Leslie Ernest Dayman (born 19 January 1938) credited variously as Les Dayman and Les Daymen, is an Australian retired actor best known for his performances on television (serials and telemovies) and film, major small screen roles including ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Sons and Daughters'' and '' E Street''. As

Career

Theatre

Dayman was born in

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, Australia in 1933 and is the son of AFL/VFL footballer

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. He started a career in theatre in 1955, and thereafter worked as an actor, director and narrator,

Television

A staple of the small screen, his television career began in 1964, when he appeared in the police procedural crime series ''Homicide.'' As senior detective Bill Hudson he appeared in 104 episodes from 1966 to 1968. In the 1980s, he was a regular cast member in three major Australian soap operas, all of which had international success: in

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's '' Sons and Daughters'', he played Roger Carlyle, a ruthless shady businessman in episodes broadcast in 1984 and 1985; also in 1985, he starred in ''

'', another Grundy production, as Geoff MacRae, one of three male prisoners in a 6 month story arc, and in '' E Street'', he played Senior Sergeant George Sullivan for the series entire run from 1989 to 1993. Other television appearances have included ''

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'', '' Bellamy'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Water Rats'', '' Stingers'', '' All Saints'', ''

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'' and '' Sara Dane''. Movie appearances include ''

Weekend of Shadows ''Weekend of Shadows'' is a 1978 film directed by Tom Jeffrey and starring John Waters. Premise In the 1930s, a farmer's wife in a small town is murdered. Suspicion falls on a Polish labourer and a posse is formed to catch him. Cast *John Water ...

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Oscar and Lucinda ''Oscar and Lucinda'' is a novel by Australian author Peter Carey which won the 1988 Booker Prize and the 1989 Miles Franklin Award. It was shortlisted for The Best of the Booker. Plot introduction It tells the story of Oscar Hopkins, th ...

Footy Legends ''Footy Legends'' is a 2006 Australian film, directed and co-written by Khoa Do, produced by Megan McMurchy, starring Khoa's older brother and co-writer Anh Do, Angus Sampson, Emma Lung and Claudia Karvan. It was filmed in and around the Sydne ...

, Stepfather of the Bride, The Silence'' and ''

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'' He acted in many

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productions and was its director from 1968 to 1969.

Personal life

He has two sons with Diane Chamberlain Dayman (also an actor and member of the

): Nicholas Andrew and Timothy Paul. Dayman now has two granddaughters and a grandson. Les is currently married to wife Rose Dayman. since 1961

Filmography

Television and film roles

References

External links

* 20th-century Australian male actors 21st-century Australian male actors Australian male film actors Australian male soap opera actors Australian male stage actors 1933 births Living people Male actors from Melbourne People from Footscray, Victoria {{Australia-screen-actor-stub