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Adam Alexander Dawson
Adam Alexander Dawson
Born	20 March 1913; Edinburgh, Scotland
Died	29 January 2010
Education	Edinburgh Academy; Stowe School; The Queen's College, Oxford
Occupation(s)	Film and television editor
Spouse	Nora Francisca Blackburne

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Adam Alexander Dawson (20 March 1913 – 29 January 2010) was a noted film and television editor.

Biography

Dawson was born at 33 Royal Terrace, Edinburgh, son of Alexander Bashall Dawson and Aileen Twentyman Smithers. He was a descendant of both the Dawson whisky family of St Magdalenes Distillery, Linlithgow, and the Gillon whisky family of Leith.

Dawson was educated at Edinburgh Academy, Stowe School, and The Queen's College, Oxford where he was President of the Oxford University Film Society.

He joined the Royal Berkshire Regiment and from 1942 to 1946, he edited and produced many training films for the Army while in India.

He subsequently worked for Nettlefold Studios and for the BBC as a film editor. While working for the BBC he edited a number of productions, including Z-Cars, Doctor Who and The Benny Hill Show, although he refused to have his name in the credits of the latter. Among his films are Knight Without Armour (1937), The Conquest of the Air (1940), The Glass Mountain (1949), Old Mother Riley's New Venture (1949), Mister Drake's Duck (1951), A Place in the Country (1967), The World of Coppard (1968), The World His Challenge (1967), The Highland Jaunt (1968) and the Doctor Who serial Spearhead from Space (1970).

He was married three times. His first marriage in 1942 to Nora Francisca Blackburne ended in a divorce in 1946 following Nora's affair with the director Jack Lee, whom she subsequently married.^[1]^[2] In December 1946 he married Elizabeth Grice, and in 1983 married Pamela Gwyneth Ward (née Owen-Williams).

References

^ "The way we were: my life in pictures", The Times 23 August 2005.
^ Grove, Valerie. (1999) Laurie Lee: The Well-loved Stranger Viking.

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[1] "The way we were: my life in pictures", The Times 23 August 2005.

[2] Grove, Valerie. (1999) Laurie Lee: The Well-loved Stranger Viking.

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+'''Adam Alexander Dawson''' (20 March 1913 &ndash; 29 January 2010) was a noted film and television editor.
+==Biography==
+Dawson was born at 33 Royal Terrace, [[Edinburgh]], son of Alexander Bashall Dawson and Aileen Twentyman Smithers. He was a descendant of both the [[Adam Dawson (distiller)|Dawson whisky family]] of [[St. Magdalene (whisky distillery)|St Magdalenes Distillery]], [[Linlithgow]], and the Gillon whisky family of [[Leith]].
+Dawson was educated at [[Edinburgh Academy]], [[Stowe School]], and [[The Queen's College, Oxford]] where he was President of the Oxford University Film Society.
-'''Adam Dawson''' (20 March 1913 &ndash; 29 January 2010) was a noted film editor.
+He joined the [[Royal Berkshire Regiment]] and from 1942 to 1946, he edited and produced many training films for the Army while in India.
-Adam Alexander Dawson was born at 33 Royal Terrace, [[Edinburgh]], son of Alexander Bashall Dawson and Aileen Twentyman Smithers. He was a descendant of both the [[Adam Dawson (distiller)|Dawson whisky family]] of [[St. Magdalene (whisky distillery)|St Magdalenes Distillery]], [[Linlithgow]], and the Gillon whisky family of [[Leith]].
-Dawson was educated at [[Edinburgh Academy]], [[Stowe School]], and [[The Queen's College, Oxford]] where he was President of the Oxford University Film Society.  He joined the [[Royal Berkshire Regiment]] and from 1942 to 1946 he edited and produced many training films for the Army while in India.  He subsequently worked for [[Nettlefold Studios]] and for the [[BBC]] as a Film Editor.  While working for the BBC he edited a number of productions, including ''[[Z-Cars]]'', ''[[Doctor Who]]'' and ''[[The Benny Hill Show]]'', although he refused to have his name in the credits of the latter. Among his films are ''[[Knight Without Armour]]'' (1937), ''[[The Conquest of the Air]]'' (1940), ''[[The Glass Mountain (film)|The Glass Mountain]]'' (1949), ''[[A Place in the Country]]'' (1967), ''[[The World of Coppard]]'' (1968), ''[[The World His Challenge]]'' (1967), ''[[The Highland Jaunt]]'' (1968) and the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' serial ''[[Spearhead from Space]]'' (1970).
+He subsequently worked for [[Nettlefold Studios]] and for the [[BBC]] as a film editor.  While working for the BBC he edited a number of productions, including ''[[Z-Cars]]'', ''[[Doctor Who]]'' and ''[[The Benny Hill Show]]'', although he refused to have his name in the credits of the latter. Among his films are ''[[Knight Without Armour]]'' (1937), ''The Conquest of the Air'' (1940), ''[[The Glass Mountain (1949 film)|The Glass Mountain]]'' (1949), ''[[Old Mother Riley's New Venture]]'' (1949), ''[[Mister Drake's Duck]]'' (1951), ''A Place in the Country'' (1967), ''[[The World of Coppard]]'' (1968), ''[[The World His Challenge]]'' (1967), ''[[The Highland Jaunt]]'' (1968) and the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' serial ''[[Spearhead from Space]]'' (1970).
-He was married three times.  His first marriage in 1942 to [[Nora Francisca Blackburne]] ended in a divorce in 1946 following Nora's affair with the director [[Jack Lee (film director)|Jack Lee]], whom she subsequently married.<ref>"The way we were: my life in pictures", ''[[The Times]]'' August 23, 2005.</ref><ref>Grove, Valerie. (1999) ''Laurie Lee: The Well-loved Stranger'' Viking.</ref> In December 1946 he married Elizabeth Grice, and in 1983 married Pamela Gwyneth Ward (née Owen-Williams).
+He was married three times.  His first marriage in 1942 to [[Nora Francisca Blackburne]] ended in a divorce in 1946 following Nora's affair with the director [[Jack Lee (film director)|Jack Lee]], whom she subsequently married.<ref>"The way we were: my life in pictures", ''[[The Times]]'' 23 August 2005.</ref><ref>Grove, Valerie. (1999) ''Laurie Lee: The Well-loved Stranger'' Viking.</ref> In December 1946 he married Elizabeth Grice, and in 1983 married Pamela Gwyneth Ward (née Owen-Williams).
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