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