Name Leslie Dayman Role Actor | Spouse Rosie Dayman | |
Children Timothy Paul Dayman, Nicholas Andrew Dayman Movies and TV shows E Street, Holy Smoke!, Homicide, Gallipoli, Stepfather of the Bride Similar People Jane Campion, Cate Shortland, Gillian Armstrong, James Bogle, Alex Holmes | ||
Leslie "Les" Dayman (born in Melbourne on 19 January 1933) is an Australian actor best known for his performances on television.
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Career
He 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 1969 - 1980.
Personal life
He has two sons with Diane 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 Rose.