Al Parker
Known for: Acting
Gay porn star Al Parker was born Drew Okum in Natick, Massachusetts. When he was a teenager his loaned him their brand-new Mustang to attend Woodstock, which they thought was a classical music festival. While at Woodstock, Drew had several homosexual experiences, the most notable in the back of a van--a theme that would be repeated throughout his adult-film career. Nickname: Pony Boy After graduating from high school in Natick, he moved to Los Angeles, where he landed a job operating the film projector booth at 'Hugh Hefner"s Playboy mansion. He was "discovered" by gay-porn producer Rip Colt, who changed his name to Al Parker because it sounded like a man's name. Parker starred in several of Colt's 8mm shorts. Parker began a long-term, and open, lover relationship with Steve Taylor; together the two established Surge Studios, a gay-adult film production studio. Following Taylor's sudden death from AIDS, Parker's interest in the studio faded. Parker himself serio-converted and tested positive, following which he made several "safer" porn movies with other HIV-positive actors. He died of complications from AIDS in San Francisco, California, on August 17, 1992.
Filmography
Series
Spécial cinéma
Self
1974
Film
Ask Any Buddy
(archive footage)
2019
Film
Surge Men Are Very Receptive
1989
Film
Cops on Duty
(archive footage)
2010
Film
The Best of Brentwood 1
(archive footage)
1981
Film
Bareback Classics 2
(archive footage)
2009
Film
Dangerous
Last Glory Hole Dick
1983
Film
Love a Man with a Beard 1
1984
Film
Scared Stiff
1985
Film
Sex Toilets 2
1990
Film
Love a Man with a Beard 3
(archive footage)
1984
Film
A Night Alone with Al Parker
1988
Film
Inches
Doug
1979
Film
Falcon Icons: The 1970s
(archive footage)
2021
Film
Falcon Bareback 6: Men In Uniform
(archive footage)
2001
Film
Falcon Bareback 17: Ready, Ripped & Raw
(archive footage)
2013
Film
Falcon Bareback 8: Blue Collar Balling
(archive footage)
2001
Film
Falcon Studios 35th Anniversary Limited Edition
(archive footage)
2007
Film
Surge Men Are Better Than Ever
1989
Film
Falcon All Star Cum Shots 2
(archive footage)
2009
Film
The Best of Colt Films: Part 4
(segment "Timberwolves, pt 1") (archive footage)
1986
Film
The Best of Colt Films: Part 4
(segment "Timberwolves, pt 2") (archive footage)
1986
Film
Anywhere, Anytime!
1985
Film
The Best of Colt Films: Part 3
(segment "Hand Tooled") (archive footage)
1986
Film
The Other Side of Aspen
Al
1978
Film
Champs
(segment "Taxi Driver") (archive footage)
1979
Film
Presenting The Best Of Buckshot Productions
(segment "Chute") (archive footage)
1984
Film
A Night for Legends
Self
1985
Film
Games
Photographer
1983
Film
Weekend Lockup
(segment "Weekend Lockup") (archive footage)
1979
Film
Help Wanted
(segment "Rocks And Hard Places") (archive footage)
1981
Film
Al Parker's Turned-On
1982
Film
Head Trips
1984
Film
Rangers
1985
Film
Strange Places… Strange Things!
(non-sexual)
1985
Film
A Few Good Men…
Barber (uncredited)
1983
Film
Al Parker's Flashback
1981
Film
Overload
1992
Film
One in a Billion
Vendor (uncredited)
1984
Film
Oversize Load
Man Outside Restroom (uncredited)
1986
Film
Century Mining
1985
Film
Challenger
(segment "Challenger") (archive footage)
1977
Film
Heavy Equipment
Construction Worker
1977
Film
Turbo Charge
1988
Film
Wanted
Cooper
1980
Film
Performance
1981
Film
The Best of Surge 1
(segment "Feed Me") (archive footage)
1987
Film
Love a Man with a Beard 4
(archive footage)
1984
Film
Fast Idle
1992
Film
Falcon 40th Anniversary Collector's Edition
2011