Edward Woodward
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Jun 1, 1930 (96 years old)
Place of Birth
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
| 2016 | Callan: This Man AloneHimself (archive) | |
| 2009 | A Congregation of GhostsReverend Densham | |
| 2007 | Hot FuzzTom Weaver | |
| 2007 | Conclusive: We Made Hot FuzzSelf | |
| 2007 | Five DaysVic Marsham | |
| 2004 | The RAF at War: Part Onehimself (Presenter) | |
| 2004 | The RAF at War: Part Twohimself (Presenter) | |
| 2004 | The RAF at War: Part Threehimself (Presenter) | |
| 2004 | Murder in SuburbiaReg | |
| 2003 | 100 Greatest Sexy MomentsSelf | |
| 2002 | The Abduction ClubLord Fermoy | |
| 2002 | Night FlightVic Green | |
| 2001 | Burnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker ManHimself | |
| 2001 | The Wicker Man EnigmaHimself | |
| 2001 | The Lone Gunmen | |
| 2001 | MessiahRev. Stephen Hedges | |
| 2000 | The True Story of the Bridge on the River KwaiHimself - Narrator | |
| 2000 | Marcie's DowryGus Wise | |
| 1999 | CrusadeAlwyn | |
| 1999 | CI5: The New ProfessionalsHarry Malone | |
| 1998 | Ex-S: The Wicker ManSelf | |
| 1996 | Harrison: Cry of the CityEdward 'Teddy' Harrison | |
| 1996 | Gulliver's TravelsDrunlo | |
| 1995 | The Shamrock ConspiracyEdward Harrison | |
| 1994 | Deadly AdviceMaj. Herbert Armstrong | |
| 1994 | A Christmas ReunionColonel Phillips | |
| 1994 | AladdinThe Sultan (voice) | |
| 1994 | Common As MuckNev | |
| 1991 | Mister JohnsonSargy Gollup | |
| 1991 | Soccer Shoot-OutCommentator (Voice) | |
| 1991 | In Suspicious CircumstancesStoryteller | |
| 1990 | Hands of a MurdererSherlock Holmes | |
| 1990 | Over My Dead Body | |
| 1989 | The Man in the Brown SuitSir Eustace Pedler | |
| 1989 | Memories of ManonRobert McCall | |
| 1988 | A Desperate Fortune: Matthew Flinders' AustraliaNarrator | |
| 1988 | Codename: KyrilMichael Royston | |
| 1988 | Codename: KyrilMichael Royston | |
| 1987 | Uncle Tom's CabinSimon Legree | |
| 1987 | The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & WineRobert McCall | |
| 1985 | King DavidKing Saul | |
| 1985 | Arthur the KingMerlin | |
| 1985 | The New Alfred Hitchcock PresentsDrummond | |
| 1985 | The EqualizerRobert McCall | |
| 1984 | ChampionsJosh Gifford | |
| 1984 | A Christmas CarolGhost of Christmas Present | |
| 1984 | The BillJohnnie Jackson | |
| 1983 | The AppointmentIan | |
| 1983 | Love is ForeverDerek McBracken | |
| 1982 | Who Dares WinsCommander Powell | |
| 1981 | Wet JobDavid Callan | |
| 1981 | Blunt InstrumentAlex Logan | |
| 1981 | Winston Churchill: The Wilderness YearsSir Samuel Hoare | |
| 1980 | Breaker MorantHarry 'Breaker' Morant | |
| 1980 | A Rod of IronIan | |
| 1980 | The Trial of Lady ChatterleyMervyn Griffith-Jones | |
| 1980 | Nice Work | |
| 1978 | Saturday, Sunday, MondayLuigi | |
| 1978 | The Bass Player and the BlondeGeorge Mangham | |
| 1977 | Stand up, Virgin SoldiersSgt. Wellbeloved | |
| 1977 | The Bass Player and the BlondeGeorge Mangham | |
| 1977 | 1990Jim Kyle | |
| 1976 | Laurence Olivier PresentsLuigi | |
| 1975 | When Day Is DonePhilip Warne | |
| 1975 | Three for AllRoadsweeper | |
| 1974 | CallanDavid Callan | |
| 1973 | The Wicker ManSergeant Neil Howie | |
| 1973 | Whodunnit?Host | |
| 1972 | Young WinstonCaptain Aylmer Haldane | |
| 1972 | Sitting TargetInspector Milton | |
| 1972 | HuntedJohn Drummond | |
| 1972 | Young WinstonAylmer Haldane | |
| 1972 | The Ra ExpeditionsNarrator (BBC version) | |
| 1971 | Blood SuckersDr. Holstrom | |
| 1971 | The Cherry OrchardLopahkin | |
| 1971 | PrisonersThe Man | |
| 1971 | EvelynThe Man | |
| 1971 | The Edward Woodward Hour | |
| 1970 | Play for TodayThe Man | |
| 1969 | The File of the Golden GooseArthur Thompson | |
| 1969 | Julius CaesarCassius | |
| 1968 | Entertaining Mr. SloaneEd | |
| 1967 | A Magnum for SchneiderDavid Callan | |
| 1967 | CallanDavid Callan | |
| 1967 | Sword of HonourGuy Crouchback | |
| 1967 | ITV PlayhouseEd | |
| 1966 | EllaArthur | |
| 1966 | The Baron | |
| 1966 | You Can't Win | |
| 1966 | Mystery and ImaginationReeve | |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the MonthCaius Cassius | |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the MonthLopakhin | |
| 1964 | BecketClement (uncredited) | |
| 1964 | DetectiveAuguste Dupin | |
| 1964 | Theatre 625Guy Crouchback | |
| 1962 | The SaintJack Liskard | |
| 1961 | The DefendersH.T. Harris | |
| 1961 | Sir Francis DrakeSpanish Captain | |
| 1960 | Armchair Mystery TheatrePaul Danek | |
| 1960 | Armchair Mystery TheatreAnstey | |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre | |
| 1956 | Armchair TheatreDavid Callan | |
| 1955 | Where There's a WillRalph Stokes | |
| 1944 | Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Nominee | |
| - | The Wicker Man At 50Sgt Howie | |
| - | Robin Hardy's Script - The Lost EndingSgt Howie |