Leslie Dayman

Leslie Ernest Dayman (19 January 1933 – 20 October 2023), credited variously as Les Dayman, was an Australian 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. Early lIfe Dayman was born in Footscray, Victoria, Australia on 19 January 1933. He was the son of AFL/VFL footballer Les "Bro" Dayman who played for the Port Adelaide Football Club. He started a career in theatre in 1955 and thereafter worked as an actor, director and narrator. Career Television roles Dayman started his career in theatre in 1955, but was best know 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.