Edward Woodward
Known for Acting · 110 credits
- Born
- 1930-06-01
- Died
- 2009-11-16
- Place of birth
- Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
- Also known as
- Edward Albert Arthur Woodward · Эдвард Альберт Артур Вудвард · Эдвард Вудвард
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
TV Shows (45)
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
Play for Today
1970
as The Man
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Caius Cassius / Lopakhin
The Saint
1962
as Jack Liskard
The Bill
1984
as Johnnie Jackson
The Equalizer
1985
as Robert McCall
Theatre 625
1964
as Guy Crouchback
The Defenders
1961
as H.T. Harris
ITV Playhouse
1967
as Ed / George Mangham / Ian
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985
as Drummond
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Arthur / Alan
NET Playhouse
1966
as Caius Cassius
Callan
1967
as David Callan
Detective
1964
as Auguste Dupin
Mystery and Imagination
1966
as Reeve
Five Days
2007
as Vic Marsham
Sergeant Cork
1963
as Austen Carew
The Lone Gunmen
2001
Crusade
1999
as Alwyn
Sir Francis Drake
1961
as Spanish Captain
Gulliver's Travels
1996
as Drunlo
Murder in Suburbia
2004
as Reg
Armchair Mystery Theatre
1960
as Paul Danek / Anstey
1990
1977
as Jim Kyle
In Suspicious Circumstances
1991
as Storyteller
Messiah
2001
as Rev. Stephen Hedges
The Root of All Evil?
1968
as Designi
The Baron
1966
Laurence Olivier Presents
1976
as Luigi
Common As Muck
1994
as Nev
CI5: The New Professionals
1999
as Harry Malone
Armchair Theatre
1956
as David Callan
Trapped
1967
as Mark Frazier
Over My Dead Body
1990
Armchair Cinema
1974
as Philip Warne
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
1981
as Sir Samuel Hoare
Whodunnit?
1973
as Host
Nice Work
1980
You Can't Win
1966
Sunday Night Thriller
1981
as Alex Logan
Codename: Kyril
1988
as Michael Royston
Sword of Honour
1967
as Guy Crouchback
You Can't Win
1961
as Paul Hayward
The Bass Player and the Blonde
1978
as George Mangham
The Edward Woodward Hour
1971
Movies (65)
Hot Fuzz
2007
as Tom Weaver
The Wicker Man
1973
as Sergeant Neil Howie
Julius Caesar
1969
as Cassius
A Christmas Carol
1984
as Ghost of Christmas Present
Who Dares Wins
1982
as Commander Powell
Young Winston
1972
as Captain Aylmer Haldane
Breaker Morant
1980
as Harry 'Breaker' Morant
Three for All
1975
as Roadsweeper
Becket
1964
as Clement (uncredited)
Arthur the King
1985
as Merlin
Where There's a Will
1955
as Ralph Stokes
Sitting Target
1972
as Inspector Milton
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
2003
as Self
The Ra Expeditions
1972
as Narrator (BBC version)
Ella
1966
as Arthur
Mister Johnson
1991
as Sargy Gollup
Hands of a Murderer
1990
as Sherlock Holmes
Aladdin
1992
as The Sultan (voice)
King David
1985
as King Saul
Soccer Shoot-Out
1991
as Commentator (Voice)
Deadly Advice
1994
as Maj. Herbert Armstrong
The Abduction Club
2002
as Lord Fermoy
The Wicker Man Enigma
2001
as Himself
Saturday, Sunday, Monday
1978
as Luigi
Blood Suckers
1971
as Dr. Holstrom
Champions
1984
as Josh Gifford
Uncle Tom's Cabin
1987
as Simon Legree
Harrison: Cry of the City
1996
as Edward 'Teddy' Harrison
A Christmas Reunion
1994
as Colonel Phillips
Hunted
1972
as John Drummond
The File of the Golden Goose
1969
as Arthur Thompson
Love is Forever
1983
as Derek McBracken
The Shamrock Conspiracy
1995
as Edward Harrison
Burnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker Man
2001
as Himself
Stand up, Virgin Soldiers
1977
as Sgt. Wellbeloved
The Man in the Brown Suit
1989
as Sir Eustace Pedler
The Cherry Orchard
1971
as Lopahkin
The Wicker Man at 50
2023
as Sgt Howie
Memories of Manon
1989
as Robert McCall
Marcie's Dowry
2000
as Gus Wise
Ex-S: The Wicker Man
1998
as Self
Codename: Kyril
1988
as Michael Royston
Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz
2007
as Self
Night Flight
2002
as Vic Green
The Appointment
1983
as Ian
A Rod of Iron
1980
as Ian
The Trial of Lady Chatterley
1980
as Mervyn Griffith-Jones
Callan
1974
as David Callan
A Magnum for Schneider
1967
as David Callan
Callan: This Man Alone
2016
as Himself (archive)
Blunt Instrument
1981
as Alex Logan
The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine
1987
as Robert McCall
A Congregation of Ghosts
2009
as Reverend Densham
Evelyn
1971
as The Man
A Desperate Fortune: Matthew Flinders' Australia
1988
as Narrator
The RAF at War: Part One
2004
as himself (Presenter)
The Bass Player and the Blonde
1977
as George Mangham
Robin Hardy's Script - The Lost Ending
as Sgt Howie
Entertaining Mr. Sloane
1968
as Ed
The True Story of the Bridge on the River Kwai
2000
as Himself - Narrator
Wet Job
1981
as David Callan
When Day Is Done
1975
as Philip Warne
The RAF at War: Part Three
2004
as himself (Presenter)
Prisoners
1971
as The Man
The RAF at War: Part Two
2004
as himself (Presenter)
About Edward Woodward
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 Poli… With 110 credits spanning from 1944 to 2023, Edward Woodward has appeared in 65 films and 45 TV shows.
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- Hot Fuzz (2007) — as Tom Weaver
- The Wicker Man (1973) — as Sergeant Neil Howie
- Julius Caesar (1969) — as Cassius
- A Christmas Carol (1984) — as Ghost of Christmas Present
- Who Dares Wins (1982) — as Commander Powell
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