Edward Woodward



First NameEdward
Last NameWoodward
Full Name at BirthEdward Albert Arthur Woodward
Age79 (age at death)
Date of BirthJune 1, 1930
BirthplaceCroydon, Surrey, England
Date of DeathNovember 16, 2009
Height6' (183 cm)
BuildAverage
Hair ColorGrey
Star SignGemini
EthnicityWhite
NationalityBritish
UniversityKingston College
Occupation CategoryActor
Claim to FameThe Equalizer

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.


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Filmography

Selected Edward Woodward film and TV show credits:


Acting Credits

2009
A Congregation of Ghosts
Reverend Densham

2007
Tom Weaver

2007
First Landing
Older Nathaniel Peacock/Narrator

2007
Victor Marsham

2004
Murder in Suburbia
Reg Thornton

2002
Lord Fermoy

2002
Night Flight
Vic Green

2001
Rev. Stephen Hedges

2000
Marcie's Dowry
Gus Wise

2000
Dark Realm
Captain Kelly

1999
Alwyn

1998
CI5: The New Professionals
Harry Malone

1997
Mr. Jones

1997
Jack Bishop

1997
The House of Angelo
Dominic Angelo

1996
Drunlo

1996
Harrison: Cry of the City
Edward 'Teddy' Harrison

1995
The Shamrock Conspiracy
Edward Harrison

1994
Maj. Herbert Armstrong

1994
Nev

1994
In Suspicious Circumstances
Storyteller

1993
Christmas Reunion
Colonel Phillips

1990
Sargy Gollup

1990
Over My Dead Body
Maxwell Beckett

1990
Hands of a Murderer

1989
The Man in the Brown Suit
Sir Eustace Pedler

1988
Codename: Kyril
Michael Royston

1988
Memories of Manon
Robert McCall

1987
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Simon Legree

1985
Saul

1985
Arthur the King

1985
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Drummond

1985
Tommy

1985
Robert McCall

1984
Josh Gifford

1984
Ghost of Christmas Present

1984
Johnnie Jackson

1984
Killer Contract
Bill Routledge

1983
Derek McBracken

1982
Commander Powell

1981
The Appointment
Ian

1981
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
Sir Samuel Hoare

1981
Sunday Night Thriller
Alex Logan

1981
Wet Job
David Callan

1980
Lt. Harry 'Breaker' Morant

1980
Nice Work
Edwin Thornfield

1980
Blunt Instrument
Logan

1978
Saturday, Sunday, Monday
Luigi

1978
The Bass Player and the Blonde
Mangham

1977
Sgt. Wellbeloved

1977
1990
Jim Kyle

1975
Three for All
Roadsweeper

1974
Callan
David Callan

1974
2nd House
-

1973
Sergeant Howie

1973
Armchair Cinema
Philip Warne

1972
Inspector Milton

1972
Captain Aylmer Haldane

1971
Witnessing officer at hanging

1971
The Edward Woodward Hour
-

1970
Bloodsuckers
Dr. Holstrom

1970
Play for Today
The Man

1969
Arthur Thompson

1968
The Root of All Evil?
Designi

1967
Callan
David Callan

1967
ITV Playhouse
Ed, Ian

1967
Sword of Honour
Guy Crouchback

1967
The Revenue Men
Bill Murray

1967
Trapped
-

1966
Mystery and Imagination
Reeve

1966
The Baron
Arkin Morley

1966
Chronicle
Narrator

1966
The Bruce Forsyth Show
-

1965
Mogul
Ron Smith

1965
BBC Play of the Month
Cassius, Lopakhin

1965
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Alan, Arthur

1964
Clement

1964
Detective
Auguste Dupin, Commissaire Bignon

1964
Sherlock Holmes
Mason

1964
Theatre 625
Guy Crouchback

1962
Jack Liskard

1961
Sir Francis Drake
Spanish Captain

1961
H.T. Harris

1961
Adventure Story
Peter

1961
You Can't Win
Paul Hayward

1961
Magnolia Street
John Cooper

1960
Armchair Mystery Theatre
Anstey, Paul Danek

1960
Inside Story
Stanislaw Krasinski

1959
Julius Caesar
Titinius

1959
Skyport
-

1957
Rev. Posset

1956
Armchair Theatre
David Callan

1955
Bruce Paynter

1955
ITV Play of the Week
Adolphus Cusins, The boy's father

1955
Ralph Stokes

Producer Credits

1997
The House of Angelo
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Soundtrack Credits