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.

Known For

Play for Today

Golden Globe Awards

The Saint

The Equalizer

BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

The Bill

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

All Movies (66)

• The Wicker Man at 502023 · as Sgt Howie
• Callan: This Man Alone2016 · as Himself (archive)
• A Congregation of Ghosts2009 · as Reverend Densham
• Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz2007 · as Self
• Hot Fuzz2007 · as Tom Weaver
• The RAF at War: Part Three2004 · as himself (Presenter)
• The RAF at War: Part Two2004 · as himself (Presenter)
• The RAF at War: Part One2004 · as himself (Presenter)
• 100 Greatest Sexy Moments2003 · as Self
• The Abduction Club2002 · as Lord Fermoy
• Night Flight2002 · as Vic Green
• Burnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker Man2001 · as Himself
• The Wicker Man Enigma2001 · as Himself
• The True Story of the Bridge on the River Kwai2000 · as Himself - Narrator
• Marcie's Dowry2000 · as Gus Wise
• Ex-S: The Wicker Man1998 · as Self
• Harrison: Cry of the City1996 · as Edward 'Teddy' Harrison
• The Shamrock Conspiracy1995 · as Edward Harrison
• A Christmas Reunion1994 · as Colonel Phillips
• Deadly Advice1994 · as Maj. Herbert Armstrong
• Aladdin1992 · as The Sultan (voice)
• Soccer Shoot-Out1991 · as Commentator (Voice)
• Mister Johnson1991 · as Sargy Gollup
• Hands of a Murderer1990 · as Sherlock Holmes
• Memories of Manon1989 · as Robert McCall
• The Man in the Brown Suit1989 · as Sir Eustace Pedler
• Codename: Kyril1988 · as Michael Royston
• A Desperate Fortune: Matthew Flinders' Australia1988 · as Narrator
• The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine1987 · as Robert McCall
• Uncle Tom's Cabin1987 · as Simon Legree
• Arthur the King1985 · as Merlin
• King David1985 · as King Saul
• A Christmas Carol1984 · as Ghost of Christmas Present
• Champions1984 · as Josh Gifford
• Love is Forever1983 · as Derek McBracken
• The Appointment1983 · as Ian
• Who Dares Wins1982 · as Commander Powell
• Wet Job1981 · as David Callan
• Blunt Instrument1981 · as Alex Logan
• The Trial of Lady Chatterley1980 · as Mervyn Griffith-Jones
• Breaker Morant1980 · as Harry 'Breaker' Morant
• A Rod of Iron1980 · as Ian
• Saturday, Sunday, Monday1978 · as Luigi
• The Bass Player and the Blonde1977 · as George Mangham
• Stand up, Virgin Soldiers1977 · as Sgt. Wellbeloved
• Three for All1975 · as Roadsweeper
• When Day Is Done1975 · as Philip Warne
• Callan1974 · as David Callan
• The Wicker Man1973 · as Sergeant Neil Howie
• Young Winston1972 · as Captain Aylmer Haldane
• Young Winston1972 · as Aylmer Haldane
• Sitting Target1972 · as Inspector Milton
• The Ra Expeditions1972 · as Narrator (BBC version)
• Hunted1972 · as John Drummond
• The Cherry Orchard1971 · as Lopahkin
• Evelyn1971 · as The Man
• Blood Suckers1971 · as Dr. Holstrom
• Prisoners1971 · as The Man
• The File of the Golden Goose1969 · as Arthur Thompson
• Julius Caesar1969 · as Cassius
• Entertaining Mr. Sloane1968 · as Ed
• A Magnum for Schneider1967 · as David Callan
• Ella1966 · as Arthur
• Becket1964 · as Clement (uncredited)
• Where There's a Will1955 · as Ralph Stokes
• Robin Hardy's Script - The Lost Ending— · as Sgt Howie

All TV Shows (49)

• Five Days2007 · as Vic Marsham
• Murder in Suburbia2004 · as Reg
• Messiah2001 · as Rev. Stephen Hedges
• The Lone Gunmen2001
• CI5: The New Professionals1999 · as Harry Malone
• Crusade1999 · as Alwyn
• Gulliver's Travels1996 · as Drunlo
• Common As Muck1994 · as Nev
• In Suspicious Circumstances1991 · as Storyteller
• Over My Dead Body1990
• Codename: Kyril1988 · as Michael Royston
• The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents1985 · as Drummond
• The Equalizer1985 · as Robert McCall
• The Bill1984 · as Johnnie Jackson
• Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years1981 · as Sir Samuel Hoare
• Nice Work1980
• The Bass Player and the Blonde1978 · as George Mangham
• 19901977 · as Jim Kyle
• Laurence Olivier Presents1976 · as Luigi
• Armchair Cinema1974 · as Philip Warne
• Whodunnit?1973 · as Host
• The Edward Woodward Hour1971
• Play for Today1970 · as The Man
• ITV Playhouse1967 · as Ed
• ITV Playhouse1967 · as George Mangham
• ITV Playhouse1967 · as Ian
• Callan1967 · as David Callan
• Trapped1967 · as Mark Frazier
• Sword of Honour1967 · as Guy Crouchback
• NET Playhouse1966 · as Caius Cassius
• The Baron1966
• You Can't Win1966
• Mystery and Imagination1966 · as Reeve
• BBC Play of the Month1965 · as Caius Cassius
• BBC Play of the Month1965 · as Lopakhin
• Thirty-Minute Theatre1965 · as Arthur
• Thirty-Minute Theatre1965 · as Alan
• Theatre 6251964 · as Guy Crouchback
• Detective1964 · as Auguste Dupin
• Sergeant Cork1963 · as Austen Carew
• The Saint1962 · as Jack Liskard
• Sir Francis Drake1961 · as Spanish Captain
• You Can't Win1961 · as Paul Hayward
• The Defenders1961 · as H.T. Harris
• Armchair Mystery Theatre1960 · as Paul Danek
• Armchair Mystery Theatre1960 · as Anstey
• Armchair Theatre1956
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as David Callan
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Nominee