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name: "Ed Adamson"
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roles: ["Writer"]
born: "28 January 1915"
died: "1 October 1972"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T15:58:55.766478+00:00"
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# Ed Adamson

Writer. Born 28 January 1915 in Albany, New York, USA. Died 1 October 1972.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 28 January 1915, Albany, New York, USA
- **Died:** 1 October 1972

## Biography

Ed Adamson was an American television writer and producer. Born on 28 January 1915 in Albany, New York, he attended Columbia University and began his career writing radio scripts before moving into television in the 1950s.

He contributed episodes to numerous series, including *Mission: Impossible* (1966), for which he wrote stories and teleplays in the early 1970s, *Mannix* (1967), *The Outer Limits* (1963), *Bonanza* (1959) and *Hawaii Five-O* (1969). Adamson created the detective series *Banyon* (1971–1973) and also worked as a producer on *Wanted: Dead or Alive* (1958). He died on 1 October 1972 in Los Angeles, California.

*Sources: imdb.com, nytimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Mission: Impossible* (1966), Fi1m 82, Story, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/mission-impossible-1966.md)

## Also known for

- *Bonanza* (1959), Writer
- *Hawaii Five-O* (1969), Writer
- *The Outer Limits* (1963), Writer, Story
- *Combat!* (1962), Writer
- *Mannix* (1967), Writer
- *The Rifleman* (1958), Writer
- *Rawhide* (1959), Writer

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