Edward Woodward
Acting • Born 1930-06-01 – Died 2009-11-16
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.
Filmography
101 credits
Hot Fuzz
Movie • 2007
Tom Weaver
Wet Job
Movie • 1981
David Callan
Breaker Morant
Movie • 1980
Harry 'Breaker' Morant
The Man in the Brown Suit
Movie • 1989
Sir Eustace Pedler
King David
Movie • 1985
King Saul
The Wicker Man
Movie • 1973
Sergeant Neil Howie
Young Winston
Movie • 1972
Captain Aylmer Haldane
The File of the Golden Goose
Movie • 1969
Arthur Thompson
Who Dares Wins
Movie • 1982
Commander Powell
Sitting Target
Movie • 1972
Inspector Milton
Blood Suckers
Movie • 1971
Dr. Holstrom
Callan
Movie • 1974
David Callan
Mister Johnson
Movie • 1991
Sargy Gollup
The Shamrock Conspiracy
Movie • 1995
Edward Harrison
Stand up, Virgin Soldiers
Movie • 1977
Sgt. Wellbeloved
The Cherry Orchard
Movie • 1971
Lopahkin
Hands of a Murderer
Movie • 1990
Sherlock Holmes
Arthur the King
Movie • 1985
Merlin
The Appointment
Movie • 1983
Ian
Champions
Movie • 1984
Josh Gifford
Deadly Advice
Movie • 1994
Maj. Herbert Armstrong
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Movie • 1987
Simon Legree
The True Story of the Bridge on the River Kwai
Movie • 2000
Himself - Narrator
Marcie's Dowry
Movie • 2000
Gus Wise
Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz
Movie • 2007
Self
Ex-S: The Wicker Man
Movie • 1998
Self
Becket
Movie • 1964
Clement (uncredited)
Love is Forever
Movie • 1983
Derek McBracken
A Christmas Reunion
Movie • 1994
Colonel Phillips
A Desperate Fortune: Matthew Flinders' Australia
Movie • 1988
Narrator
Harrison: Cry of the City
Movie • 1996
Edward 'Teddy' Harrison
Prisoners
Movie • 1971
The Man
A Rod of Iron
Movie • 1980
Ian
The Bass Player and the Blonde
Movie • 1977
George Mangham
The Abduction Club
Movie • 2002
Lord Fermoy
A Christmas Carol
Movie • 1984
Ghost of Christmas Present
Robin Hardy's Script - The Lost Ending
Movie
Sgt Howie
The Wicker Man At 50
Movie
Sgt Howie
Aladdin
Movie • 1994
The Sultan (voice)
A Congregation of Ghosts
Movie • 2009
Reverend Densham
The RAF at War: Part One
Movie • 2004
himself (Presenter)
The RAF at War: Part Two
Movie • 2004
himself (Presenter)
The RAF at War: Part Three
Movie • 2004
himself (Presenter)
Julius Caesar
Movie • 1969
Cassius
Where There's a Will
Movie • 1955
Ralph Stokes
Saturday, Sunday, Monday
Movie • 1978
Luigi
Soccer Shoot-Out
Movie • 1991
Commentator (Voice)
A Magnum for Schneider
Movie • 1967
David Callan
Night Flight
Movie • 2002
Vic Green
Callan: This Man Alone
Movie • 2016
Himself (archive)
The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine
Movie • 1987
Robert McCall
Hunted
Movie • 1972
John Drummond
Evelyn
Movie • 1971
The Man
When Day Is Done
Movie • 1975
Philip Warne
Codename: Kyril
Movie • 1988
Michael Royston
Burnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker Man
Movie • 2001
Himself
Three for All
Movie • 1975
Roadsweeper
The Wicker Man Enigma
Movie • 2001
Himself
Memories of Manon
Movie • 1989
Robert McCall
Young Winston
Movie • 1972
Aylmer Haldane
The Ra Expeditions
Movie • 1972
Narrator (BBC version)
Blunt Instrument
Movie • 1981
Alex Logan
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
Movie • 2003
Self
The Trial of Lady Chatterley
Movie • 1980
Mervyn Griffith-Jones
Entertaining Mr. Sloane
Movie • 1968
Ed
Ella
Movie • 1966
Arthur
Crusade
TV • 1999
Alwyn
Whodunnit?
TV • 1973
Host
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1985
Drummond
Five Days
TV • 2007
Vic Marsham
The Equalizer
TV • 1985
Robert McCall
The Saint
TV • 1962
Jack Liskard
Callan
TV • 1967
David Callan
The Lone Gunmen
TV • 2001
The Baron
TV • 1966
Over My Dead Body
TV • 1990
CI5: The New Professionals
TV • 1999
Harry Malone
Messiah
TV • 2001
Rev. Stephen Hedges
Gulliver's Travels
TV • 1996
Drunlo
Nice Work
TV • 1980
BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965
Caius Cassius
The Defenders
TV • 1961
H.T. Harris
In Suspicious Circumstances
TV • 1991
Storyteller
You Can't Win
TV • 1966
BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965
Lopakhin
The Edward Woodward Hour
TV • 1971
Laurence Olivier Presents
TV • 1976
Luigi
Sir Francis Drake
TV • 1961
Spanish Captain
Murder in Suburbia
TV • 2004
1990
TV • 1977
Jim Kyle
Sword of Honour
TV • 1967
Guy Crouchback
Play for Today
TV • 1970
The Man
Common As Muck
TV • 1994
Nev
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Nominee
Armchair Theatre
TV • 1956
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
TV • 1981
Sir Samuel Hoare
The Bass Player and the Blonde
TV • 1978
George Mangham
Detective
TV • 1964
Auguste Dupin
Codename: Kyril
TV • 1988
Michael Royston
Theatre 625
TV • 1964
Guy Crouchback
Mystery and Imagination
TV • 1966
Reeve