Randy West (born Andrew Jay Abrams; October 12, 1947) is a retired American pornographic actor. Early life and pre-porn career West grew up in New York City and moved to South Florida in the late 1960s. He originally aspired to play professional baseball and attended the University of Miami on a baseball scholarship. He then changed directions and decided to pursue a career in music, performing in several unsuccessful rock bands over the next decade. West also worked as a nude art model during this period. He then moved to California in 1979 and became a Chippendales dancer, stripping for private events between 1980 and 1992. Acting career West's pornographic career began in 1978 with an appearance in the film Mystique while still living in Florida. In August 1980 he garnered attention when he became the first model to appear in the centerfold of Playgirl magazine with an erection. Later in his career he was cast as Robert Redford's body double in the 1993 Paramount Pictures film Indecent Proposal. He has performed with numerous porn actresses early on in their careers, including Seka, Jenna Jameson and Tera Patrick. In fact, West has been given credit for bringing future superstars Jameson and Patrick into the adult business. Additionally, he was the first male performer to work with future stars Victoria Paris and Ashlyn Gere. West was a small-time drug dealer in the 1980s, supplying high-grade cannabis to his fellow performers. "Randy's a good guy... I used to buy pot from him. We used to go bowling," said former porn actor Tom Byron. Byron has said that West's pot was "my viagra in those days". West's on-screen sexual performance has been referred to by observers a being like that of a "human pile driver". He has appeared as a performer in over 1,300 pornographic films, alongside an estimated 2,500 female co-stars. West appeared in the 2012 documentary film After Porn Ends, in which his life since retiring as a porn performer is discussed. Producer West became involved in the more lucrative production side of the porn industry in 1993, as producer of adult films such as the Up and Cummers series which showcased new performers. With this and other series like I Love Lesbians, Real Female Masturbation and others, West's videos focused on "Real people having real sex – what a novel idea!" In one final video he stated that one of