Edward Woodward
Acting
Born: June 1, 1930 · Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
Died: November 16, 2009 (aged 79)
Highest Rated
Biography
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.
Known for
Hot Fuzz
2007
The Wicker Man
1973
A Christmas Carol
1984
Becket
1964
Breaker Morant
1980
Gulliver's Travels
1996
The Saint
1962
Crusade
1999
The Lone Gunmen
2001
The Equalizer
1985
King David
1985
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985
Photos (3)
Movies (45)
Hot Fuzz
Tom Weaver
The Wicker Man
Sergeant Neil Howie
A Christmas Carol
Ghost of Christmas Present
Becket
Clement (uncredited)
Who Dares Wins
Commander Powell
Breaker Morant
Harry 'Breaker' Morant
King David
King Saul
Young Winston
Captain Aylmer Haldane
Young Winston
Aylmer Haldane
The Man in the Brown Suit
Sir Eustace Pedler
Hands of a Murderer
Sherlock Holmes
Julius Caesar
Cassius
The Abduction Club
Lord Fermoy
The Ra Expeditions
Narrator (BBC version)
Aladdin
The Sultan (voice)
Sitting Target
Inspector Milton
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Simon Legree
Arthur the King
Merlin
Three for All
Roadsweeper
Mister Johnson
Sargy Gollup
Love is Forever
Derek McBracken
The Appointment
Ian
Champions
Josh Gifford
Where There's a Will
Ralph Stokes
Deadly Advice
Maj. Herbert Armstrong
Soccer Shoot-Out
Commentator (Voice)
A Christmas Reunion
Colonel Phillips
The File of the Golden Goose
Arthur Thompson
The Cherry Orchard
Lopahkin
The Wicker Man at 50
Sgt Howie
Memories of Manon
Robert McCall
The Trial of Lady Chatterley
Mervyn Griffith-Jones
Hunted
John Drummond
The Shamrock Conspiracy
Edward Harrison
Blood Suckers
Dr. Holstrom
A Magnum for Schneider
David Callan
The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine
Robert McCall
Stand up, Virgin Soldiers
Sgt. Wellbeloved
Callan
David Callan
When Day Is Done
Philip Warne
Evelyn
The Man
Saturday, Sunday, Monday
Luigi
Wet Job
David Callan
Prisoners
The Man
Entertaining Mr. Sloane
Ed
TV Shows (39)
Play for Today
The Man · 1 eps
BBC Play of the Month
Caius Cassius · 1 eps
BBC Play of the Month
Lopakhin · 1 eps
The Saint
Jack Liskard · 1 eps
The Equalizer
Robert McCall · 88 eps
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Drummond · 2 eps
ITV Playhouse
Ed · 1 eps
ITV Playhouse
George Mangham · 1 eps
ITV Playhouse
Ian · 1 eps
The Bill
Johnnie Jackson · 2 eps
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Arthur · 1 eps
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Alan · 1 eps
The Defenders
H.T. Harris · 1 eps
Theatre 625
Guy Crouchback · 3 eps
NET Playhouse
Caius Cassius · 1 eps
Detective
Auguste Dupin · 1 eps
The Lone Gunmen
1 eps
In Suspicious Circumstances
Storyteller · 39 eps
Five Days
Vic Marsham · 10 eps
Crusade
Alwyn · 1 eps
Callan
David Callan · 44 eps
Sergeant Cork
Austen Carew · 1 eps
Murder in Suburbia
Reg · 1 eps
Sir Francis Drake
Spanish Captain · 1 eps
The Baron
1 eps
Gulliver's Travels
Drunlo · 2 eps
Codename: Kyril
Michael Royston · 2 eps
Mystery and Imagination
Reeve · 1 eps
1990
Jim Kyle · 16 eps
CI5: The New Professionals
Harry Malone · 13 eps
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
Sir Samuel Hoare · 8 eps
Messiah
Rev. Stephen Hedges · 2 eps
Laurence Olivier Presents
Luigi · 1 eps
Whodunnit?
Host · 6 eps
Common As Muck
Nev · 12 eps
You Can't Win
1 eps
Armchair Theatre
1 eps
Armchair Theatre
David Callan · 1 eps
Armchair Cinema
Philip Warne · 1 eps
Self / Appearances (10)
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee · 2 eps
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
Self
Burnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker Man
Himself
Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz
Self
The Wicker Man Enigma
Himself
Ex-S: The Wicker Man
Self
Callan: This Man Alone
Himself (archive)
The RAF at War: Part One
himself (Presenter)
The RAF at War: Part Two
himself (Presenter)
The RAF at War: Part Three
himself (Presenter)