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Dennis Posa, aka Dennis Parker (October 28, 1946 – January 28, 1985), also known by the performing name of Wade Nichols, was an actor and singer who started his career in adult films.[1][2]

Wade Nichols
Born	Dennis Posa (1946-10-28)October 28, 1946 Freeport, New York. U.S.
Died	January 28, 1985(1985-01-28) (aged 38) New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actor, singer
Years active	1972–1985

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 Furniture Design.[3][4] During his stint at PMCA, 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] He supported himself by working as a carpenter for several years.[4]

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, Blonde Ambition, Jail Bait, Maraschino Cherry, Punk Rock, Summer of Laura, Take Off, and Teenage Pajama Party.[1] 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 titled Like an Eagle.[3][4] The album was produced by Village People creator and producer Jacques Morali, who was Nichols' boyfriend at the time.[5] He also toured Europe to promote the album.[3] He later appeared in the French film Monique that same year, with "Like an Eagle" being used as its theme song. The title track was released as a single and appears on the box set The Casablanca Records Story (1994). "New York By Night," another song recorded by Nichols as Dennis Parker, peaked at #11 on the South African music charts in 1980.[6]

Posa, as Dennis Parker, joined the cast of the soap opera The Edge of Night in 1979 as Police Chief Derek Mallory. He continued in the role until 1984.[2][3][4]

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.^{[citation needed]}

Death

Parker died on January 28, 1985.[3] In a tribute to Parker 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."^{[citation needed]} An obituary released in Virginia stated that he died after a "brief illness, survived by his mother, brother, and partner."^{[citation needed]} It was revealed later that he died of an unspecified AIDS-related illness.[2]

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 and the Pirate Women	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

External links

• Wade Nichols at IMDb
• Wade Nichols at the Internet Adult Film Database
• Wade Nichols at the Adult Film Database
• Wade Nichols: ‘A Galaxy of Pleasure and Pain’ His Untold Story, profile of Wade Nichols, The Rialto Report, June 25, 2017

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