Wade Nichols
| Wade Nichols | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Dennis Posa October 29, 1946 Freeport, New York. U.S. |
| Died |
January 28, 1985 (aged 38) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | pornographic and television and film actor, singer |
| Years active | 1972-1985 (his death) |
Dennis Posa, aka Dennis Parker, better known by his performance name of Wade Nichols (October 28, 1946 – January 28, 1985) was an actor and singer who started his career in pornographic movies.[1][2]
Early life
Nichols was born in Manhattan, New York and raised in Freeport, New York.[3] He attended the Philadelphia Museum College of Art, studying Pottery and Design.[3] While attending, he won a role in a touring company production of “The Trojan Women.” He later attended New York University and the Herbert Berghof Studio, where he studied Acting.[3]
Career
Nichols' first feature film role was probably in the gay adult film Boynapped! (1975). He subsequently appeared mostly in straight porn films shot in New York, such as Barbara Broadcast, Jail Bait, Take Off,[2] Summer of Laura, Punk Rock, Maraschino Cherry, Blonde Ambition[2] and Teenage Pajama Party. Posa was credited as Wade Nichols in most of the adult films in which he appeared.
In 1979, using the name Dennis Parker, he recorded a disco album on Casablanca Records entitled Like an Eagle.[3] The album was produced by Village People creator/producer Jacques Morali. He also toured Europe to promote the album.[3] The title track was released as a single and appears on the box set The Casablanca Records Story (1994).
Posa (still as Dennis Parker) joined the cast of the soap opera The Edge of Night in 1979, as Police Chief Derek Mallory.[3]
Seriously ill by October 1984, Posa was unable to continue working on The Edge of Night, and his character was written out of the show. The show was cancelled months later.
Death
Nichols died January 28, 1985.[3] (According to a persistent rumor the cause of death was a self-inflicted gunshot wound, but this has never been confirmed.)[4] In a tribute to Posa in a 1985 issue of Soap Opera Digest, fellow Edge of Night actor Ernie Townsend wrote, "He died in early January after a long and painful illness that took away a talent in its prime."[5] An obituary released in Virginia stated that he died after a "brief illness, survived by his mother, brother, and partner."
Partial filmography
| Movie Title | Distributor | Year |
| Bang Bang You Got It | Video-X-Pix | 1976 |
| Barbara Broadcast | VCA | 1977 |
| Boynapped | Hand-In-Hand | 1975 |
| Call Me Angel | Video Home Library | 1975 |
| Captain Lust | International Home Video Corporation | 1977 |
| Come to Me | Air Video | 1976 |
| Honeymoon Haven | Video-X-Pix | 1977 |
| Hot Pursuit | VCA | 1983 |
| Jail Bait | Command Video | 1976 |
| Jawbreakers | Ventura | 1985 |
| Love You | Essex Video | 1979 |
| Magic Girls | Horizon | 1980 |
| Maraschino Cherry | Video-X-Pix | 1978 |
| Odyssey | VCX | 1977 |
| Punk Rock | Atom | 1978 |
| Secret Dreams of Mona Q | Arrow Productions | 1976 |
| Summer Of Laura | VCA | 1975 |
| Sweetheart | Video-X-Pix | 1977 |
| Take Off | Video-X-Pix | 1978 |
| Teenage Pajama Party | VEP | 1977 |
| Virgin Dreams | VCX | 1976 |
| Visions | Quality-X-Video | 1978 |
| Beach House | Caballero Home Video | 1980 |
| Blonde Ambition | Video-X-Pix | 1980 |
| Bizarre Thunder | Ribu Video | 1984 |
References
- ↑ Wade Nichols at the Internet Movie Database
- 1 2 3 Variety Magazine (daily) (September 16, 1985 ed.). 16 September 1985.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Variety Magazine (weekly) (February 6, 1985 ed.). 6 February 1985.
- ↑ http://disc.yourwebapps.com/discussion.cgi?disc=154531;article=30285;
- ↑ http://mainstreetmallonline.com/fanstuff/listingview.php?num=30468&ref=25
External links
- Wade Nichols at the Internet Adult Film Database
- Wade Nichols at the Adult Film Database