Raymond John Adamson (7 July 1920 – 25 March 2002) was a British actor often on television. Born in

Beckenham Beckenham () is a town in Greater London, England, within the London Borough of Bromley. Prior to 1965, it was part of Kent. It is situated north of Elmers End and Eden Park, east of Penge, south of Lower Sydenham and Bellingham, and west ...

, then in

Kent Kent is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Essex across the Thames Estuary to the north, the Strait of Dover to the south-east, East Sussex to the south-west, Surrey to the west, and Gr ...

, he made his TV debut in 1956, playing a constable in ''

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''. He became typecast playing policemen or lawmen, also playing policeman in series such as ''

Oliver Twist ''Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress'', is the second novel by English author Charles Dickens. It was originally published as a serial from 1837 to 1839 and as a three-volume book in 1838. The story follows the titular orphan, who, ...

'' (1962), '' Out of This World'' (1962), ''

Dixon of Dock Green ''Dixon of Dock Green'' is a BBC police procedural television series about daily life at a fictional London police station, with the emphasis on petty crime, successfully controlled through common sense and human understanding. It ran from 1955 ...

'' (1964), '' The Baron'' (1966), and ''

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'' (1972) and he also played a senator in '' Bergerac'' in the early 1980s. Other appearances include '' The Saint'' (1966), ''

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'' (in the episodes ''

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'' (1962), '' The Grandeur That Was Rome'' (1963), ''

'' (1969)), ''

Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) ''Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)'' is a British private detective television series, starring Mike Pratt (actor), Mike Pratt and Kenneth Cope respectively as the private detectives Jeff Randall and Marty Hopkirk. The series was created by Denn ...

'' (in the episode '' Murder Ain't What it Used to Be'') (1969), ''

Within These Walls ''Within These Walls'' is a British television drama programme made by London Weekend Television for ITV and shown between 1974 and 1978. It portrayed life in HMP Stone Park, a fictional women's prison. Unlike later women-in-prison TV series ...

'' (1974-5) and the short film ''

The Orchard End Murder ''The Orchard End Murder'' (also known as ''The Bunnyhole Murder'') is a 1981 British short thriller film directed and written by Christian Marnham, and starring Tracy Hyde, Bill Wallis, Clive Mantle, and Raymond Adamson. It marked the film ...

'' (1980). His final appearance was as an auction porter in ''

Seen a Ghost ''Seen a Ghost'' is an album by the American alternative rock band Honeydogs, released in 1997. It was the band's first album for a major label and their last with guitarist Tommy Borscheid. The band supported the album by opening for INXS on a No ...

'' (1997).

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* English male television actors 1920 births 2002 deaths Male actors from Kent 20th-century English male actors Actors from the London Borough of Bromley People from Beckenham {{UK-screen-actor-stub