Martin Kove: Actors & SKIN

Although many producers and directors have wisely gotten actor Martin Kove shirtless, he really has only one 'actual' nude scene.  Sure, he had a few sex scenes in some soft-core flicks, but they were not shot in a way to show off Kove.  In his first credited movie, (as Marty Kove) the young actor showed it all.

We can thank Andy Warhol and director Paul Morrisey for Kove's appearance in 1971's Women In Revolt.  Check out caps below from the film, and a few other of Kove's on-screen skinning.

White Light (1991)

An undercover cop gets killed, goes to heaven, meets a beautiful woman there, then inexplicably returns to life. There he is haunted by visions of this woman and her death, and tries to track her down, an undertaking somehow connected to his original assignment.

Steele Justice (1987)

Steele is ex-cop and Vietnam vet who is determined to bring down Kwan, former South Vietnamese general and now rich and powerful drug lord.

Women in Revolt (1971)

Candy is an aloof heiress caught in an unhappy relationship with her brother. Jackie is a virginal intellectual who believes women are oppressed in contemporary American society. And Holly is a nymphomaniac who has come to loathe men, despite her attraction to them.

The stars of Women In Revolt were Jackie Curtis, Candy Darling and Holly Woodlawn, three trans women, superstars of Andy Warhol's Factory scene. Jackie and Candy had previously appeared in Flesh and Holly had starred in Trash. This film was noteworthy in that although directed by Paul Morrisey, Warhol himself also filmed scenes for the film.  The film satirizes the Women's Liberation Movement, and alludes to Valerie Solanas and the SCUM Manifesto.

'We began shooting Women in Revolt in the spring of 1971 on the fashionable Upper East Side in a swank, upscale apartment. My first scene was with Martin Kove, who later became successful in his role on the TV series Cagney and Lacey... '

'I later found out that Martin had no clue as to who or what I was. He had just come out of the service and was trying to break into acting when his uncle introduced him to Paul [Morrissey]. Martin didn't have a clear idea as to what the Warhol crowd was about. Nor did he realize that I wasn't an authentic woman. Nobody bothered to tell him.'

Holly Woodlawn