Al Parker

Al Parker (born Andrew "Drew" Okun; June 25, 1952 – August 17, 1992) was a gay American porn star, producer, and director. He died from complications of AIDS at the age of 40.

Parker was born in Natick, Massachusetts. After arriving in California, he was employed by Hugh Hefner at the Playboy Mansion West as a butler. His career in gay film started when he was "discovered" by Rip Colt, founder of Colt Studios. It was Colt who gave him the name "Al Parker."

Parker began his filmmaking career when he was signed by Brentwood Studios. He made 12–15 minute loop films shot on 8 mm film reels.

Parker was a producer, director, and actor. Surge Studios started making larger budget "theme" features and not just the "film loops". Many of the films were shot out of Parker's home in Hermosa Beach, California. Surge Studios was one of the first studios to mandate safe sex practices when AIDS appeared.

As a teenager, Parker's mother encouraged him to attend the , believing that it was a classical music festival. After he was forced to abandon his mother's new car in the mud along the road leading to the festival, he encountered what he regarded as his first wholly satisfying sexual experience. After he arrived at the festival his picture was taken and appears on the poster collage for the concert film released in 1970.

Parker was one of the interview subjects of Dr. Dean Edell, who reported a surgical procedure that sought to restore Parker's foreskin from his at-birth circumcision. The surgery was performed by Dr. Ira Sharlip, a urologist. The report was broadcast on television, although Edell is known primarily for his radio show, from which he also lent his voice to question infant circumcision.

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