Chuck Adamson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Chuck Adamson

Television producer, police officer, screenwriter

Date of Birth: 11-Jun-1936

Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Date of Death: 22-Feb-2008

Profession: screenwriter, police officer, television producer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Charles Fredrick "Chuck" 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.
He later became a television producer and screenwriter.Adamson was best known for creating the television crime drama Crime Story, 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.
Michael Mann's 2009 film Public Enemies stated in its end credits "In memory of Chuck Adamson".