
Edward Woodward
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
Credits
- 2007 · Hot Fuzz as Tom Weaver
- 2007 · Five Days as Vic Marsham
- 2004 · Murder in Suburbia as
- 2002 · The Abduction Club as Lord Fermoy
- 2002 · Night Flight as Vic Green
- 2001 · Burnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker Man as Himself
- 2001 · Messiah as Rev. Stephen Hedges
- 2001 · The Lone Gunmen as
- 1999 · CI5: The New Professionals as Harry Malone
- 1999 · Crusade as Alwyn
- 1998 · Ex-S: The Wicker Man as Self
- 1996 · Gulliver's Travels as Drunlo
- 1995 · The Shamrock Conspiracy as Edward Harrison
- 1994 · Deadly Advice as Maj. Herbert Armstrong
- 1991 · Mister Johnson as Sargy Gollup
- 1989 · Memories of Manon as Robert McCall
- 1988 · Codename: Kyril as Michael Royston
- 1987 · The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine as Robert McCall
- 1985 · The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Drummond
- 1985 · The Equalizer as Robert McCall
- 1984 · A Christmas Carol as Ghost of Christmas Present
- 1984 · Champions as Josh Gifford
- 1983 · Love Is Forever as Derek McBracken
- 1983 · The Appointment as Ian
- 1982 · Who Dares Wins as Commander Powell
- 1981 · Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years as Sir Samuel Hoare
- 1981 · Blunt Instrument as Alex Logan
- 1978 · Saturday, Sunday, Monday as Luigi
- 1977 · 1990 as Jim Kyle
- 1976 · Laurence Olivier Presents as Luigi
- 1974 · Callan as David Callan
- 1973 · The Wicker Man as Sergeant Neil Howie
- 1972 · Sitting Target as Inspector Milton
- 1971 · Blood Suckers as Dr. Holstrom
- 1970 · Play for Today as The Man
- 1969 · The File of the Golden Goose as Arthur Thompson
- 1968 · Entertaining Mr. Sloane as Ed
- 1967 · Callan as David Callan
- 1966 · The Baron as
- 1966 · Mystery and Imagination as
- 1965 · BBC Play of the Month as Caius Cassius
- 1965 · BBC Play of the Month as Lopakhin
- 1964 · Detective as Auguste Dupin
- 1964 · Becket as Clement (uncredited)
- 1962 · The Saint as Jack Liskard
- 1961 · Sir Francis Drake as Spanish Captain
- 1961 · The Defenders as H.T. Harris
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
- Future · Robin Hardy's Script - The Lost Ending as Sgt Howie
- Future · The Wicker Man At 50 as Sgt Howie
- 2016 · Callan: This Man Alone as Himself (archive)
- 2009 · A Congregation of Ghosts as Reverend Densham
- 2007 · Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz as Self
- 2004 · The RAF at War: Part Three as himself (Presenter)
- 2004 · The RAF at War: Part Two as himself (Presenter)
- 2004 · The RAF at War: Part One as himself (Presenter)
- 2003 · 100 Greatest Sexy Moments as Self
- 2001 · The Wicker Man Enigma as Himself
- 2000 · The True Story of the Bridge on the River Kwai as Himself - Narrator
- 2000 · Marcie's Dowry as Gus Wise
- 1996 · Harrison: Cry of the City as Edward 'Teddy' Harrison
- 1994 · A Christmas Reunion as Colonel Phillips
- 1994 · Common As Muck as Nev
- 1994 · Aladdin as The Sultan (voice)
- 1991 · Soccer Shoot-Out as Commentator (Voice)
- 1991 · In Suspicious Circumstances as Storyteller
- 1990 · Over My Dead Body as
- 1990 · Hands of a Murderer as Sherlock Holmes
- 1989 · The Man in the Brown Suit as Sir Eustace Pedler
- 1988 · A Desperate Fortune: Matthew Flinders' Australia as Narrator
- 1987 · Uncle Tom's Cabin as Simon Legree
- 1985 · Arthur the King as Merlin
- 1985 · King David as King Saul
- 1981 · Wet Job as David Callan
- 1980 · The Trial of Lady Chatterley as Mervyn Griffith-Jones
- 1980 · Nice Work as
- 1980 · Breaker Morant as Harry 'Breaker' Morant
- 1980 · A Rod of Iron as Ian
- 1978 · The Bass Player and the Blonde as George Mangham
- 1977 · The Bass Player and the Blonde as George Mangham
- 1977 · Stand up, Virgin Soldiers as Sgt. Wellbeloved
- 1975 · Three for All as Roadsweeper
- 1975 · When Day Is Done as Philip Warne
- 1973 · Whodunnit? as Host
- 1972 · Young Winston as Captain Aylmer Haldane
- 1972 · Young Winston as Aylmer Haldane
- 1972 · The Ra Expeditions as Narrator (BBC version)
- 1972 · Hunted as John Drummond
- 1971 · The Cherry Orchard as Lopahkin
- 1971 · Evelyn as The Man
- 1971 · The Edward Woodward Hour as
- 1971 · Prisoners as The Man
- 1969 · Julius Caesar as Cassius
- 1967 · A Magnum for Schneider as David Callan
- 1967 · Sword of Honour as Guy Crouchback
- 1966 · You Can't Win as
- 1966 · Ella as Arthur
- 1956 · Armchair Theatre as
- 1955 · Where There's a Will as Ralph Stokes