17 Facts About Alan Lake

Alan Lake was an English actor and the third and final husband of screen star Diana Dors.

Alan Lake was born in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire on 24 November 1940.

Alan Lake studied acting at RADA and began to work in television roles in 1964.

Alan Lake was the third husband of the actress Diana Dors, whom he met on the set of the 1968 television series The Inquisitors.

Alan Lake had a daughter, Catherine Emma, born in 1967 with casting director Pamela Brown.

Diana and Alan Lake 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.

In July 1970, Alan 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.

Alan Lake was a keen horseman, and on his release from prison Dors presented him with a mare named Sapphire.

In 1972, Alan Lake was unseated when the horse ran into the bough of a tree.

Alan Lake's back was broken, and initially it was thought he might spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair, but he was walking again within three weeks.

Alan Lake began hallucinating and experiencing psychotic episodes, but was diverted from drinking after becoming a Roman Catholic, convincing Dors to follow him in adopting the faith.

In 1974, Dors was rushed to hospital suffering from meningitis, and Alan Lake fainted when he was told that she might not survive the night.

Alan Lake miscarried, which led Lake to return to heavy drinking.

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

Alan Lake's acting work became less frequent in the 1980s, and Dors' health began to deteriorate.

Alan Lake was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 1982, and died in May 1984.

Alan Lake then burned all of Dors' clothes, and fell into a depression.