Acting

Edward Woodward

Born 1930-06-01 · Croydon, Surrey, England, UK

Died 2009-11-16

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.

Credits

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The Wicker Man at 50
as Sgt Howie
2023
Robin Hardy's Script - The Lost Ending
as Sgt Howie
2023
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
Five Days
as Vic Marsham
2007
Murder in Suburbia
as Reg
2004
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
Messiah
as Rev. Stephen Hedges
2001
The Lone Gunmen
2001
The True Story of the Bridge on the River Kwai
as Himself - Narrator
2000
Marcie's Dowry
as Gus Wise
2000
CI5: The New Professionals
as Harry Malone
1999
Crusade
as Alwyn
1999
Ex-S: The Wicker Man
as Self
1998
La Femme Nikita
as Mr. Jones
1997
Harrison: Cry of the City
as Edward 'Teddy' Harrison
1996
Gulliver's Travels
as Drunlo
1996
The Shamrock Conspiracy
as Edward Harrison
1995
A Christmas Reunion
as Colonel Phillips
1994
Common As Muck
as Nev
1994
Deadly Advice
as Maj. Herbert Armstrong
1994
Aladdin
as The Sultan (voice)
1992
In My Defence
as Gourgen Yanikian
1991
Soccer Shoot-Out
as Commentator (Voice)
1991
In Suspicious Circumstances
as Storyteller
1991
Mister Johnson
as Sargy Gollup
1991
Over My Dead Body
1990
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
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Drummond
1985
The Equalizer
as Robert McCall
1985
Arthur the King
as Merlin
1985
King David
as King Saul
1985
The Bill
as Johnnie Jackson
1984
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
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
as Sir Samuel Hoare
1981
Wet Job
as David Callan
1981
Blunt Instrument
as Alex Logan
1981
Sunday Night Thriller
as Alex Logan
1981
The Trial of Lady Chatterley
as Mervyn Griffith-Jones
1980
Nice Work
1980
Breaker Morant
as Harry 'Breaker' Morant
1980
A Rod of Iron
as Ian
1980
The Bass Player and the Blonde
as George Mangham
1978
Saturday, Sunday, Monday
as Luigi
1978
1990
as Jim Kyle
1977
The Bass Player and the Blonde
as George Mangham
1977
Stand up, Virgin Soldiers
as Sgt. Wellbeloved
1977
Laurence Olivier Presents
as Luigi
1976
Three for All
as Roadsweeper
1975
When Day Is Done
as Philip Warne
1975
Armchair Cinema
as Philip Warne
1974
Callan
as David Callan
1974
The Wicker Man
as Sergeant Neil Howie
1973
Whodunnit?
as Host
1973
Young Winston
as Captain Aylmer Haldane
1972
Young Winston
as Aylmer Haldane
1972
Sitting Target
as Inspector Milton
1972
The Ra Expeditions
as Narrator (BBC version)
1972
Hunted
as John Drummond
1972
The Cherry Orchard
as Lopahkin
1971
Evelyn
as The Man
1971