Alan Lake
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Alan Lake (24 November 1940 - 10 October 1984) was a British actor.
Lake was born in Stoke-on-Trent. He became a master swordsman with épée and foil. He was also a keen horseman and once broke his back in a riding accident.
He is best known as the third husband of the actress Diana Dors. They were married on 23 November 1968 and their stormy marriage produced a son, Jason. Alan Lake committed suicide by shooting himself at their Sunningdale home, five months after her death from cancer. It was later revealed that, as well as being grief-stricken over his wife's death, he was terminally ill with a brain tumour.
His roles included Herrick in the Doctor Who story Underworld; and parts in The Avengers, Blake's 7, Juliet Bravo, and Hart To Hart.
A lesser known fact is that he recorded a pop single, 'Good Times' / 'Got To Have Tenderness' Issued in 1969 by Ember Records (EMBS 278).[citation needed]
[edit] Acting roles
- The Midnight Men (1964) ... Policeman
- Catch Hand - Fifteen-Bob-An-Hour-Men (1964) TV Episode ... Charlie
- No Hiding Place - Real Class (1964) TV Episode ... Third Player
- Wear a Very Big Hat (1965) (TV) ... Harry Atkins
- Cluff ... aka Clough - The Village Constable (1965) TV Episode ... Tod Meller
- Catch Us If You Can ... aka Having a Wild Weekend (1965) ...Cameraman
- Stand Up, Nigel Barton ... aka Wednesday Play: Stand Up, Nigel Barton (1965) (TV)
- Sky West and Crooked ... aka Gypsy Girl (1966) ... Camlo
- Redcap - The Moneylenders (1966) TV Episode ... Lance Corporal Farrington
- The Saint - Locate and Destroy (1966) TV Episode ... Jacob
- 13 Against Fate "The Traveller" (1966) BBC TV Drama ... Robert Eloi
- The Avengers - The House That Jack Built (1966) TV Episode (uncredited) ... Her Majesty's Prison Officer
- Thirty Minute Theatre - The Wake (1967) TV Episode
- Charlie Bubbles (1967) ... Airman
- Dial Rudolph Valentino One One (1967) (TV) ... Con
- Z-Cars - She's Not Yours, She's Mine: Part 2 (1967) TV Episode ... Speedy
- Public Eye - It Must Be The Architecture - Can't Be The Climate (1968) TV Episode ... Murchinson
- Thief (1968) (TV)
- The Avengers - The Forget-Me-Knot (1968) TV Episode ... Karl
- A Bit of Crucifixion, Father (1968) (TV) ... Gilbert
- Dixon of Dock Green - A Quiet Sunday (1968) TV Episode ...Kimber
- Dixon of Dock Green - No Love Lost (1969) TV Episode ... Keith Proctor
- The Contenders (1969) (mini) TV Series ... Tom Stocker
- Department S - Dead Men Die Twice (1969) TV Episode ... The Dandy
- Freelance (1971) ... Dean
- Dixon of Dock Green - The Informant (1972) TV Episode ... Dennis Brown
- Layout for 5 Models (1972) ... Andy
- Hide and Seek (1972)
- Every Afternoon (1972) ... Bodyguard
- The Protectors - See No Evil (1972) ... TV Episode ... Thug
- The Adventurer - Icons Are Forever (1973) TV Episode ... Carlo
- Z Cars - Hi-Jack (1973) TV Episode ... Brian Peake
- Dixon of Dock Green - Knocker (1974) TV Episode ... Jimmy Goddard
- Percy's Progress (1974) ... Derry Hogan
- The Amorous Milkman (1974) ... Sandy
- The Swordsman ... aka Zapper's Sword of Fortune (1974) ... Christiane Duval
- Softly, Softly ... aka Softly, Softly: Task Force - See What You've Done (1974) TV Episode ... Richard Spencer
- Flame (1975) ... Jack Daniels
- The Sweeney - The Ringer (1975) TV Episode ... Merrick
- Crown Court - Two in the Mind of One (1975) TV Episode
- Z-Cars - Tonight and Every Night (1975) TV Episode ... Danny
- The Office Party (1976) ... Mr Barnes
- Dixon of Dock Green - Domino (1976) TV Episode ... Ron Mason
- Angels - Celebration (1976) TV Episode ... Tony
- Target - Lady Luck (1977) TV Episode ... Swain
- Z-Cars - Error of Judgement (1977) TV Episode ... Stan
- The Playbirds (1978) ... Harry Dougan
- Doctor Who - Underworld (1978) TV Episode ... Herrick
- Destiny ... aka Play for Today: Destiny (1978) (TV) ... Monty Goodman
- Hazell - Hazell Settles the Accounts (1978) TV Episode ... Creasey
- Z-Cars - Driver (1978) TV Episode ... George Armstrong
- Confessions from the David Galaxy Affair (1979) ... David Galaxy
- Yesterday's Hero (1979) ... Georgie Moore
- The Black Stuff (1980) (TV) ... Dominic
- Blake's 7 - The Aftermath (1980) TV Episode ...Chel
- Rumpole's Return (1980) (TV) ...Meacher
- Juliet Bravo - Trouble at T'Mill (1980) TV Episode ...Ted Galway
- The Olympian Way (1981) TV Series
- Dick Turpin - The Secret Folk (1982) TV Episode ... Zsika
- The Gentle Touch - Joker (1982) TV Episode ... Malcolm Webster
- Juliet Bravo - A Breach of the Peace (1982) (TV Episode) ... Tom Tully
- Hart to Hart - Passing Chance (1983) TV Episode ... Nick
- Bergerac - Tug of War (1984) TV Episode ... Jack Broughton
- Juliet Bravo - Work Force (1984) TV Episode ... Grogan
- Don't Open 'Til Christmas (1984) ... Giles
- Paint Me a Murder ... aka Hammer House of Mystery and Suspence: Paint Me a Murder (1985) (TV) ... Davey
[edit] References
Keeping the British End Up: Four Decades of Saucy Cinema by Simon Sheridan (Reynolds & Hearn Books) (third edition) 2007
