Facts:   - weight: 200 lb kg st on    - caption: savage in los angeles , ca , april 2010    - birth name: herschel cohen    - height: 6 2 2    - number of films: 1663 -lrb- per iafd -rrb- as a performer & 10 as a director    - spelling: us    - ethnicity: jewish      - alias: max hershal savage , h. savage , norman vain , greg cohen falcon , little soft , jack blake , bill berry , , harvey kane , jack soft , herschell savage , jack william berry , herschal savage , hershell savage , harvey black cowan , skip brooks , joel caine , jack baron , , bill barry , van ayasit , billy bell , hershel joel black , vic falcone , jack sin , hubert savage savage , paul hues , dan hues , joel kane , , cornell hayes , gerald graystone , hershe    - birth date: 25 november 1952    - name: herschel savage    - hair color: brown , salt and pepper    - nationality: american    - image: herschel savage 2010.jpg    - birth place: new york , new york , u.s.    - gender: male   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of herschel savage .
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herschel savage -lrb- born november 25 , 1952 -rrb- is an american pornographic film actor and pornographic film director .he was born `` herschel cohen '' to russian jewish parents in new york city .he studied acting under broadway actress uta hagen and renowned acting teacher stella adler .savage initially sought a mainstream stage and screen career , however , he became disillusioned by the constant auditioning and competition for roles .savage was introduced to the pornographic film industry via the actor r. bolla in 1976 , and he went on to become one of the biggest stars of the `` golden age of porn '' in the 1970s and 1980s .he appeared in the 1978 classic `` debbie does dallas '' , for which he was paid about $ 150 a day .some of the other films he has appeared in include `` expose me now '' , `` bodies in heat '' , and `` rambone does hollywood '' .he left pornography in 1988 and worked in sales and video distribution , also playing a few roles in local theater productions .he then returned to the industry in 1997 .the name `` herschel savage '' was created with jamie gillis in an attempt to combine a ` nerdy jewish identity ' with that of a stud .savage also launched a fledgling career as a stand up comedian and appeared frequently on the reality tv series `` family business '' -lrb- one episode features a stand-up performance by savage -rrb- .he appeared as a guest during the fifth season of the nbc sitcom `` just shoot me '' , on an episode called the proposal -lrb- 2 , -rrb- which aired on february 1 , 2001 .in 2006 , he starred in neil simon 's play `` the prisoner of 2nd avenue '' , under the stage name `` max cohen '' , at the morgan-wixson theater in santa monica .herschel is a member of the xrco , legends of erotica and avn halls of fame , and he has appeared in more than 1000 films .