Edward Earle Marsh (December 20, 1929 – May 29, 2004) was an American actor, musician, an adult film director and star best known under the name Zebedy Colt.
Born in California, Marsh began his career as a child actor in Hollywood, in the late sixties he became an innovator of ‘queer cabaret’ when he recorded the early gay album “I’ll sing for you” with the London Philharmonic Orchestra. This was the first time he used the ‘Zebedy Colt’ name. Con...
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Edward Earle Marsh (December 20, 1929 – May 29, 2004) was an American actor, musician, an adult film director and star best known under the name Zebedy Colt.
Born in California, Marsh began his career as a child actor in Hollywood, in the late sixties he became an innovator of ‘queer cabaret’ when he recorded the early gay album “I’ll sing for you” with the London Philharmonic Orchestra. This was the first time he used the ‘Zebedy Colt’ name. Controversial in its day, the album consisted of original gay themed compositions (credited to his real name) and songs originally meant to be sung by women (e.g. George Gershwin’s “The Man I Love”), but given a homosexual twist by being covered by a man.
Marsh entered the pornographic film world in his middle-age, primarily as a way of financially supporting himself. He choose to resurrect the ‘Zebedy Colt’ name from his I’ll Sing for You album for his porn directing/acting work both to conceal his true identity and as a way of separating this...
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