Ronald Boyer born September 18 1952 is a pornographic actor and director who was inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame in 2005 He was reported to have retired from the adult film industry in 2007 to pursue religious interests but he resumed his career the following year - Infancy Boyer was raised as a Southern Baptist in Central South Carolina where he was also born and preached in his teens before going to college to study history and religion - Professional Development Boyer dropped out of college to join the U S Army. a formalized paraphrase. and serve in the Vietnam War. He had expected to join the NYPD upon his return in 1975 but the job offer had been withdrawn. Boyer's first scene was shot in the summer of 1976 thanks to the advice of an actor friend. During the 1980s he left pornography to rejoin the U S Army. a formalized paraphrase. E-4 specialist in the armed forces. In the 1990s he resumed pornography. For his 2005 book The Call of the Weird Travels in American Subcultures Louis Theroux observed a porn shoot involving Fontana and described him as an older guy jolly manic overweight. According to the New York Times Fontana retired from pornography in January 2007 and went on to become a registered private investigator with a keen interest in the Episcopal Church. However starting the following year he appeared in and directed adult films for Hustler Video and told AVN that the newspaper had misrepresented him. - Private affairs Fontana is married to former pornographic actress Liza Harper and their daughter Diana born in 2002 nearly died in 2003 from a staph infection prompting the couple to become more religious - Links to other sites IMDb's page for Rod Fontana The Internet Adult Film Database has a page dedicated to Rod Fontana The Adult Film Database has a page dedicated to Rod Fontana