Editing Harry Reems (section)

==Early life==
Reems was born Herbert John Streicher on August 27, 1947, into a [[Jewish]] family.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1854297,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081028201857/http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1854297,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 28, 2008|title=Porn's Pied Piper: Deep Throat Director Dies|access-date=2008-10-27|author=Richard Corliss|date=2008-10-27|publisher=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]}}</ref> He was the youngest of three children. His father Don Streicher worked as a salesman before becoming a bookmaker. His mother, Rose, was a model. Harry's father later entered the printing industry and was wealthy enough to move the family to [[Westchester, New York]]. In 1965, at age 18, Harry went the [[University of Pittsburgh]] to become a dentist.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20683841,00.html|title=Harry Reems, Deep Throat Star, Dies at 65|first=Stephen M.|last=Silverman|journal=[[People (magazine)|People]]|date=March 20, 2013|access-date=March 21, 2013|archive-date=March 22, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130322030130/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20683841,00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> He later enlisted in the [[United States Marine Corps]], from which he received an [[honorable discharge]] following hardship leave.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://nymag.com/nymetro/movies/features/10988/|title=The Afterlife of a Porn Star|access-date=2012-09-15|author=Dave Itzkoff|magazine=[[New York (magazine)|New York]]}}</ref> In 1967 he moved to the East Village in Manhattan where his brother and roommate were gaining experience as actors. His early non-pornographic acting career was principally in [[off-Broadway theater]] for [[La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club]], New York Theater Ensemble and National Shakespeare Company.<ref name="people">{{cite web|last1=Dougherty|first1=Steve|title=Born-Again Porn Star|url=http://people.com/archive/born-again-porn-star-vol-35-no-18|website=[[People (magazine)|People]]|publisher=People|access-date=March 31, 2017|date=May 13, 1991}}</ref><ref name="theater">{{cite book|last1=Dershowitz|first1=Alan M.|title=The Best Defense|date=27 July 2011|publisher=Random House|isbn=978-0394713809|page=156|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OXzkr1gWGVUC&q=harry+reems+lamama&pg=PA156|access-date=March 31, 2017}}</ref>