Matt Sterling was easily the greatest of all gay porn directors - his films include Inch by Inch, The Bigger the Better, A Matter of Size and the greatest gay porn of all, Spokes (credited as Bill Clayton) - and his B-catalogue starts with Stryker Force, All American and Like A Horse.

His life story, if you can find details about it online which I never really can, sounds fascinating: he battled the spasms of motor neurone disease before dying in 2006. I’m really interested in finding out more about the guy whose love of beefy blue collar guys, athletes and muscle icons (and armpits, sweat and foot-wide thighs that are lightly dusted with caramel blond hair and tangy with desire) exactly matched mine - and the psyche-twist of his own physical limitations matched with his unmatched eye for celebrating the body-perfect male.

After the jump: cover art from a selection of his titles, including my favourite, the wonderfully-titled Mark. And, a couple of retro-fabulous clips.