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.
Known for
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movieThe Wicker Man at 50
2023
Sgt Howie
movieCallan: This Man Alone
2016
Himself (archive)
A Congregation of Ghosts
2009
Reverend Densham
movieHot Fuzz
2007
Tom Weaver
tvFive Days
2007
Vic Marsham
movieThe RAF at War: Part Three
2004
himself (Presenter)
movieThe RAF at War: Part Two
2004
himself (Presenter)
movieThe RAF at War: Part One
2004
himself (Presenter)
movieThe Abduction Club
2002
Lord Fermoy
Night Flight
2002
Vic Green
tvMessiah
2001
Rev. Stephen Hedges
The True Story of the Bridge on the River Kwai
2000
Himself - Narrator
tvCI5: The New Professionals
1999
Harry Malone
tvCrusade
1999
Alwyn
Harrison: Cry of the City
1996
Edward 'Teddy' Harrison
tvGulliver's Travels
1996
Drunlo
movieThe Shamrock Conspiracy
1995
Edward Harrison
movieA Christmas Reunion
1994
Colonel Phillips
movieDeadly Advice
1994
Maj. Herbert Armstrong
movieAladdin
1992
The Sultan (voice)
movieSoccer Shoot-Out
1991
Commentator (Voice)
tvIn Suspicious Circumstances
1991
Storyteller
movieMister Johnson
1991
Sargy Gollup
movieHands of a Murderer
1990
Sherlock Holmes
movieMemories of Manon
1989
Robert McCall
movieThe Man in the Brown Suit
1989
Sir Eustace Pedler
movieCodename: Kyril
1988
Michael Royston
tvCodename: Kyril
1988
Michael Royston
movieThe Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine
1987
Robert McCall
movieUncle Tom's Cabin
1987
Simon Legree
tvThe Equalizer
1985
Robert McCall
movieArthur the King
1985
Merlin
movieKing David
1985
King Saul
tvThe Bill
1984
Johnnie Jackson
movieA Christmas Carol
1984
Ghost of Christmas Present
movieChampions
1984
Josh Gifford
movieLove is Forever
1983
Derek McBracken
movieWho Dares Wins
1982
Commander Powell
tvWinston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
1981
Sir Samuel Hoare
movieWet Job
1981
David Callan
movieThe Trial of Lady Chatterley
1980
Mervyn Griffith-Jones
movieBreaker Morant
1980
Harry 'Breaker' Morant
tv1990
1977
Jim Kyle
movieStand up, Virgin Soldiers
1977
Sgt. Wellbeloved
movieThree for All
1975
Roadsweeper
movieWhen Day Is Done
1975
Philip Warne
tvArmchair Cinema
1974
Philip Warne
movieCallan
1974
David Callan
movieThe Wicker Man
1973
Sergeant Neil Howie
tvWhodunnit?
1973
Host
movieYoung Winston
1972
Captain Aylmer Haldane / Aylmer Haldane
movieSitting Target
1972
Inspector Milton
movieThe Ra Expeditions
1972
Narrator (BBC version)
movieHunted
1972
John Drummond
movieThe Cherry Orchard
1971
Lopahkin
movieEvelyn
1971
The Man
movieBlood Suckers
1971
Dr. Holstrom
moviePrisoners
1971
The Man
tvPlay for Today
1970
The Man
movieThe File of the Golden Goose
1969
Arthur Thompson
movieJulius Caesar
1969
Cassius
tvITV Playhouse
1967
Ed / George Mangham / Ian
tvCallan
1967
David Callan
Trapped
1967
Mark Frazier
movieA Magnum for Schneider
1967
David Callan
Sword of Honour
1967
Guy Crouchback
tvNET Playhouse
1966
Caius Cassius
Ella
1966
Arthur
tvBBC Play of the Month
1965
Caius Cassius / Lopakhin
tvThirty-Minute Theatre
1965
Arthur / Alan
tvTheatre 625
1964
Guy Crouchback
tvDetective
1964
Auguste Dupin
movieBecket
1964
Clement (uncredited)
tvSergeant Cork
1963
Austen Carew
tvThe Saint
1962
Jack Liskard
tvSir Francis Drake
1961
Spanish Captain
You Can't Win
1961
Paul Hayward
tvThe Defenders
1961
H.T. Harris
Armchair Mystery Theatre
1960
Paul Danek / Anstey
tvArmchair Theatre
1956
David Callan
movieWhere There's a Will
1955
Ralph Stokes
tvGolden Globe Awards
1944
Self - Nominee