Zebedy Colt

California native Edward Earle Marsh b 1929 began his wild and fascinating showbiz career in childhood acting occasionally for projects in Hollywood His slant toward a less mainstream brand of performing began to manifest during the 1960s when he was involved in a number of outrageous highcamp stage projects at supper clubs bars and cafés catering to a primarily gay audience Subsequently he sang on an LP with the London Philharmonic Orchestra entitled Ill Sing For You and used the name Zebedy Colt This pioneer album now a rare collectors item is historically significant to the gay community as the songs were torchy standards about men intended to be sung by women Now established as Zebedy Colt Marsh found entrance into the burgeoning world of hardX cinema The years that followed saw him as a performer and director credited with many titles now both notorious and revered by the cult cinema fringe for their edgy and extreme subject matter During these years he also managed to find the time to perform on the stage in several on and offBroadway productions and eventually retired to Las Vegas Nevada where he died in 2004