Portrait of Edward Woodward

Edward Woodward

Acting

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.

Born: June 1, 1930

Place of Birth: Croydon, Surrey, England, UK

Filmography

2016
Callan: This Man Alone

as Himself (archive)

2007
Hot Fuzz

as Tom Weaver

2007
Five Days

as Vic Marsham

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)

2002
The Abduction Club

as Lord Fermoy

2002
Night Flight

as Vic Green

2001
2001
Messiah

as Rev. Stephen Hedges

1999
1999
Crusade

as Alwyn

1996
1995
The Shamrock Conspiracy

as Edward Harrison

1994
A Christmas Reunion

as Colonel Phillips

1994
1994
Deadly Advice

as Maj. Herbert Armstrong

1994
Aladdin

as The Sultan (voice)

1991
Soccer Shoot-Out

as Commentator (Voice)

1991
1991
Mister Johnson

as Sargy Gollup

1990
Hands of a Murderer

as Sherlock Holmes

1989
Memories of Manon

as Robert McCall

1989
The Man in the Brown Suit

as Sir Eustace Pedler

1988
Codename: Kyril

as Michael Royston

1988
Codename: Kyril

as Michael Royston

1987
Uncle Tom's Cabin

as Simon Legree

1985
The Equalizer

as Robert McCall

1985
1985
King David

as King Saul

1984
A Christmas Carol

as Ghost of Christmas Present

1984
Champions

as Josh Gifford

1983
Love Is Forever

as Derek McBracken

1983
1982
Who Dares Wins

as Commander Powell

1981
Wet Job

as David Callan

1980
The Trial of Lady Chatterley

as Mervyn Griffith-Jones

1980
Breaker Morant

as Harry 'Breaker' Morant

1977
1990

as Jim Kyle

1977
Stand up, Virgin Soldiers

as Sgt. Wellbeloved

1975
Three for All

as Roadsweeper

1975
When Day Is Done

as Philip Warne

1974
Callan

as David Callan

1973
The Wicker Man

as Sergeant Neil Howie

1973
Whodunnit?

as Host

1972
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

1971
1971
Evelyn

as The Man

1971
Blood Suckers

as Dr. Holstrom

1971
Prisoners

as The Man

1970
Play for Today

as The Man

1969
1969
Julius Caesar

as Cassius

1967
Callan

as David Callan

1967
A Magnum for Schneider

as David Callan

1965
BBC Play of the Month

as Caius Cassius

1965
1964
Theatre 625

as Guy Crouchback

1964
Detective

as Auguste Dupin

1964
Becket

as Clement (uncredited)

1962
The Saint

as Jack Liskard

1961
Sir Francis Drake

as Spanish Captain

1961
The Defenders

as H.T. Harris

1955
Where There's a Will

as Ralph Stokes

1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee