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

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, then in

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, 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'', Charles Dickens's second novel, was published as a serial from 1837 to 1839, and as a three-volume book in 1838. Born in a workhouse, the orphan Oliver Twist is bound into apprenticeship with ...

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

Dixon of Dock Green ''Dixon of Dock Green'' was 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 19 ...

'' (1964), ''

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'' (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), ''

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'' (1963), ''

'' (1969)), ''

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

'' (in the episode ''

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'') (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'' is a 1980 British short thriller film by Marnham & Harvey Productions. It was directed and written by Christian Marnham, and stars Tracy Hyde, Bill Wallis, Clive Mantle, and Raymond Adamson. It marked the film de ...

'' (1980). His final appearance was as an auction porter in '' Seen a Ghost'' (1997).

Filmography

References

External links

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Raymond Adamson at Aveleyman.com
English male television actors 1920 births 2002 deaths Male actors from Kent 20th-century English male actors {{UK-actor-stub