Tom Judson (born November 14, 1960) is an American musical theatre actor and composer, particularly for off-Broadway plays (including Vampire Lesbians of Sodom and White Cotton Sheets), and a retired

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. His credits include writing music for the films ''

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'', ''Good Money'' and '' The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love'', as well as performing on Broadway and in national stage tours of the musicals ''

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'' and ''

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''. In 2003, he embarked on a

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career under the

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of Gus Mattox. He retired from the pornography industry in 2006 to concentrate on his career as an actor and musician, and was promptly cast in the world premiere of

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's '' Some Men''. As Mattox, he received the 2006

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Performer of the Year Award for his work in the industry. His final role under the stage name Gus Mattox was as RuPaul's leading man in ''

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''. In the early 2000's, Judson briefly dabbled in house flipping in the Hudson Valley, a project that ended with the 2008 collapse of the housing market. Judson's real estate work garnered coverage in

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. Judson wrote and performed his autobiographical one-man show ''Canned Ham'' from 2009 to 2011. Much of the material from that show, and from his Huffington Post column, was collected into his book of essays ''Laid Bare''. Since 2011 Judson has continued performing his own cabaret act and has served as musical director and Second Banana for

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's cabaret act. in 2017 he launched a successful Etsy t-shirt shop which reproduces poster art from flop Broadway shows, as well as signage from classic films. He is a committed

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and

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Selected videography (as Gus Mattox)

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Tom Judson's Canned Ham blog

Tom Judson's personal blog
1960 births 21st-century American composers 21st-century American male musicians American gay actors American male composers American male musical theatre actors American male pornographic film actors Living people Male actors from New York (state) People from Goshen, New York Washingtonville High School alumni {{Porn-actor-stub

Selected videography (as Gus Mattox)

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