Marlon Brando

As of late, I've been pondering over the actors that I legitimately had a shot at sleeping with. And surprisingly, quite a few have popped up. Like the obvious in Ian McKellen, Stephen Fry, David Ogden Stiers to not so obvious like Alan Bates and Denholm Elliott. But the first one I'm going to talk about was an influential, eccentric stage and screen actor, perhaps the most influential and respected of his generation. One Marlon Brando.

Just about everyone remember him from A Streetcar Named Desire, Apocalypse Now and of course The Godfather. But what got me on Brandon's tip is his role in Last Tango in Paris. Let's say it involves an interesting use of a stick of butter. My lust for him revved up when I saw Don Juan DeMarco. It was no where near Last Tango in Paris, but it had its moments. After that, I wanted to know everything about him and boy was I surprised.

Brando was bisexual and possessed of a voracious libido. There were plenty of homosexual experiences to report – among his partners were Burt Lancaster, Laurence Olivier, Tyrone Power, Montgomery Clift, James Dean and Rock Hudson. Hell. He even tapped Paul Newman's ass. With all that, I wonder if he was pitching or catching. Who am I kidding. Brando was a top all the way. Having a balanced diet, his conquests also included Marilyn Monroe, Marlene Dietrich, Grace Kelly, Shelley Winters, Ava Gardner, Hedy Lamarr, Ingrid Bergman, Edith Piaf and Doris Duke (the world’s richest woman at the time). And he had a bizarre, intimate relationship with actor Wally Cox that would last a lifetime.

In his youth Brando was an electrifyingly handsome and talented star. Exuding a sense of brooding power and bottled-up anger, he changed the way stars, both male and female, acted and even the way young men dressed. By the time I took notice of him, he weighed well over 300 pounds but still a handsome and talented star with some men and women still wanting to tap that. By the time of his death in 2004, the American Film Institute had named Brando the fourth greatest male film star, and Time Magazine included him in its list of the 100 Most Important People of the 20th Century. I guess goes to show that if you got it that good. It stays with you till your dying day.

The world knew of his predilection for “dark-skinned women”, particularly those of Tahitian and American Indian descent. That Brando also had a skinny, bespectacled male lover called Wally.

After Brando’s death, a portion of his ashes (along with those of Wally Cox) were scattered in Tahiti.

Marlon’s blue jeans and tight T-shirts became standard issue while he reigned as the male sex symbol of the 1950s. He was a tough guy with a stunningly beautiful face.