Edward Woodward
Born Jun 1, 1930 · Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
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
Hot Fuzz
2007
Five Days
2007
Murder in Suburbia
2004
The Abduction Club
2002
The Lone Gunmen
2001
Messiah
2001
The Wicker Man Enigma
2001
Crusade
1999
CI5: The New Professionals
1999
Gulliver's Travels
1996
The Shamrock Conspiracy
1995
Common As Muck
1994
Deadly Advice
1994
A Christmas Reunion
1994
Aladdin
1992
In Suspicious Circumstances
1991
Mister Johnson
1991
Soccer Shoot-Out
1991
Hands of a Murderer
1990
The Man in the Brown Suit
1989
Memories of Manon
1989
Codename: Kyril
1988
Uncle Tom's Cabin
1987
The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine
1987
The Equalizer
1985
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985
Arthur the King
1985
King David
1985
The Bill
1984
A Christmas Carol
1984
Champions
1984
Love is Forever
1983
The Appointment
1983
Who Dares Wins
1982
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
1981
Wet Job
1981
Breaker Morant
1980
The Trial of Lady Chatterley
1980
Saturday, Sunday, Monday
1978
1990
1977
Stand up, Virgin Soldiers
1977
Three for All
1975
When Day Is Done
1975
Armchair Cinema
1974
Callan
1974
The Wicker Man
1973
Whodunnit?
1973
The Ra Expeditions
1972
Young Winston
1972
Sitting Target
1972
Hunted
1972
Blood Suckers
1971
The Cherry Orchard
1971
Evelyn
1971
Play for Today
1970
Julius Caesar
1969
The File of the Golden Goose
1969
Entertaining Mr. Sloane
1968
ITV Playhouse
1967
Callan
1967
A Magnum for Schneider
1967
NET Playhouse
1966
Mystery and Imagination
1966
The Baron
1966
BBC Play of the Month
1965
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
Theatre 625
1964
Detective
1964
Becket
1964
Sergeant Cork
1963
The Saint
1962
The Defenders
1961
Sir Francis Drake
1961
Armchair Theatre
1956
Where There's a Will
1955