Director

Al Parker

Acting

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Directed movies: 26Directed series: 0All crew credits: 32

TMDB ID: 1400103

IMDb ID: nm0662027

Known for: Acting

Born: June 25, 1952

Died: August 17, 1992

Age: 40

Place of birth: Natick, Massachusetts, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: Yes

Career span: 1974 - 2021

Years active: 48

Wikidata: Q1286616

Also known as

Drew (Brentwood) • Drew Okum • Andrew R. Okun

Frequent jobs

Director (26)Producer (4)Executive Producer (2)

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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.

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