Dallas Roland Adams (17 February 1947 – 29 August 1991) was an English actor noted for his

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performances. His television credits include ''

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'', '' Thriller'', '' Space: 1999'', '' Bergerac'', '' Doctor Who'' (in the serial ''

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''), ''

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'' and ''

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'', and his film credits include '' A Midsummer Night's Dream'' (1968), '' The Abominable Dr. Phibes'' (1971), '' Frankenstein: The True Story'' (1973), ''

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'' (1974), ''

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'' (1985) and ''

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'' (1991). Adams, who started his career with the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1968 was also a painter and a playwright. His working-class family (his mother worked as a cleaner , and his father Alec as a taxi driver ) moved from Islington to the L.C.C. Estate at South Oxhey near Watford in the 1950s , where they lived in Little Oxhey Lane. According to the audio memoirs of

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, in the early 1980s, Adams was the largest gay palimony lawsuit winner in English legal history, and his casting in ''Doctor Who'' had been criticised by

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elements in the British tabloid press. He died in Camden, London in 1991 of AIDS, aged 44.

Partial filmography

*'' A Midsummer Night's Dream'' (1968) – Attendant *'' The Abominable Dr. Phibes'' (1971) – 2nd Police Official *'' Frankenstein: The True Story'' (1973) – Felix *''

'' (1974) – 2nd young male new flat owner (segment 1 "The Gate Crasher") (uncredited) *''

'' (1985) – Pearson *''

'' (1991) – MC at Strip Club (final film role)

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