Edward Woodward

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

99

Gender

Male

Birthday

1930-06-01

Day of death

2009-11-16 (79 years old)

Place of Birth

Croydon, Surrey, England, UK

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

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Play for Today

    Play for Today

  • The Saint

    The Saint

  • The Equalizer

    The Equalizer

  • BBC Play of the Month

    BBC Play of the Month

  • BBC Play of the Month

    BBC Play of the Month

  • The Defenders

    The Defenders

  • The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

  • Hot Fuzz

    Hot Fuzz

  • The Wicker Man

    The Wicker Man

  • A Christmas Carol

    A Christmas Carol

  • Callan

    Callan

  • Blunt Instrument

    Blunt Instrument

  • The Lone Gunmen

    The Lone Gunmen

  • Gulliver's Travels

    Gulliver's Travels

  • Burnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker Man

    Burnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker Man

  • Sir Francis Drake

    Sir Francis Drake

  • The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine

    The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine

  • Crusade

    Crusade

  • Mystery and Imagination

    Mystery and Imagination

  • Messiah

    Messiah

  • Five Days

    Five Days

  • Night Flight

    Night Flight

  • Robin Hardy's Script - The Lost Ending

    Robin Hardy's Script - The Lost Ending

  • Champions

    Champions

  • Detective

    Detective

  • CI5: The New Professionals

    CI5: The New Professionals

  • 1990

    1990

  • The Abduction Club

    The Abduction Club

  • Deadly Advice

    Deadly Advice

  • The Appointment

    The Appointment

  • Becket

    Becket

  • The Baron

    The Baron

  • Memories of Manon

    Memories of Manon

  • Ex-S: The Wicker Man

    Ex-S: The Wicker Man

  • The Wicker Man Enigma

    The Wicker Man Enigma

  • Love Is Forever

    Love Is Forever

  • Who Dares Wins

    Who Dares Wins

  • Codename: Kyril

    Codename: Kyril

  • Entertaining Mr. Sloane

    Entertaining Mr. Sloane

  • Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz

    Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz

  • Murder in Suburbia

    Murder in Suburbia

  • Callan

    Callan

  • Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years

    Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years

  • The Wicker Man At 50

    The Wicker Man At 50

  • Laurence Olivier Presents

    Laurence Olivier Presents

  • The Shamrock Conspiracy

    The Shamrock Conspiracy

  • Sitting Target

    Sitting Target

  • Common As Muck

    Common As Muck

  • Marcie's Dowry

    Marcie's Dowry

  • Mister Johnson

    Mister Johnson

  • A Christmas Reunion

    A Christmas Reunion

  • Three for All

    Three for All

  • Blood Suckers

    Blood Suckers

  • The Cherry Orchard

    The Cherry Orchard

  • Over My Dead Body

    Over My Dead Body

  • Whodunnit?

    Whodunnit?

  • Saturday, Sunday, Monday

    Saturday, Sunday, Monday

  • A Rod of Iron

    A Rod of Iron

  • You Can't Win

    You Can't Win

  • The File of the Golden Goose

    The File of the Golden Goose

  • Aladdin

    Aladdin

  • Young Winston

    Young Winston

  • Young Winston

    Young Winston

  • In Suspicious Circumstances

    In Suspicious Circumstances

  • Breaker Morant

    Breaker Morant

  • Nice Work

    Nice Work

  • A Congregation of Ghosts

    A Congregation of Ghosts

  • Soccer Shoot-Out

    Soccer Shoot-Out

  • Uncle Tom's Cabin

    Uncle Tom's Cabin

  • Stand up, Virgin Soldiers

    Stand up, Virgin Soldiers

  • The Man in the Brown Suit

    The Man in the Brown Suit

  • Hands of a Murderer

    Hands of a Murderer

  • Harrison: Cry of the City

    Harrison: Cry of the City

  • Evelyn

    Evelyn

  • King David

    King David

  • Ella

    Ella

  • Callan: This Man Alone

    Callan: This Man Alone

  • Arthur the King

    Arthur the King

  • Sword of Honour

    Sword of Honour

  • The Bass Player and the Blonde

    The Bass Player and the Blonde

  • Armchair Theatre

    Armchair Theatre

  • Hunted

    Hunted

  • 100 Greatest Sexy Moments

    100 Greatest Sexy Moments

  • The RAF at War: Part Two

    The RAF at War: Part Two

  • The Edward Woodward Hour

    The Edward Woodward Hour

  • Where There's a Will

    Where There's a Will

  • Julius Caesar

    Julius Caesar

  • The True Story of the Bridge on the River Kwai

    The True Story of the Bridge on the River Kwai

  • The RAF at War: Part Three

    The RAF at War: Part Three

  • The RAF at War: Part One

    The RAF at War: Part One

  • The Bass Player and the Blonde

    The Bass Player and the Blonde

  • The Trial of Lady Chatterley

    The Trial of Lady Chatterley

  • Prisoners

    Prisoners

  • A Desperate Fortune: Matthew Flinders' Australia

    A Desperate Fortune: Matthew Flinders' Australia

  • The Ra Expeditions

    The Ra Expeditions

  • A Magnum for Schneider

    A Magnum for Schneider

  • When Day Is Done

    When Day Is Done

  • Wet Job

    Wet Job