Autographs of Richard Dawson
Richard Dawson (born Colin Lionel Emm; 20 November 1932 – 2 June 2012) was an English-American actor, comedian, game-show host, and panelist in the United States. Dawson was well known for playing Corporal Peter Newkirk in Hogan's Heroes, as a regular panelist on Match Game (1973–1978), and as the original host of Family Feud (1976–1985, 1994–95).
Colin Lionel Emm was born in Gosport, Hampshire, England, on 20 November 1932 to Arthur Emm (born 1897) and Josephine Lucy Emm (née Lindsay; born 1903). His father drove a removal van and his mother worked in a munitions factory. Colin and his older brother John Leslie Emm were evacuated as children during World War II to escape the bombing of England's major port cities in the south. In a radio interview with Hogan's Heroes co-star Bob Crane, Emm (by this point, known by his changed name) recounted how this experience severely limited his school attendance, stating that he attended school regularly for only two years.
At age 14, Emm ran away from home to join the British Merchant Navy, where he pursued a career in boxing, earning almost $5,000 in shipboard matches. During 1950 and 1951, Emm made several passages on the RMS Mauretania from Southampton to ports of call, including Nassau, the Bahamas, Havana, and New York City. Following his discharge from the merchant service, Emm began pursuing a comedy career using the stage name Dickie Dawson; he later changed his alias to Richard Dawson, which he eventually adopted as his legal name.
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Traded items with a signature of Richard Dawson
The most expensive item with a signature of Richard Dawson (Diana Dors & Richard Dawson signed 1961 programme with AFTAL COA) was sold in September 2025 for £186.14 while the cheapest item (Richard Dawson Yorkshire And England Cricket Signed Picture 6x4) found a new owner for £0.99 in January 2025. The month with the most items sold (4) was March 2025 with an average selling price of £39.81 for an autographed item of Richard Dawson. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in December 2021 with £99.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £10.35 was November 2019. In average, an autographed item from Richard Dawson is worth £32.00.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Richard Dawson were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | RICHARD DAWSON & CIRCLE - HENKI HAND SIGNED CD ALBUM AUTOGRAPHED | £45.01 |  |
| RICHARD DAWSON = END OF THE MIDDLE HAND SIGNED CD ALBUM AUTOGRAPHED | £34.61 | |
| RICHARD DAWSON = END OF THE MIDDLE HAND SIGNED CD ALBUM AUTOGRAPHED | £34.61 | |
 | RICHARD DAWSON End Of The Middle BLACK VINYL + HAND Signed PRINT AUTOGRAPHED | £45.65 | |
| RICHARD DAWSON End Of The Middle BLACK VINYL + HAND Signed PRINT AUTOGRAPHED | £45.65 | |
 | Richard Dawson | End Of The Middle | Black Vinyl LP | Signed Copy | £29.99 | |
| Richard Dawson | End Of The Middle | Black Vinyl LP | Signed Copy | £29.99 | |
| Richard Dawson | End Of The Middle | Black Vinyl LP | Signed Copy | £29.99 | |
| Richard Dawson | End Of The Middle | Black Vinyl LP | Signed Copy | £29.99 | |
| Richard Dawson | End Of The Middle | Black Vinyl LP | Signed Copy | £29.99 | |
| Richard Dawson | End Of The Middle | Black Vinyl LP | Signed Copy | £29.99 | |
| Richard Dawson | End Of The Middle | Black Vinyl LP | Signed Copy | £29.99 | |
| Richard Dawson | End Of The Middle | Black Vinyl LP | Signed Copy | £29.99 | |
| Richard Dawson: End of the Middle. Vinyl LP/ Album + Exclusive Signed Print. New | £43.22 | |
| Richard Dawson: End of the Middle. Vinyl LP/ Album + Exclusive Signed Print. New | £43.22 | |
