Article: Memories are made of this; That's Amore star Mark Adams tells Laura Davis what it's like to become Dean Martin.(Features)

Byline: Laura Davis

WHEN it came to naming the family dog, Mark Adams's four children immediately knew what to call him - Deano. As their father has been playing the Ratpack's Dean Martin since 2002 it seemed a natural choice.

"He's a black lab with a little white crest so he looks like a negative version of Dean - instead of a black bow tie he's got a white one," reveals the 50-year-old performer.

Mark Adams has all of Martin's charm and, after seven years of acting as him in shows all over the world, also his low vibrato and his mannerisms - picked up from endless hours watching 60s movies.

"The particular way he might hold a ...

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