Edward Woodward
Acting
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.
TV Shows(37)
Five Days
Vic Marsham
2007
Murder in Suburbia
Reg
2004
Messiah
Rev. Stephen Hedges
2001
The Lone Gunmen
2001
CI5: The New Professionals
Harry Malone
1999
Crusade
Alwyn
1999
Gulliver's Travels
Drunlo
1996
Common As Muck
Nev
1994
In Suspicious Circumstances
Storyteller
1991
Over My Dead Body
1990
Codename: Kyril
Michael Royston
1988
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Drummond
1985
The Equalizer
Robert McCall
1985
The Bill
Johnnie Jackson
1984
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
Sir Samuel Hoare
1981
Nice Work
1980
The Bass Player and the Blonde
George Mangham
1978
1990
Jim Kyle
1977
Laurence Olivier Presents
Luigi
1976
Whodunnit?
Host
1973
The Edward Woodward Hour
1971
Play for Today
The Man
1970
ITV Playhouse
Ed
1967
Callan
David Callan
1967
Sword of Honour
Guy Crouchback
1967
The Baron
1966
You Can't Win
1966
Mystery and Imagination
Reeve
1966
BBC Play of the Month
Caius Cassius
1965
Theatre 625
Guy Crouchback
1964
Detective
Auguste Dupin
1964
The Saint
Jack Liskard
1962
Sir Francis Drake
Spanish Captain
1961
The Defenders
H.T. Harris
1961
Armchair Mystery Theatre
Paul Danek
1960
Armchair Theatre
1956
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944
Movies(65)
Callan: This Man Alone
Himself (archive)
2016
A Congregation of Ghosts
Reverend Densham
2009
Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz
Self
2007
Hot Fuzz
Tom Weaver
2007
The RAF at War: Part Three
himself (Presenter)
2004
The RAF at War: Part Two
himself (Presenter)
2004
The RAF at War: Part One
himself (Presenter)
2004
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
Self
2003
The Abduction Club
Lord Fermoy
2002
Night Flight
Vic Green
2002
Burnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker Man
Himself
2001
The Wicker Man Enigma
Himself
2001
The True Story of the Bridge on the River Kwai
Himself - Narrator
2000
Marcie's Dowry
Gus Wise
2000
Ex-S: The Wicker Man
Self
1998
Harrison: Cry of the City
Edward 'Teddy' Harrison
1996
The Shamrock Conspiracy
Edward Harrison
1995
A Christmas Reunion
Colonel Phillips
1994
Deadly Advice
Maj. Herbert Armstrong
1994
Aladdin
The Sultan (voice)
1992
Soccer Shoot-Out
Commentator (Voice)
1991
Mister Johnson
Sargy Gollup
1991
Hands of a Murderer
Sherlock Holmes
1990
Memories of Manon
Robert McCall
1989
The Man in the Brown Suit
Sir Eustace Pedler
1989
Codename: Kyril
Michael Royston
1988
A Desperate Fortune: Matthew Flinders' Australia
Narrator
1988
The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine
Robert McCall
1987
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Simon Legree
1987
Arthur the King
Merlin
1985
King David
King Saul
1985
A Christmas Carol
Ghost of Christmas Present
1984
Champions
Josh Gifford
1984
Love is Forever
Derek McBracken
1983
The Appointment
Ian
1983
Who Dares Wins
Commander Powell
1982
Wet Job
David Callan
1981
Blunt Instrument
Alex Logan
1981
The Trial of Lady Chatterley
Mervyn Griffith-Jones
1980
Breaker Morant
Harry 'Breaker' Morant
1980
A Rod of Iron
Ian
1980
Saturday, Sunday, Monday
Luigi
1978
The Bass Player and the Blonde
George Mangham
1977
Stand up, Virgin Soldiers
Sgt. Wellbeloved
1977
Three for All
Roadsweeper
1975
When Day Is Done
Philip Warne
1975
Callan
David Callan
1974
The Wicker Man
Sergeant Neil Howie
1973
Young Winston
Captain Aylmer Haldane
1972
Sitting Target
Inspector Milton
1972
The Ra Expeditions
Narrator (BBC version)
1972
Hunted
John Drummond
1972
The Cherry Orchard
Lopahkin
1971
Evelyn
The Man
1971
Blood Suckers
Dr. Holstrom
1971
Prisoners
The Man
1971
The File of the Golden Goose
Arthur Thompson
1969
Julius Caesar
Cassius
1969
Entertaining Mr. Sloane
Ed
1968
A Magnum for Schneider
David Callan
1967
Ella
Arthur
1966
Becket
Clement (uncredited)
1964
Where There's a Will
Ralph Stokes
1955
Robin Hardy's Script - The Lost Ending
Sgt Howie
The Wicker Man At 50
Sgt Howie