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Dick Smothers, Jr., the son of comedian/political activist Dick Smothers of The Smothers Brothers, is an adult-film movie actor who, according to a 2003 interview, aims to become "the Orson Welles of porn." Born in 1964, he claims to be an "exhibitionist" with "an incredibly overactive libido." He made his porn film debut in 2003 starring in Bad Influence (2003), playing the lead in a pornographic homage to The Graduate (1967).

One of six children born to Dick Smothers and and his first wife, he has also become an online entrepreneur. He is the proprietor of an adult entertainment website and and a web-based game show.

In a 2003 interview with Reuters, Smothers claimed that he was interested in the acting aspect of being in porn movies, but also admitted he enjoyed the sexual side of his chosen career. He announced his ambition was to become "a recognized, full-spectrum adult entertainer and entrepreneur."

Smothers, who left behind a career as a sales executive for an office products manufacturer, has gained some recognition for the quality of his work. He was nominated for a 2006 AVN (Adult Video News) Award for Best Actor (the "Oscars" of the adult entertainment industry, according to "Entertainment Weekly" magazine) in an adult film In addition to his entrepreneurial spirit, his creative ambitions are wider than that of becoming a highly respected performer in adult movies.

"What I really want to do is become the Orson Welles of porn," Smothers told Reuters, "not only performing in these films, but writing, directing and doing the music." Smothers had a rock band called lectrikDik before turning to adult films, and once performed his music on a Smothers Brothers television show.

His father, in a 2003 interview, recounted how he was shocked by his son's career change. "My first reaction was, 'What name are you going to use?' He says he's going to use his name, and I said, 'Wait a minute. That's my name. I had it first.' "

While a devout Christian, Smothers Sr. has always been a champion of free expression, a position reinforced by the trauma of having his and his brother's highly successful CBS series canceled by the network in the late 1960s for being too politically liberal. While uncomfortable with his son's career choice, he refuses to condemn him. In fact, he is sympathetic to the pressures undergirding his son's career choice.

On his part, Dick Jr. said he will focus on the "couples-oriented" genre that occasionally crosses over to cable television in a bowdlerized form. In a move evocative of his father's moral standards, the son has added strict controls to his website to prevent it from being penetrated by minors.

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