Leslie Dayman

Leslie Calmond Dayman (19 January 1933 – 20 October 2023), credited as Les Dayman, was an Australian actor with a career spanning over 50 years, he was best known for his performances on television (serials and telemovies) and film, major small screen roles including Homicide, Prisoner, Sons and Daughters, and E Street.

Early life

Leslie Calmond Dayman was born at Burn Brae Private Hospital

Dayman started his career in theatre in 1955 and thereafter worked as an actor, director and narrator.[3]

Television roles

Dayman was best known as a staple of the small screen in numerous serial roles. His television career began in 1964 in a TV film, and he appeared in the police procedural crime series Homicide as senior detective Bill Hudson in 104 episodes from 1966 to 1968.^{[citation needed]}

In the 1980s, he was a regular cast member in three major Australian soap operas, all of which had international success: in

Other television appearances included Division 4, Bellamy, Cop Shop, Holiday Island, A Country Practice, Water Rats, Stingers, All Saints, Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries and Sara Dane. Movie appearances include Weekend of Shadows, Gallipoli, Oscar and Lucinda, Footy Legends, Stepfather of the Bride, The Silence and Holy Smoke!. He acted in many South Australian Theatre Company productions and was its director from 1968 to 1969.^{[citation needed]}

Death

Leslie Dayman died on 20 October 2023^[4]

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

• Leslie Dayman at
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