JOE DALLESANDRO : NUDES : UNDERGROUND SUPERSTAR: (Group 3)

Born in Florida, 'Little Joe' as he was affectionately called, was the son of an Italian American sailor, his mother was jailed for 5 years for auto theft. He and his brother Bobby were put in a foster home, and then brought up by foster parents in Brooklyn. In and out of trouble, he moved to Queens to live with his paternal grandparents.

By his teen years he had grown into a very handsome street-wise boy and was hustling as a male prostitute and nude modeling in underground photo shoots. He became particularly famous for his work with Bob Mitzer's Athletic Model Guild and other 'muscle' magazines. He also made short physique films and a few gay porno's. After meeting Andy Warhol in 1967, and joining the 'factory' he became a favorite Andy Warhol 'Superstar' leading man in many of Warhol's films. He went on to be photographed by many famous photographers, his well endowed crotch appeared on the famous 'zipper' cover of The Rolling Stones 'Sticky Finger's album, and he appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone, thus having 'made it'....... He has appeared in many cult films throughout his career, and is still working today. Films include: Lonesome Cowboy's (1968), Flesh (1968), Trash (1970), Heat (1972), Fleah for Frankenstein (1974), Blood for Dracula (1974), JeT'Aime Moi Non Plus (1975), Cry Baby (with Johnny Depp) (1980), The Cotton Club (1984), Gun Crazy (1992), Little Joe (a new documentary on his life) (2009).