Portrayals and Popular Culture
Parker was portrayed by Pat Hingle in Elvis, the original 1979 made-for-television movie, produced by Dick Clark, directed by John Carpenter, and starring Kurt Russell. Parker was also portrayed by Hugh Gillin in the 1988 TV film Elvis and Me. Beau Bridges portrayed Parker in the 1993 TV movie Elvis And The Colonel: The Untold Story, alongside Rob Youngblood; and was portrayed by Randy Quaid in the 2005 CBS miniseries Elvis, alongside Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Elvis Presley. Quaid was nominated for a Golden Globe and an Emmy Award for best supporting actor in the miniseries.
Parker was mentioned in the movie Scrooged, a modern day tale of the classic novel, A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens and also in the TV series The Simpsons, season 21 in episode number 9, which was called "Thursdays with Abie." In the Superman TV show Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, Perry White on multiple occasions refers to himself as being like the Colonel to Elvis in his relationship with Clark Kent.
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