Alan Lake
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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.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, UK
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Birthday: November 24, 1940
Age: 84 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: October 10, 1984
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A Bit of Crucifixion, Father
Overview: A doctor advises a woman not to proceed with her latest pregnancy, contrary to her strict Catholic upbringing.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-10-30
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Layout for 5 Models
Overview: The editor of an erotic magazine listens to the fantasies of his models.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-01-05
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Destiny
Overview: A small town shopkeeper is conned into standing for an extreme right-wing party at a by-election, and later discovers that it's financed by the corporation that has dispossessed him of his business.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-01-31
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Flame
Overview: Light the Rock 'n Roll spark with a Flame in the guise of Dave, Noddy, Jim and Don and their showcase of the rise and demise of rock band Flame. Set in the hardships of North England's seventies working class society and music scene. This build-up from rags to riches is a parody of realism and grit, with double-dealings and harsh unforgiving dog eat dog mentalities, and the golden rule; if you play with matches then you're going to get burnt, in the flames of the music industry.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-02-13
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Freelance
Overview: A street-smart witness to a gangland slaying tries to beat the hit man at his own game.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-01-01
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Don't Open Till Christmas
Overview: It's just days before Christmas in London, but not everyone is full of good cheer - as a maniac with a pathological hatred of Santa Claus stalks the streets, butchering any man that’s unlucky enough to be wandering around dressed as Old Saint Nick.
Genres: Thriller Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-12-07
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Confessions from the David Galaxy Affair
Overview: Professional astrologer and lothario David Galaxy (Alan Lake, aka Mr Diana Dors), finds himself entangled with the Law and must be able to provide an alibi to clear himself from an incident that involved robbery and murder five years previously.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-06-01
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The Amorous Milkman
Overview: Davey's milk delivery job offers him scant excitement. But when a few of the lonely housewives, including the alluring Rita, want him to deliver a little more than just pints of milk, Davey launches into a series of sexcapades that quickly get out of hand. Soon, he finds himself engaged to two women, dodging a local gangster who doesn't appreciate his "service" and fighting false rape charges in court.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-01-01
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The Swordsman
Overview: When Harriet Zapper is hired to find the identity of Karel Duval, and the true heir to the Duval family fortune, a bloody trail of murders leads the Big Zapper from London to the South of France and into a hornet's nest of betrayal and death.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-01-04
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The Playbirds
Overview: In order to unmask a pathological killer who is targeting the beautiful centrefolds of Playbirds magazine, a sexy policewoman Lucy Sheridan puts her life and reputation on the line by sleeping with millionaire publisher Harry Dougan. The Chief Superintendant and Police Commissioner are keeping a close eye on her, but time is running out fast.
Genres: Thriller Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-07-06
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Charlie Bubbles
Overview: Charlie Bubbles, a writer, up from the working class of Manchester, England, who, in the course of becoming prematurely rich and famous, has mislaid a writer's basic tool – the capacity to feel and to respond. Now he must visit his estranged wife and son, whom he has set up on a farm outside his native city. His journey accidentally becomes an attempt to reestablish his connections with life, people, and his own history.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-02-11
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The Black Stuff
Overview: A Liverpool tarmac gang set off for a contract in Middlesbrough. After a day of work, the group are approached by two gypsies who offer them a lucrative side job.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-01-02
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Yesterday's Hero
Overview: Successful soccer player Rod Turner spirals into drunken self-pity until he develops a friendship with an inspirational orphan and a beautiful singer. Learning from them what truly matters in life, Rod regroups and returns to form.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-04-24
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Percy's Progress
Overview: Percy, the man with the world's first penis transplant, discovers that there is a chemical in the world's water that makes men impotent.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-08-01
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The Unforgettable Diana Dors
Overview: Short documentary profiling the life of British 'Blonde Bombshell' Diana Dors, who died of cancer in 1984. Movie clips and TV footage are mixed with celebrity interviews, including rare appearances by actor Rod Steiger and veteran director J. Lee Thompson. There is some interesting location work at Dors' lavish Sunningdale mansion and plenty of long-unseen film clips, but the documentary ultimately glosses over her scandalous, and often seedy, life.
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Original Language: en
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Hide and Seek
Overview: A young boy runs away from an approved school to meet up with his father in the hope that he can persuade his dad to allow him to travel to Canada with him. He also meets up with two local children and discovers that his father is instead planning a bank heist.
Genres: Crime Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-10-07
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The Christmas Tree
Overview: The adventures encountered by Gary, his brother and sister, when they try to get a Christmas tree for a hospital Christmas Eve party.
Genres: Family Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-12-02
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Anything Can Happen
Overview: Part of BFI collection "Police and Thieves."
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-01-02
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Thief
Overview: A lady catches the attention of a compulsive gambler.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-07-24
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The Office Party
Overview: The misadventures of staff enjoying an office party.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-01-01
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Paint Me a Murder
Overview: Luke Lorenz is a artist whose paintings don't sell. His imaginative wife Sandra reasons that sales of his works would increase tenfold if he were to die, so they fake his death.
Genres: Drama Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-10-29
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Doctor Who: Underworld
Overview: On the edge of the universe, the Doctor, Leela and K9 encounter a Minyan ship on an epic quest to find their race banks... but their people have encountered the Time Lords before...
Genres: Action Adventure Drama Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-01-28
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Stand Up, Nigel Barton
Overview: Semi-autobiographical TV play by Dennis Potter, from the BBC's 'Wednesday Play' series. It deals with the experiences of Nigel Barton, a young man from a poor mining community who wins a scholarship to Oxford University. The villagers accuse him of snobbery, while the rich University students treat him like a peasant. Uncertain of which sphere he should be moving in, Nigel tries to reconcile himself with his proud but stubborn father, and also succeed at University, despite its pretentions which apall him.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-12-08
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Who Got Diana Dors's Millions?
Overview: British cinema's original sex symbol, Diana Dors, left her £2 million fortune in various bank accounts, their details and locations revealed by an apparently uncrackable cipher. In this documentary, everyone from her son Jason Dors Lake to the legendary code-breakers of Bletchley Park try to solve the mystery.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-08-13
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Catch Us If You Can
Overview: Dinah is a famous model and actress who is getting tired of life in the limelight and wants to take a break. While shooting a commercial spot for meat, she meets Steve, a stuntman. Dinah and Steve hit it off and decide to head to an island to get away from it all, bringing along four of Steve's friends. Before long, Dinah is reported missing and everyone is looking for her, making their getaway anything but tranquil.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-07-15
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The Button Man
Overview: ' Whatever you think of me doesn't change what you are. Rabble who've heard of socialism and think it's ten pints a night. Go on, vote me out ...'
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-04-09
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The Ladies: Doreen
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Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-09-18
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