Edward Woodward
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 1, 1930
- Died
- November 16, 2009 (aged 79)
- Birthplace
- Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
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
Photos
Filmography
Robin Hardy's Script - The Lost Ending
Movie · as Sgt Howie
The Wicker Man at 50
Movie · as Sgt Howie
Callan: This Man Alone
Movie · as Self (archive)
A Congregation of Ghosts
Movie · as Reverend Densham
Hot Fuzz
Movie · as Tom Weaver
Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz
Movie · as Self
First Landing
Movie · as Older Nathaniel Peacock / Narrator (voice)
Five Days
TV · as Vic Marsham · 10 eps
The RAF at War: Part One
Movie · as himself (Presenter)
The RAF at War: Part Two
Movie · as himself (Presenter)
The RAF at War: Part Three
Movie · as himself (Presenter)
Murder in Suburbia
TV · as Reg · 1 ep
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
Movie · as Self
The Abduction Club
Movie · as Lord Fermoy
Night Flight
Movie · as Vic Green
Burnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker Man
Movie · as Himself
The Wicker Man Enigma
Movie · as Himself
The Lone Gunmen
TV · 1 ep
Messiah
TV · as Rev. Stephen Hedges · 2 eps
The True Story of the Bridge on the River Kwai
Movie · as Himself - Narrator
Marcie's Dowry
Movie · as Gus Wise
Crusade
TV · as Alwyn · 1 ep
CI5: The New Professionals
TV · as Harry Malone · 13 eps
Ex-S: The Wicker Man
Movie · as Self
La Femme Nikita
TV · as Mr. Jones · 4 eps
Harrison: Cry of the City
Movie · as Edward 'Teddy' Harrison
Gulliver's Travels
TV · as Drunlo · 2 eps
The Shamrock Conspiracy
Movie · as Edward Harrison
Deadly Advice
Movie · as Maj. Herbert Armstrong
A Christmas Reunion
Movie · as Colonel Phillips
Common As Muck
TV · as Nev · 12 eps
Aladdin
Movie · as The Sultan (voice)
Mister Johnson
Movie · as Sargy Gollup
Soccer Shoot-Out
Movie · as Commentator (Voice)
In Suspicious Circumstances
TV · as Storyteller · 39 eps
In My Defence
TV · as Gourgen Yanikian · 1 ep
Hands of a Murderer
Movie · as Sherlock Holmes
Over My Dead Body
TV · 13 eps
The Man in the Brown Suit
Movie · as Sir Eustace Pedler
Memories of Manon
Movie · as Robert McCall
A Desperate Fortune: Matthew Flinders' Australia
Movie · as Narrator
Codename: Kyril
TV · as Michael Royston · 2 eps
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Movie · as Simon Legree
The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine
Movie · as Robert McCall
King David
Movie · as King Saul
Arthur the King
Movie · as Merlin
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV · as Drummond · 2 eps
The Equalizer
TV · as Robert McCall · 88 eps
Champions
Movie · as Josh Gifford
A Christmas Carol
Movie · as Ghost of Christmas Present
The Bill
TV · as Johnnie Jackson · 2 eps
The Appointment
Movie · as Ian
Love is Forever
Movie · as Derek McBracken
Who Dares Wins
Movie · as Commander Powell
Wet Job
Movie · as David Callan
Blunt Instrument
Movie · as Alex Logan
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
TV · as Sir Samuel Hoare · 8 eps
Sunday Night Thriller
TV · as Alex Logan · 2 eps
Breaker Morant
Movie · as Harry 'Breaker' Morant
A Rod of Iron
Movie · as Ian
The Trial of Lady Chatterley
Movie · as Mervyn Griffith-Jones
Nice Work
TV · 8 eps
Saturday, Sunday, Monday
Movie · as Luigi
The Bass Player and the Blonde
TV · as George Mangham · 3 eps
Stand up, Virgin Soldiers
Movie · as Sgt. Wellbeloved
The Bass Player and the Blonde
Movie · as George Mangham
1990
TV · as Jim Kyle · 16 eps
Laurence Olivier Presents
TV · as Luigi · 1 ep
When Day Is Done
Movie · as Philip Warne
Three for All
Movie · as Roadsweeper
Callan
Movie · as David Callan
Armchair Cinema
TV · as Philip Warne · 1 ep
The Wicker Man
Movie · as Sergeant Neil Howie
Whodunnit?
TV · as Host · 6 eps
Young Winston
Movie · as Captain Aylmer Haldane
Sitting Target
Movie · as Inspector Milton
Hunted
Movie · as John Drummond
The Ra Expeditions
Movie · as Narrator (BBC version)
Blood Suckers
Movie · as Dr. Holstrom
The Cherry Orchard
Movie · as Lopahkin
Prisoners
Movie · as The Man
Evelyn
Movie · as The Man
The Edward Woodward Hour
TV · 3 eps
Play for Today
TV · as The Man · 1 ep
The File of the Golden Goose
Movie · as Arthur Thompson
Julius Caesar
Movie · as Caius Cassius
Entertaining Mr. Sloane
Movie · as Ed
The Root of All Evil?
TV · as Designi · 1 ep
A Magnum for Schneider
Movie · as David Callan
Callan
TV · as David Callan · 44 eps
Sword of Honour
TV · as Guy Crouchback · 3 eps
ITV Playhouse
TV · as Ed, George Mangham, Ian · 1 ep
Trapped
TV · as Mark Frazier · 1 ep
Ella
Movie · as Arthur
The Baron
TV · 1 ep
You Can't Win
TV · 1 ep
Mystery and Imagination
TV · as Reeve · 1 ep
NET Playhouse
TV · as Caius Cassius · 1 ep
BBC Play of the Month
TV · as Caius Cassius, Lopakhin · 1 ep
Thirty-Minute Theatre
TV · as Arthur, Alan · 1 ep
The Troubleshooters
TV · as Ron Smith · 1 ep
Becket
Movie · as Clement (uncredited)
Detective
TV · as Auguste Dupin · 1 ep
Theatre 625
TV · as Guy Crouchback · 3 eps
Sergeant Cork
TV · as Austen Carew · 1 ep
The Saint
TV · as Jack Liskard · 1 ep
The Defenders
TV · as H.T. Harris · 1 ep
Sir Francis Drake
TV · as Spanish Captain · 1 ep
You Can't Win
TV · as Paul Hayward · 1 ep
Armchair Mystery Theatre
TV · as Paul Danek, Anstey · 1 ep
Armchair Theatre
TV · as David Callan · 1 ep
Where There's a Will
Movie · as Ralph Stokes
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Nominee · 2 eps