Edward Woodward
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.
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Movies (36)
Callan: This Man Alone
as Himself (archive)
2016
A Congregation of Ghosts
as Reverend Densham
2009
Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz
as Self
2007
Hot Fuzz
as Tom Weaver
2007
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)
2004
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
as Self
2003
The Abduction Club
as Lord Fermoy
2002
Night Flight
as Vic Green
2002
Burnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker Man
as Himself
2001
The Wicker Man Enigma
as Himself
2001
The True Story of the Bridge on the River Kwai
as Himself - Narrator
2000
Marcie's Dowry
as Gus Wise
2000
Ex-S: The Wicker Man
as Self
1998
Harrison: Cry of the City
as Edward 'Teddy' Harrison
1996
The Shamrock Conspiracy
as Edward Harrison
1995
A Christmas Reunion
as Colonel Phillips
1994
Deadly Advice
as Maj. Herbert Armstrong
1994
Aladdin
as The Sultan (voice)
1994
Soccer Shoot-Out
as Commentator (Voice)
1991
Mister Johnson
as Sargy Gollup
1991
Hands of a Murderer
as Sherlock Holmes
1990
Memories of Manon
as Robert McCall
1989
The Man in the Brown Suit
as Sir Eustace Pedler
1989
Codename: Kyril
as Michael Royston
1988
A Desperate Fortune: Matthew Flinders' Australia
as Narrator
1988
The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine
as Robert McCall
1987
Uncle Tom's Cabin
as Simon Legree
1987
Arthur the King
as Merlin
1985
King David
as King Saul
1985
A Christmas Carol
as Ghost of Christmas Present
1984
Champions
as Josh Gifford
1984
Love Is Forever
as Derek McBracken
1983
The Appointment
as Ian
1983
Who Dares Wins
as Commander Powell
1982
TV Shows (14)
Five Days
as Vic Marsham
2007
Murder in Suburbia
2004
Messiah
as Rev. Stephen Hedges
2001
The Lone Gunmen
2001
CI5: The New Professionals
as Harry Malone
1999
Crusade
as Alwyn
1999
Gulliver's Travels
as Drunlo
1996
Common As Muck
as Nev
1994
In Suspicious Circumstances
as Storyteller
1991
Over My Dead Body
1990
Codename: Kyril
as Michael Royston
1988
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Drummond
1985
The Equalizer
as Robert McCall
1985
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
as Sir Samuel Hoare
1981