Why Didn't Bob Crane Just Work In The Porn Industry of the 70's ?

Looking at this movie, and considering the real private life of Bob Crane, one wonders why he didn't just become a porn star. He clearly had a strong sexual addiction and loved having sex with as many different women as possible. He could have chosen not to do legitimate acting work in TV and movies and jump into doing pornographic films. He was living in the time of early pornographic movies of the 70's. He must have heard and known about the booming porn industry made famous by such movies as Deep Throat and porn stars like John Holmes, Linda Lovelace and Marilyn Chambers. Pornography was actually quite popular at this time and porno movies were being shown in specialized porno theaters in major cities like New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, etc. He always saw himself as being an actor, even if not a serious actor, and attempted to keep his work as an actor through the 70's after the end of Hogan's Heroes. But he never did manage to find any other successful acting job. He did TV series cameos in the 70's and game shows, cooking shows, etc and his plays/theater work. But porno in the 70's was HUGE and he could have done it and it would have gotten him all the sex he ever wanted with different "actresses" and enough money to retire on! He already had the experience with making private porn movies. The same applies to his friend John Carpenter.Carpenter knew all about working camera and video equipment in a time before anybody even knew what that was and only a few were in on it. A lot of the equipment was coming from the foreign Japanese market. This could have been advantageous for Carpenter. He could have easily become a pornographic movie producer and worked with Bob Crane in the porn industry, either as directors, producers or actors.

Instead, Bob Crane and Carpenter did everything "In secret" or privately, trying to maintain a facade of respectability, especially Crane, who was a TV actor. He didn't want anyone to discover his private porn collection, even though by the time of his death, it was already well known that he loved pornography. He couldn't really hide it from his wife, from his children and from many fellow actors. He should have just quit doing the Hollywood thing and gotten involved in the porn industry of the 70's. It was considered the Golden Age of Porn, the most successful period porn ever had. Top stars were being paid a lot of money, porno-chic was a lifestyle that included parties and movie premieres, treated as if it was "the other Hollywood". Even famous mainstream actors like Jack Nicholson enjoyed watching porn in theaters. Hugh Hefner did as well. Bob Crane would have gotten all the thrills he wanted and the star treatment had he been a porn star similar to John Holmes. In Auto Focus, he even goes as far as to getting his penis enlarged. With a big penis, he would have done very well as a porn star. In the 70's, these porno movies were quite well-made, resembling Hollywood movies with plots, good acting and dialog, and an attempt to be more artistic and serious. Many of the films were similar to the genre of independent films, mainstream thrillers or horror. It was perfect for Bob Crane to do acting work as he would have had scenes of dialog and played different characters.

Bob Crane wanted to have his sex videos and a successful mainstream Hollywood career. Well that's impossible Bob. You can't have it both ways. You should have just become a porn star. Lots of people would have paid to see the Hogans Heroes star try to outshine John Holmes!