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Paul Gerrior was an avid athlete, running track and field in high school in Arlington, Massachusetts. Then next he focus on body building which he continued into his senior years.

After serving in the army, station in Germany, he settled in San Francisco. By 1971, Gerrior met Jim French (aka Rip Colt) and became one of his stable of male nude models under the pseudonym “Ledermeister”. His age and muscular physique made him appealing - adding a leather cap, chaps or cock ring made him one of the first Leather Daddy of gay porn. He appeared in photos for sale, magazines and erotic film shorts (solo or with a partner).

With his clothes on, he worked for a telephone company in California for 25 years. And he also acted on stage in San Francisco.

In his later years, he appeared in 3 independent films: the scifi spoof “The Four Twenty-One” (2009); the gay drama “Strapped” (2010); and the drug comedy “Welcome to Dopeland” (2011).

After suffering a brief bout with cancer, Gerrior died in 2021. He was survived by his husband Bill Essex.