Kip Noll

Kip Noll, also Kip Knoll[1][2] (1958 — 21 May 2001; aged 43[3]) was an American gay pornographic film actor-magazine model in the 1970s and 1980s.[4]

Noll, who was a lean-muscled, shaggy-haired, free-spirited surfer type, achieved iconic status in the newly liberated gay culture of the late 1970s and early 1980s. After he was introduced into the gay pornographic film industry, he became closely associated with director William Higgins who first had Kip appearing in a few silent film loops in 1977. Noll was cast as the supposed younger brother of actor Bob Noll, and rapidly became the popular "Noll". After his video success, several other unrelated models were presented as his brothers: Scott, Jeff, and Mark Noll.[2] By the early 1980s Kip Noll had become one of the first superstars in the gay porn industry,[5][6] as well as being a regular performer at the notorious "D.C. Follies".[7]

Kip starred in a string of Higgins titles in the early 1980s, mostly set outdoors in California or Hawaii. He performed in both the top and bottom roles. He retired in 1985 and remained out of the public eye until his death in 2001 from heart failure at the age of 43.

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  1. ↑ "One Man's Porn", Out 11.7, Jan 2003, ISSN 1062-7928, For me, the best porn videos are those from the mid '70s to early 80s (all precondom sex), so let's hear a big round of applause for Kip Knoll (later Noll),...
  2. 1 2 Limbacher, James L. (1983), Sexuality in world cinema, Volume 2, Scarecrow Press, p. 1434, Kip Knoll, one of a series of brothers who do gay pictures and movies, is the star of this white sox movie, produced and directed by William Higgins.
  3. ↑ Feist, Jeremy (May 19, 2011). "Kip Noll: Remember the first twink pornstar?". Xtra!. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
  4. ↑ Sociology and social research 73, Southern California Sociological Society, 1988, p. 96, In a typical example, the best known gay model of the 1980s, Kip Noll, made his first magazine appearance at age 22.
  5. ↑ Waugh, Thomas (2006), The romance of transgression in Canada: queering sexualities, nations, cinemas, McGill-Queen's Press, p. 241, ISBN 978-0-7735-3069-0, 1970s superstar Kip Noll
  6. ↑ Woods, Gregory (1999), A History of Gay Literature: The Male Tradition, Yale University Press, p. 362, ISBN 978-0-300-08088-9
  7. ↑ Rutledge, Leigh W. (1992), The gay decades: from Stonewall to the present : the people and events that shaped gay lives, Plume, p. 202, ISBN 978-0-452-26810-4

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