Marc Wallice (born Marc Stephen Goldberg; October 3, 1959) is a former American
pornographic actor
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. He performed in over 1,700
pornographic films
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and has directed as well. Wallice was inducted into both the AVN and XRCO Halls of Fame.
He tested
HIV positive
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in 1998 after allegedly hiding his HIV positive status for two years and infecting at least four women, sending shockwaves throughout the porn industry.
He left the industry but later returned as a director, editor, and writer.
Career
Wallice entered the porn industry in 1982 at the age of 22. He was working as a grocery store bagger when he answered an ad for the
World Modeling Agency
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Early life
South sold insurance in Dallas, Texas for a few years and moved to Lo ...
. He started out with non-speaking roles, but worked his way up to become a very active actor, doing more than 1,300 heterosexual movies. One of his first films was a gay pornographic film called "A Matter of Size."
Since 1982 Wallice has appeared in productions for studios such as 4-Play Video,
Anabolic Video
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...
,
Caballero Home Video
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, CDI Home Video,
Elegant Angel
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History
El ...
Filmco
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The company was formed in 1980 by Peter Fox and Bob Sanders (who merged his Pact Productions into the ...
, Legend Video, Leisure Time Entertainment,
Sin City
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,
VCA Pictures
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, VCA Picturesidco,
Vivid Entertainment
Vivid Entertainment Group is an American pornographic film production company,
,
Wicked Pictures
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Company history
Steve Orenstein founded Wi ...
, and the Zane Entertainment Group.
Wallice was also featured on the
HBO
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documentary series
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*Television documentary series, sometimes called d ...
about the adult industry ''
Real Sex
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'' in 1998.
In 2003, he returned to the industry as a director.
Sharon Mitchell
Sharon Mitchell is an American sexologist and former pornographic film actor and director. In 1998, she founded the Adult Industry Medical Health Care Foundation (AIM), which tested over 1,000 adult film performers per month before a 2011 da ...
, announced that Wallice was
HIV
The human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV) are two species of ''Lentivirus'' (a subgroup of retrovirus) that infect humans. Over time, they cause acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), a condition in which progressive failure of the immune ...
positive. Wallice's career as a performer was effectively over and there were rumors and speculation that he intentionally hid his HIV positive status with fake blood work through several HIV testing cycles to continue working, and consequently infected several actresses, including Brooke Ashley (a.k.a. Anne Marie Ballowe),Tricia Devereaux, Caroline, and Kimberly Jade. Doubts of this speculation were investigated using Wallice's tests.
After his HIV positive status became public, Wallice announced his intention to go back to school to learn
computer programming
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.
Awards
*1990 AVN Best Group Sex Scene – Video for Gang Bangs II
*1992
XRCO
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Best Actor (Single Performance) for House of Sleeping Beauties
*1993 AVN Best Group Sex Scene – Video for Realities 2
*1993 XRCO Male Performer of the Year (Body of Work)
*1998 AVN Best Couples Sex Scene – Film for Red Vibe Diaries
*
AVN Hall of Fame
The ''AVN'' (''Adult Video News'') Hall of Fame has honored people for their work in the adult entertainment industry since 1995.
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XRCO Hall of Fame
The XRCO Hall of Fame lists well-known adult entertainment works and workers. The list is managed by X-Rated Critics Organization and inducted annually during the XRCO Award
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See also
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List of male performers in gay porn films
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