He was best known for his exceptionally large
penis, which was heavily promoted as being the longest, thickest, and hardest in the
porn industry, although no definitive measurement of Holmes' actual penis length exists.
[Penis size
Holmes' main asset in the porn business was his exceptionally large penis. No definitive measurement or documentation verifying this exists, leaving its exact size unknown. Holmes was also one of the first uncircumcised actors who became popular in American porn.
Veteran porn actress Dorothea "
Seka" Patton has stated that Holmes' penis was the biggest in the industry.
[18] Holmes' first wife recalled him claiming to be 10
inches (25.4 cm) when he first measured himself.
[19] Holmes himself once claimed his penis to be fifteen inches (38.1 cm) long and 12 inches in circumference.
[19] Holmes' longtime manager,
Bill Amerson, said that "I saw John measure himself several times, it was 13 and a half inches" (34.3 cm).
[1] A review of Holmes' films over the course of his career shows that most of his early co-stars tended to be short and slender, whereas women with whom he engaged in onscreen sex later in his career were much taller and had proportionately larger bodies; as a result, the size of Holmes' penis appears to fluctuate in his films, relative to the height and mass of his co-stars.
[9]