Dixon of Dock Green Blue Lamp" Dixon has a wife named Em (Gladys Henson). It is mentioned that their only son, Bert, was killed in the Second World War—hence Dixon adopts a paternal aspect towards PC Andy Mitchell (Jimmy Hanley), a young policeman on his first day. Dixon comes across a raid and is shot. The rest of the film focuses on catching the perpetrator, a thug named Tom Riley (played by Dirk Bogarde). This gears up hugely once Dixon, who was said to be rallying in hospital, unexpectedly and suddenly dies, and Mitchell embarks on a perilous quest to find and bring Tom
George Dixon Academy Grade School in 1888, and began to include girls. In 2002, Headteacher Sir Robert Dowling was knighted for "services to special needs education". The school was re-modelled using funds from the Birmingham City Council's Building Schools for the Future Programme. In September 2012 the school converted to academy status and was renamed George Dixon Academy. The television character Dixon of Dock Green may have been named after George Dixon. The character first appeared in the film "The Blue Lamp" (1950), produced by a former pupil of the school, Michael Balcon. George Dixon Academy George Dixon Academy is a school in