Leslie Dayman

Leslie Dayman (born 19 January 1933), 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 Homicide, Prisoner, Sons and Daughters and E Street.

Career[]

Dayman who was born in Footscray, Victoria, Australia, and started his career in theatre from 1955, a genre he would work in as an actor, director and narrator,^[1] and on television from 1964 starred in the crime series Homicide as senior detective Bill Hudson having appeared in 104 episodes from 1966 to 1968. In the 1980s, he was a major cast member in the soap operas Sons and Daughters (as Roger Carlyle), Prisoner (as Geoff MacRae) and E Street (as Senior Sergeant George Sullivan). Other television roles have 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.

Personal life[]

He has two sons with Diane Chamberlain Dayman (also an actor and member of the South Australian Theatre Company): Nicholas Andrew and Timothy Paul. Dayman now has two granddaughters and a grandson.

Les is currently married to wife Rose Dayman.

Filmography[]

Television and film roles[]

References[]

External links[]

• Leslie Dayman at IMDb

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