Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
June 1, 1930
Place of Birth:
Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
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Edward Woodward
Biography
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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Callan: This Man Alone | Himself (archive) |
| 2009 | A Congregation of Ghosts | Reverend Densham |
| 2007 | Hot Fuzz | Tom Weaver |
| 2007 | Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz | Self |
| 2004 | The RAF at War: Part One | himself (Presenter) |
| 2004 | The RAF at War: Part Two | himself (Presenter) |
| 2004 | The RAF at War: Part Three | himself (Presenter) |
| 2003 | 100 Greatest Sexy Moments | Self |
| 2002 | The Abduction Club | Lord Fermoy |
| 2002 | Night Flight | Vic Green |
| 2001 | Burnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker Man | Himself |
| 2001 | The Wicker Man Enigma | Himself |
| 2000 | The True Story of the Bridge on the River Kwai | Himself - Narrator |
| 2000 | Marcie's Dowry | Gus Wise |
| 1998 | Ex-S: The Wicker Man | Self |
| 1996 | Harrison: Cry of the City | Edward 'Teddy' Harrison |
| 1995 | The Shamrock Conspiracy | Edward Harrison |
| 1994 | Deadly Advice | Maj. Herbert Armstrong |
| 1994 | A Christmas Reunion | Colonel Phillips |
| 1994 | Aladdin | The Sultan (voice) |
| 1991 | Mister Johnson | Sargy Gollup |
| 1991 | Soccer Shoot-Out | Commentator (Voice) |
| 1990 | Hands of a Murderer | Sherlock Holmes |
| 1989 | The Man in the Brown Suit | Sir Eustace Pedler |
| 1989 | Memories of Manon | Robert McCall |
| 1988 | A Desperate Fortune: Matthew Flinders' Australia | Narrator |
| 1988 | Codename: Kyril | Michael Royston |
| 1987 | Uncle Tom's Cabin | Simon Legree |
| 1987 | The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine | Robert McCall |
| 1985 | King David | King Saul |
| 1985 | Arthur the King | Merlin |
| 1984 | Champions | Josh Gifford |
| 1984 | A Christmas Carol | Ghost of Christmas Present |
| 1983 | The Appointment | Ian |
| 1983 | Love is Forever | Derek McBracken |
| 1982 | Who Dares Wins | Commander Powell |
| 1981 | Wet Job | David Callan |
| 1981 | Blunt Instrument | Alex Logan |
| 1980 | Breaker Morant | Harry 'Breaker' Morant |
| 1980 | A Rod of Iron | Ian |
| 1978 | Saturday, Sunday, Monday | Luigi |
| 1977 | Stand up, Virgin Soldiers | Sgt. Wellbeloved |
| 1977 | The Bass Player and the Blonde | George Mangham |
| 1975 | When Day Is Done | Philip Warne |
| 1975 | Three for All | Roadsweeper |
| 1974 | Callan | David Callan |
| 1973 | The Wicker Man | Sergeant Neil Howie |
| 1972 | Young Winston | Captain Aylmer Haldane |
| 1972 | Sitting Target | Inspector Milton |
| 1972 | Hunted | John Drummond |
| 1972 | Young Winston | Aylmer Haldane |
| 1972 | The Ra Expeditions | Narrator (BBC version) |
| 1971 | Blood Suckers | Dr. Holstrom |
| 1971 | The Cherry Orchard | Lopahkin |
| 1971 | Prisoners | The Man |
| 1971 | Evelyn | The Man |
| 1969 | The File of the Golden Goose | Arthur Thompson |
| 1969 | Julius Caesar | Cassius |
| 1967 | A Magnum for Schneider | David Callan |
| 1964 | Becket | Clement (uncredited) |
| 1955 | Where There's a Will | Ralph Stokes |
| Robin Hardy's Script - The Lost Ending | Sgt Howie | |
| The Wicker Man At 50 | Sgt Howie |