Chuck Adamson

For the ice hockey player, see Chuck Adamson (ice hockey). For other people with a similar name, see Charles Adamson (disambiguation).
Chuck Adamson
Born
Charles Fredrick Adamson

(1936-06-11)June 11, 1936
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
DiedFebruary 22, 2008(2008-02-22) (aged 71)
Roseburg, Oregon, U.S.
Occupation(s)Television producer, screenwriter, police officer
Years active1981–1996

Charles Fredrick Adamson (June 11, 1936 – February 22, 2008) was an American police officer who served with the Chicago Police Department as a sergeant detective from 1958 to 1974.[1] He later became a television producer and screenwriter.[2]

Adamson was best known for creating the television crime drama Crime Story,[3] 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 from lung cancer at age 71.[4] Michael Mann's 2009 film Public Enemies featured the tribute in its closing credits "In memory of Chuck Adamson".

  1. ^ Rybin, Steven (2007). The Cinema of Michael Mann. Lexington Books.
  2. ^ "Chuck Adamson". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-11-13.
  3. ^ O'Connor, John (September 18, 1986). "TV REVIEWS; A PREVIEW OF NBC'S 'CRIME STORY'". The New York Times.
  4. ^ "Adamson, Chuck". Las Vegas Review-Journal. March 2, 2008. Retrieved 2009-07-28.