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Edward Woodward

Born June 1, 1930
Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
Died Nov. 16, 2009, aged 79

Edward Albert Arthur Woodward OBE (June 1, 1930 - November 16, 2009) was an English stage and screen actor and singer. After graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), Woodward began his career on stage, and throughout his career he appeared in productions in both the West End in London and on Broadway …

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Edward Albert Arthur Woodward OBE (June 1, 1930 - November 16, 2009) was an English stage and screen actor and singer. After graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), Woodward began his career on stage, and throughout his career he appeared in productions in both the West End in London and on Broadway in New York. He came to wider attention from 1967 in the title role of the British television spy drama Callan, earning him the 1970 British Academy Television Award for Best Actor. Among his film credits, Woodward starred as Police Sergeant Howie in the 1973 cult British horror film The Wicker Man, and in the title role of the noted 1980 Australian biopic Breaker Morant. From 1985 Woodward starred as British ex-secret agent and vigilante Robert McCall in the American television series The Equalizer, earning him the 1986 Golden Globe Award for Best Television Drama Actor.

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Acting (102)

Hot Fuzz (2007)

Tom Weaver

The Wicker Man (1973)

Sergeant Neil Howie

A Christmas Carol (1984)

Ghost of Christmas Present

La Femme Nikita (1997)

Mr. Jones

Becket (1964)

Clement (uncredited)

Breaker Morant (1980)

Harry 'Breaker' Morant

Gulliver's Travels (1996)

Drunlo

The Saint (1962)

Jack Liskard

Crusade (1999)

Alwyn

The Lone Gunmen (2001)

The Equalizer (1985)

Robert McCall

King David (1985)

King Saul

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985)

Drummond

Young Winston (1972)

Captain Aylmer Haldane / Aylmer Haldane

Who Dares Wins (1982)

Commander Powell

The Bill (1984)

Johnnie Jackson

Five Days (2007)

Vic Marsham

Mister Johnson (1991)

Sargy Gollup

The Appointment (1983)

Ian

Sitting Target (1972)

Inspector Milton

Messiah (2001)

Rev. Stephen Hedges

The Abduction Club (2002)

Lord Fermoy

Blood Suckers (1971)

Dr. Holstrom

The Ra Expeditions (1972)

Narrator (BBC version)

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Murder in Suburbia (2004)

Reg

The File of the Golden Goose (1969)

Arthur Thompson

Champions (1984)

Josh Gifford

Aladdin (1992)

The Sultan (voice)

Callan (1974)

David Callan

The Man in the Brown Suit (1989)

Sir Eustace Pedler

Uncle Tom's Cabin (1987)

Simon Legree

Arthur the King (1985)

Merlin

Hands of a Murderer (1990)

Sherlock Holmes

Callan (1967)

David Callan

The Defenders (1961)

H.T. Harris

Love is Forever (1983)

Derek McBracken

Play for Today (1970)

The Man

BBC Play of the Month (1965)

Caius Cassius / Lopakhin

Common As Muck (1994)

Nev

Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965)

Arthur / Alan

Deadly Advice (1994)

Maj. Herbert Armstrong

Sir Francis Drake (1961)

Spanish Captain

Stand up, Virgin Soldiers (1977)

Sgt. Wellbeloved

The Baron (1966)

Where There's a Will (1955)

Ralph Stokes

Armchair Theatre (1956)

David Callan

Soccer Shoot-Out (1991)

Commentator (Voice)

CI5: The New Professionals (1999)

Harry Malone

Hunted (1972)

John Drummond

Mystery and Imagination (1966)

Reeve

Sergeant Cork (1963)

Austen Carew

Theatre 625 (1964)

Guy Crouchback

Whodunnit? (1973)

Host

1990 (1977)

Jim Kyle

Memories of Manon (1989)

Robert McCall

Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years (1981)

Sir Samuel Hoare

ITV Playhouse (1967)

Ed / George Mangham / Ian

NET Playhouse (1966)

Caius Cassius

Over My Dead Body (1990)

The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine (1987)

Robert McCall

The Shamrock Conspiracy (1995)

Edward Harrison

The Troubleshooters (1965)

Ron Smith

Three for All (1975)

Roadsweeper

Wet Job (1981)

David Callan

A Christmas Reunion (1994)

Colonel Phillips

Codename: Kyril (1988)

Michael Royston

Evelyn (1971)

The Man

In Suspicious Circumstances (1991)

Storyteller

Julius Caesar (1969)

Caius Cassius

Night Flight (2002)

Vic Green

The Edward Woodward Hour (1971)

A Congregation of Ghosts (2009)

Reverend Densham

A Magnum for Schneider (1967)

David Callan

Armchair Cinema (1974)

Philip Warne

Armchair Mystery Theatre (1960)

Paul Danek / Anstey

Blunt Instrument (1981)

Alex Logan

Detective (1964)

Auguste Dupin

Arthur

Entertaining Mr. Sloane (1968)

Ed

Harrison: Cry of the City (1996)

Edward 'Teddy' Harrison

Laurence Olivier Presents (1976)

Luigi

Marcie's Dowry (2000)

Gus Wise

Nice Work (1980)

Saturday, Sunday, Monday (1978)

Luigi

Sword of Honour (1967)

Guy Crouchback

The Cherry Orchard (1971)

Lopahkin

A Desperate Fortune: Matthew Flinders' Australia (1988)

Narrator

A Rod of Iron (1980)

Ian

First Landing (2007)

Older Nathaniel Peacock / Narrator (voice)

In My Defence (1991)

Gourgen Yanikian

Prisoners (1971)

The Man

Robin Hardy's Script - The Lost Ending (2023)

Sgt Howie

Sunday Night Thriller (1981)

Alex Logan

The Bass Player and the Blonde (1977)

George Mangham

The Bass Player and the Blonde (1978)

George Mangham

The Root of All Evil? (1968)

Designi

The Trial of Lady Chatterley (1980)

Mervyn Griffith-Jones

The Wicker Man at 50 (2023)

Sgt Howie

Mark Frazier

When Day Is Done (1975)

Philip Warne

You Can't Win (1966)

You Can't Win (1961)

Paul Hayward

Appearances (10)

The Wicker Man Enigma (2001)

Himself

Burnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker Man (2001)

Himself

Ex-S: The Wicker Man (1998)

Self

100 Greatest Sexy Moments (2003)

Self

Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz (2007)

Self

The True Story of the Bridge on the River Kwai (2000)

Himself - Narrator

Callan: This Man Alone (2016)

Self (archive)

The RAF at War: Part One (2004)

himself (Presenter)

The RAF at War: Part Three (2004)

himself (Presenter)

The RAF at War: Part Two (2004)

himself (Presenter)