Douglas Murrell Cooper, known professionally as Tim Kramer (born 1952
or 1958, died April 16, 1992) was a gay porn star, escort and health
business owner best known for the 1983 homoerotic film Gayracula among
his films.Douglas Cooper was born on February 2, 1958 in Milton,
Cabell County, West Virginia. Later, he attended high school in
Columbus, Ohio and upon graduation moved to Fort Dale, Florida where
he began to model for Target Studios.Later, he moved to San Francisco,
where he continued his career working for Falcon Studios. Among the
early films he appeared are Ship Shape and Blackout for Target Studios
and Biker Liberty for Falcon Studios. During the late seventies and
early eighties, he made about a dozen feature-length films including
Big Summer Surprise, Style, Giants II, Gayracula, I Do, Tony's
Initiation, Men of the Midway, Heroes, Trick Time, Sun Stroke, and New
Zealand Undercovers.In a 1988 Advocate interview, Cooper spoke openly
of the escort service he ran in Hollywood for many years: "That's
where I made most of the money. I don't do drugs or liquor, so I used
the (film) business to build up my name, so I could charge more money
on the side in my escort service." His earnings were invested in a
solar installation company, and in time parlayed into a partnership
with fellow skin star Ron Pearson to found Pegasus Productions. The
partnership produced only one film, Pegasus which featured the
founders. By the late 1980s, Cooper made fewer films and concentrated
most of his energy on a health food store in West Hollywood. It was
during this time he was diagnosed HIV+, and he commented thus: "I'm in
a business now that's health oriented. We're an AIDS support group,
promote safe sex, and are here to try and give something back to the
community and help people who are HIV+ or have AIDS. So I can't be
involved in unsafe sex in front of a camera, because that says it's
okay. It would make me look like a hypocrite."
or 1958, died April 16, 1992) was a gay porn star, escort and health
business owner best known for the 1983 homoerotic film Gayracula among
his films.Douglas Cooper was born on February 2, 1958 in Milton,
Cabell County, West Virginia. Later, he attended high school in
Columbus, Ohio and upon graduation moved to Fort Dale, Florida where
he began to model for Target Studios.Later, he moved to San Francisco,
where he continued his career working for Falcon Studios. Among the
early films he appeared are Ship Shape and Blackout for Target Studios
and Biker Liberty for Falcon Studios. During the late seventies and
early eighties, he made about a dozen feature-length films including
Big Summer Surprise, Style, Giants II, Gayracula, I Do, Tony's
Initiation, Men of the Midway, Heroes, Trick Time, Sun Stroke, and New
Zealand Undercovers.In a 1988 Advocate interview, Cooper spoke openly
of the escort service he ran in Hollywood for many years: "That's
where I made most of the money. I don't do drugs or liquor, so I used
the (film) business to build up my name, so I could charge more money
on the side in my escort service." His earnings were invested in a
solar installation company, and in time parlayed into a partnership
with fellow skin star Ron Pearson to found Pegasus Productions. The
partnership produced only one film, Pegasus which featured the
founders. By the late 1980s, Cooper made fewer films and concentrated
most of his energy on a health food store in West Hollywood. It was
during this time he was diagnosed HIV+, and he commented thus: "I'm in
a business now that's health oriented. We're an AIDS support group,
promote safe sex, and are here to try and give something back to the
community and help people who are HIV+ or have AIDS. So I can't be
involved in unsafe sex in front of a camera, because that says it's
okay. It would make me look like a hypocrite."
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