Alan Lake

Alan Lake (24 November 1940 – 10 October 1984) was an English actor and the third and final husband of screen star Diana Dors.

Biography Alan Lake was born in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire on 24 November 1940, raised in the city's Milton district, and attended Endon School.

He studied acting at RADA

He was the third husband of the actress Diana Dors, whom he met on the set of the 1968 television series The Inquisitors. Lake also had a daughter, Catherine Emma, born in 1967 with casting director Pamela Brown. Diana and Alan worked together in the early 1970s, on stage in plays such as Three Months Gone, for which Dors received her best critical reviews since Yield to the Night. They also received an offer to appear together in a TV sitcom, Queenie's Castle.

In July 1970, Lake was involved in a pub brawl for which he was sentenced to 18 months in prison, although he was released after serving a year. His friend, the singer Leapy Lee, was sentenced to three years for unlawfully wounding the pub's relief manager and was also released after a year. Both he and Dors attended the Slade in Flame premiere at the Metropole Theatre, Victoria, London, on 13 February 1975.

In 1980, the pair separated for a time, although they were reconciled when Lake promised to undergo treatment for his alcoholism.

Acting roles Film Catch Us If You Can, aka Having a Wild Weekend (1965) — Cameraman (uncredited) Sky West and Crooked, aka Gypsy Girl (1966) — Camlo The Christmas Tree (1966) — Truck Driver (uncredited) Charlie Bubbles (1967) — Airman Freelance (1971) — Dean Swedish Wildcats (1972) — Bodyguard Hide and Seek (1972) — Lorrimer Layout for 5 Models (1972) — Andy Percy's Progress (1974) — Derry Hogan The Swordsman (1974) — Reynaud Duval The Amorous Milkman (1975) — Sandy Slade In Flame (1975) — Jack Daniels The Office Party (1976) — Mr. Barnes The Playbirds (1978) — Harry Dougan Confessions from the David Galaxy Affair (1979) — David Galaxy Yesterday's Hero (1979) — Georgie Moore Don't Open Till Christmas (1984) — Giles Harrison

Television

Z-Cars, episode "Two in the Bush"-(1964)-Joe Catch Hand, episode "Fifteen-Bob-An-Hour Men" (1964) — Charlie No Hiding Place, episode "Real Class" (1964) — Third Player The Wednesday Play: Wear a Very Big Hat (1965) — Harry Atkins Cluff, episode "The Village Constable" (1965) — Tod Meller Mary Barton (1964), 1 episode — Knobstick The Wednesday Play: Stand Up, Nigel Barton (1965) (TV) Hereward the Wake, four episodes (1965) — Edwin For Whom the Bell Tolls (1965), 1 episode — Corporal Redcap, episode "The Moneylenders" (1966) — Lance Corporal Farrington The Saint, episode "Locate and Destroy" (1966) — Jacob Thirteen Against Fate, episode "The Traveller" (1966) — Robert Eloi The Avengers, episode "The House That Jack Built" (1966) — Prison Officer (uncredited) Thirty-Minute Theatre, episode "The Wake" (1967) The Wednesday Play: Dial Rudolph Valentino One One (1967) — Con Z-Cars, episode "She's Not Yours, She's Mine: Part 2" (1967) — Speedy Public Eye, episode "It Must Be the Architecture – Can't Be the Climate" (1968) — Murchinson Thief (1968) The Avengers, episode "The Forget-Me-Knot" (1968) — Karl A Bit of Crucifixion, Father (1968) — Gilbert Dixon of Dock Green, episode "A Quiet Sunday" (1968) — Kimber Dixon of Dock Green, episode "No Love Lost" (1969) — Keith Proctor The Contenders (miniseries, 1969) — Tom Stocker Department S, episode "Dead Men Die Twice" (1969) — The Dandy Dixon of Dock Green, episode "The Informant" (1972) — Dennis Brown The Protectors, episode "See No Evil" (1972) — Thug The Adventurer, episode "Icons Are Forever" (1973) — Carlo Z-Cars, episode "Hi-Jack" (1973) — Brian Peake Dixon of Dock Green, episode "Knocker" (1974) — Jimmy Goddard Softly, Softly: Task Force, episode "See What You've Done" (1974) — Richard Spencer The Sweeney, episode "The Ringer" (1975) — Merrick Crown Court, episode "Two in the Mind of One" (1975) Z-Cars, episode "Tonight and Every Night" (1975) — Danny Dixon of Dock Green, episode "Domino" (1976) — Ron Mason Angels, episode "Celebration" (1976) — Tony Target, episode "Lady Luck" (1977) — Swain Z-Cars, episode "Error of Judgement" (1977) — Stan Doctor Who, episode Underworld (1978) — Herrick Play for Today: "Destiny" (1978) — Monty Goodman Hazell, episode "Hazell Settles the Accounts" (1978) — Creasey Z-Cars, episode "Driver" (1978) — George Armstrong The Black Stuff (1980) — Dominic Blake's 7, episode "Aftermath" (1980) — Chel Rumpole of the Bailey: "Rumpole's Return" (1980) — Meacher Juliet Bravo, episode "Trouble at T'Mill" (1980) — Ted Galway The Olympian Way (1981) Dick Turpin, episode "The Secret Folk" (1982) — Zsika The Gentle Touch, episode "Joker" (1982) — Malcolm Webster Juliet Bravo, episode "A Breach of the Peace" (1982) — Tom Tully Hart to Hart, episode "Passing Chance" (1983) — Nick Bergerac, episode "Tug of War" (1984) — Jack Broughton Juliet Bravo, episode "Work Force" (1984) — Grogan Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense: "Paint Me a Murder" (1984) — Davey