Edward Woodward
Edward Albert Arthur Woodward OBE (1 June 1930 – 16 November 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
- 2016 · Callan: This Man Alone as Himself (archive)
- 2009 · A Congregation of Ghosts as Reverend Densham
- 2007 · Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz as Self
- 2007 · Hot Fuzz as Tom Weaver
- 2007 · Five Days as Vic Marsham
- 2006 · The One Show as Self - Guest
- 2004 · Murder in Suburbia as
- 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)
- 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 · The Wicker Man Enigma as Himself
- 2001 · Messiah as Rev. Stephen Hedges
- 2001 · The Lone Gunmen as
- 2000 · The True Story of the Bridge on the River Kwai as Himself - Narrator
- 2000 · Marcie's Dowry as Gus Wise
- 1999 · CI5: The New Professionals as Harry Malone
- 1999 · Crusade as Alwyn
- 1998 · Ex-S: The Wicker Man as Self
- 1996 · Harrison: Cry of the City as Edward 'Teddy' Harrison
- 1996 · Gulliver's Travels as Drunlo
- 1995 · The Shamrock Conspiracy as Edward Harrison
- 1994 · A Christmas Reunion as Colonel Phillips
- 1994 · Common As Muck as Nev
- 1994 · Deadly Advice as Maj. Herbert Armstrong
- 1994 · Aladdin as The Sultan (voice)
- 1991 · Soccer Shoot-Out as Commentator (Voice)
- 1991 · In Suspicious Circumstances as Storyteller
- 1991 · Mister Johnson as Sargy Gollup
- 1990 · Over My Dead Body as
- 1990 · Hands of a Murderer as Sherlock Holmes
- 1989 · Memories of Manon as Robert McCall
- 1989 · The Man in the Brown Suit as Sir Eustace Pedler
- 1988 · Codename: Kyril as Michael Royston
- 1988 · A Desperate Fortune: Matthew Flinders' Australia as Narrator
- 1987 · The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine as Robert McCall
- 1987 · Uncle Tom's Cabin as Simon Legree
- 1985 · The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Drummond
- 1985 · The Equalizer as Robert McCall
- 1985 · Arthur the King as Merlin
- 1985 · King David as King Saul
- 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
- 1981 · Wet Job as David Callan
- 1980 · Nice Work as
- 1980 · Breaker Morant as Harry 'Breaker' Morant
- 1980 · A Rod of Iron as Ian
- 1978 · Saturday, Sunday, Monday as Luigi
- 1977 · 1990 as Jim Kyle
- 1977 · The Bass Player and the Blonde as George Mangham
- 1977 · Stand up, Virgin Soldiers as Sgt. Wellbeloved
- 1976 · Laurence Olivier Presents as Luigi
- 1975 · Three for All as Roadsweeper
- 1974 · Callan as David Callan
- 1973 · Whodunnit? as Host
- 1972 · Sitting Target as Inspector Milton
- Future · Robin Hardy's Script - The Lost Ending as Sgt Howie
- 1975 · When Day Is Done as Philip Warne
- 1973 · The Wicker Man as Sergeant Neil Howie
- 1972 · Young Winston as Captain Aylmer Haldane
- 1972 · Hunted as John Drummond
- 1971 · The Cherry Orchard as Lopahkin
- 1971 · Evelyn as The Man
- 1971 · The Edward Woodward Hour as
- 1971 · Blood Suckers as Dr. Holstrom
- 1971 · Prisoners as The Man
- 1970 · Play for Today as The Man
- 1969 · The File of the Golden Goose as Arthur Thompson
- 1969 · Julius Caesar as Cassius
- 1967 · Callan as David Callan
- 1967 · A Magnum for Schneider as David Callan
- 1967 · Sword of Honour as Guy Crouchback
- 1966 · The Baron as
- 1966 · You Can't Win as
- 1966 · Mystery and Imagination as
- 1965 · BBC Play of the Month as Caius Cassius
- 1965 · BBC Play of the Month as Lopakhin
- 1965 · Thirty-Minute Theatre as
- 1964 · Detective as
- 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
- 1955 · Where There's a Will as Ralph Stokes
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
- Future · The Wicker Man At 50 as Sgt Howie