Herbert John Streicher (August 27, 1947 – March 19, 2013), better known by his professional pseudonym Harry Reems, was an American pornographic actor, later working as a real estate agent.

Harry's father later entered the printing industry and was wealthy enough to move the family to Westchester, New York.

[2] He later enlisted in the United States Marine Corps, from which he received an honorable discharge following hardship leave.

[6] Looking for ways to support himself, Streicher appeared in dozens of short silent stag films, often referred to as "loops", during the early 1970s.

[8] In 1975 he published a memoir, Here Comes Harry Reems, in which he details the early years of his adult film career.

He also appeared in several Swedish-produced porn films, including Justine & Juliette (1975), Bel Ami (1976) and Molly (1977), as well as the mainstream SS Operation Wolf Cub (1983).

[10] Reems' appearance in Deep Throat led to his arrest by FBI agents in New York City in July 1974[11] and his indictment in Memphis, Tennessee, in June 1975 on federal charges of conspiracy to distribute obscenity across state lines.

[11] The defense argued he was the first American actor to ever be prosecuted by the federal government merely for appearing in a film, and he received considerable support from established Hollywood and New York celebrities during his trial, including Jack Nicholson, Warren Beatty, Shirley MacLaine, Richard Dreyfuss, Colleen Dewhurst, Rod McKuen, Ben Gazzara, Mike Nichols, Julie Newmar, Dick Cavett, George Plimpton, and Stephen Sondheim.

[20] In 1982, after an eight-year hiatus from porn, Reems returned to the industry and performed in the film Society Affairs, and reportedly received a six-figure salary.

During the Los Angeles run of the play, Reems died in Utah; his death was noted by the production.

In 2014, award-winning playwright Craig Hepworth opened his play Porno Chic about Reems and Lovelace and the fallout from Deep Throat in Manchester, UK.

[25][26] Reems died of pancreatic cancer on March 19, 2013, aged 65, at the Salt Lake City Veterans Administration Medical Center.