Ted Cox (porn actor)

Ted Cox (real name Michael Kelley) was a gay pornographic actor who made movies primarily in the 1980s and 1990s, primarily for Vivid Video. Cox provided a youthful look, and featured a bulldog tattoo on his right shoulder. His videography included Boys on the Block, Pay to Play and Sweet Meat Lost Innocence.

He gained notoriety offscreen in 1991 when he was charged with the [...] of an older male friend, Michael Frank, in New York City. Cox and Frank had supper together the night before Frank was found dead, having been stabbed 22 times. After spending over a year at Rikers Island prison awaiting trial, he was acquitted having successfully put forth an alibi defence. News reported Chris Bull is quoted in an interview (at http://gaytoday.com/garchive/interview/110199in.htm ) as saying "The hardest thing AbOUT the gay beat is the number of slayings I've covered, from Charlie Howard to Matthew Shepard. Some are really lurid. In 1991, I reported on the [...] of a New York City gay man. Police arrested [...] star who went by the name Ted Cox, but he was later acquitted. The [...] is still unsolved."

Following his release, Cox returned to the gay [...] video scene, adorned by many more tattoos. His most successful video, Courting Libido, was set in a prison.

See also

• List of gay [...] stars