Al Parker
Acting • Born 1952-06-25 – Died 1992-08-17
Biography
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
50 credits
Surge Men Are Very Receptive
Movie • 1989
Cops on Duty
Movie • 2010
(archive footage)
The Best of Brentwood 1
Movie • 1981
(archive footage)
Bareback Classics 2
Movie • 2009
(archive footage)
Dangerous
Movie • 1983
Last Glory Hole Dick
Love a Man with a Beard 1
Movie • 1984
Scared Stiff
Movie • 1985
Sex Toilets 2
Movie • 1990
Love a Man with a Beard 3
Movie • 1984
(archive footage)
A Night Alone with Al Parker
Movie • 1988
Inches
Movie • 1979
Doug
Falcon Icons: The 1970s
Movie • 2021
(archive footage)
Falcon Bareback 6: Men In Uniform
Movie • 2001
(archive footage)
Falcon Bareback 17: Ready, Ripped & Raw
Movie • 2013
(archive footage)
Falcon Bareback 8: Blue Collar Balling
Movie • 2001
(archive footage)
Falcon Studios 35th Anniversary Limited Edition
Movie • 2007
(archive footage)
Surge Men Are Better Than Ever
Movie • 1989
Falcon All Star Cum Shots 2
Movie • 2010
(archive footage)
Anywhere, Anytime!
Movie • 1985
The Best of Colt Films: Part 4
Movie • 1986
(segment "Timberwolves, pt 1") (archive footage)
The Best of Colt Films: Part 4
Movie • 1986
(segment "Timberwolves, pt 2") (archive footage)
The Best of Colt Films: Part 3
Movie • 1986
(segment "Hand Tooled") (archive footage)
The Other Side of Aspen
Movie • 1978
Al
Champs
Movie • 1979
(segment "Taxi Driver") (archive footage)
Presenting The Best Of Buckshot Productions
Movie • 1984
(segment "Chute") (archive footage)
A Night For Legends
Movie • 1985
Self
Games
Movie • 1983
Photographer
Weekend Lockup
Movie • 1979
(segment "Weekend Lockup") (archive footage)
Help Wanted
Movie • 1981
(segment "Rocks And Hard Places") (archive footage)
Al Parker's Turned-On
Movie • 1982
Head Trips
Movie • 1984
Rangers
Movie • 1985
Strange Places… Strange Things!
Movie • 1985
(non-sexual)
A Few Good Men…
Movie • 1983
Barber (uncredited)
Al Parker's Flashback
Movie • 1981
Overload
Movie • 1992
One In A Billion
Movie • 1984
Vendor (uncredited)
Oversize Load
Movie • 1986
Man Outside Restroom (uncredited)
Century Mining
Movie • 1985
Challenger
Movie • 1977
(segment "Challenger") (archive footage)
Heavy Equipment
Movie • 1977
Construction Worker
Ask Any Buddy
Movie • 2019
(archive footage)
Turbo Charge
Movie • 1988
Wanted
Movie • 1980
Cooper
Performance
Movie • 1981
The Best of Surge 1
Movie • 1987
(segment "Feed Me") (archive footage)
Love a Man with a Beard 4
Movie • 1984
(archive footage)
Fast Idle
Movie • 1992
Falcon 40th Anniversary Collector's Edition
Movie • 2011
Spécial cinéma
TV • 1974
Self