Years active 1981-1987 Name Chuck Adamson | Role Police officer | |
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Full Name Charles Fredrick Adamson Born June 11, 1936 ( 1936-06-11 ) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Movies and TV shows Crime Story, The Stand, Beverly Hills Cop, A River Runs Through It Similar People John Santucci, Steve Ryan, Dennis Farina, Bill Smitrovich, Anthony Denison | ||
Charles Fredrick "Chuck" Adamson (June 11, 1936 – February 22, 2008) was an American police officer who became a television producer and screenwriter.
Adamson was best known for creating the television crime drama Crime Story, for which he won a People's Choice Award, and for writing episodes of Miami Vice. The 1995 film Heat, starring Robert De Niro and Al Pacino and directed by Michael Mann, is based on one of Adamson's more famous cases in Chicago from the 1960s.
He died in 2008 at age 71. Michael Mann's 2009 film Public Enemies stated in its end credits "In memory of Chuck Adamson".
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