
Alan Lake
Actor
Born: November 24, 1940 (43 years old)
Died: October 10, 1984
Place of birth: Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, UK
Biography
Alan Lake (24 November 1940 – 10 October 1984) was an English actor, best known as the third husband of Diana Dors. Born in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire on 24 November 1940 of Gypsy descent, Lake studied at RADA and started work in 1964. In July 1970 Lake was involved in a pub brawl for which he was sentenced to eighteen months in prison later that year (his friend, the musician Leapy Lee, was sentenced to three years for stabbing the pub's relief manager), although he was released after serving a year. Often appeared with his wife Dors until her untimely death. Depressed and grieving for her, Lake committed suicide in 1984.
Filmography (25)
- The Black Stuff (1980, ★ 7.4)
- Flame (1975, ★ 7.1)
- The Sweeney (1975, ★ 7.9)
- Bergerac (1981, ★ 6.7)
- Blake's 7 (1978, ★ 7.3)
- The Gentle Touch (1980, ★ 6.9)
- Z-Cars (1962, ★ 7)
- The Avengers (1961, ★ 7.7)
- The Saint (1962, ★ 7.3)
- Doctor Who (1963, ★ 7.9)
- Hart to Hart (1979, ★ 6.9)
- Dick Turpin (1979, ★ 7.5)
- Charlie Bubbles (1968, ★ 6.5)
- Don't Open Till Christmas (1984, ★ 4.8)
- The Playbirds (1978, ★ 4.5)
- Hide and Seek (1972, ★ 5.1)
- Catch Us If You Can (1965, ★ 5.2)
- Crown Court (1972, ★ 5.4)
- Play for Today (1970, ★ 6.3)
- Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense (1984, ★ 6.4)
- Department S (1969, ★ 5)
- Yesterday's Hero (1979, ★ 3.8)
- Freelance (1970, ★ 3.2)
- Percy's Progress (1974, ★ 3.5)
- Confessions from the David Galaxy Affair (1979, ★ 2.5)