVN Halls of Fame.