Known For
Acting
Born
Jun 01, 1930
Died
Nov 16, 2009
Place of Birth
Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
Credits
110 titles
Edward Woodward
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
Filmography
The Wicker Man at 50
Sgt Howie
Callan: This Man Alone
Himself (archive)
A Congregation of Ghosts
Reverend Densham
Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz
Self
Hot Fuzz
Tom Weaver
Five Days
Vic Marsham
Murder in Suburbia
Reg
The RAF at War: Part Three
himself (Presenter)
The RAF at War: Part Two
himself (Presenter)
The RAF at War: Part One
himself (Presenter)
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
Self
The Abduction Club
Lord Fermoy
Night Flight
Vic Green
Burnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker Man
Himself
The Wicker Man Enigma
Himself
Messiah
Rev. Stephen Hedges
The Lone Gunmen
The True Story of the Bridge on the River Kwai
Himself - Narrator
Marcie's Dowry
Gus Wise
CI5: The New Professionals
Harry Malone
Crusade
Alwyn
Ex-S: The Wicker Man
Self
Harrison: Cry of the City
Edward 'Teddy' Harrison
Gulliver's Travels
Drunlo
The Shamrock Conspiracy
Edward Harrison
A Christmas Reunion
Colonel Phillips
Common As Muck
Nev
Deadly Advice
Maj. Herbert Armstrong
Aladdin
The Sultan (voice)
Soccer Shoot-Out
Commentator (Voice)
In Suspicious Circumstances
Storyteller
Mister Johnson
Sargy Gollup
Over My Dead Body
Hands of a Murderer
Sherlock Holmes
Memories of Manon
Robert McCall
The Man in the Brown Suit
Sir Eustace Pedler
Codename: Kyril
Michael Royston
Codename: Kyril
Michael Royston
A Desperate Fortune: Matthew Flinders' Australia
Narrator
The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine
Robert McCall
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Simon Legree
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Drummond
The Equalizer
Robert McCall
Arthur the King
Merlin
King David
King Saul
The Bill
Johnnie Jackson
A Christmas Carol
Ghost of Christmas Present
Champions
Josh Gifford
Love is Forever
Derek McBracken
The Appointment
Ian