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Edward Woodward

Known for: Acting

Birthday: 1930-06-01

Deathday: 2009-11-16 (79 years old)

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Biography

Edward Albert Arthur Woodward, OBE (1 June 1930 – 16 November 2009) was an English actor and singer. After graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, he began his career on stage. Throughout his career, he appeared in productions in both the West End of London and on Broadway in New York City. 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.

Woodward starred as Police Sergeant Neil Howie in the 1973 cult British horror film The Wicker Man, and in the title role of the 1980 Australian biopic Breaker Morant. From 1985 to 1989, Woodward starred as ex-secret agent and private investigator Robert McCall in the American television series The Equalizer, earning him the 1986 Golden Globe Award for Best Television Drama Actor.

Filmography

All 83

Movies 51

TV Shows 32

Self 6

Narrator 2

Edward Woodward

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Biography

Filmography

All 83

Movies 51

TV Shows 32

Self 6

Narrator 2

Voice 1

Callan: This Man Alone (2016)

A Congregation of Ghosts (2009)

Hot Fuzz (2007)

Five Days (2007)

The One Show (2006)

Murder in Suburbia (2004)

The Abduction Club (2002)

Night Flight (2002)

Burnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker Man (2001)

The Wicker Man Enigma (2001)

Messiah (2001)

The Lone Gunmen (2001)

The True Story of the Bridge on the River Kwai (2000)

Marcie's Dowry (2000)

CI5: The New Professionals (1999)

Crusade (1999)

The House of Angelo (1997)

Harrison: Cry of the City (1996)

Gulliver's Travels (1996)

A Christmas Reunion (1995)

The Shamrock Conspiracy (1995)

Common As Muck (1994)

Deadly Advice (1994)

Aladdin (1992)

Soccer Shoot-Out (1991)

In Suspicious Circumstances (1991)

Over My Dead Body (1990)

Mister Johnson (1990)

Hands of a Murderer (1990)

Memories of Manon (1989)

The Man in the Brown Suit (1989)

Codename: Kyril (1988)

A Desperate Fortune: Matthew Flinders' Australia (1988)

The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine (1987)

Uncle Tom's Cabin (1987)

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985)

The Equalizer (1985)

Arthur the King (1985)

King David (1985)

A Christmas Carol (1984)

Champions (1984)

Killer Contract (1984)

Love is Forever (1983)

Who Dares Wins (1982)

Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years (1981)

Wet Job (1981)

The Appointment (1981)

Nice Work (1980)

Breaker Morant (1980)

Saturday, Sunday, Monday (1978)

1990 (1977)

Stand up, Virgin Soldiers (1977)

Laurence Olivier Presents (1976)

Three for All (1975)

When Day Is Done (1975)

Armchair Cinema (1974)

Callan (1974)

The Wicker Man (1973)

Whodunnit? (1973)

Young Winston (1972)

Sitting Target (1972)

Hunted (1972)

Evelyn (1971)

Incense for the Damned (1971)

Prisoners (1971)

The File of the Golden Goose (1969)

The Dave Allen Show (1969)

Julius Caesar (1969)

Callan (1967)

A Magnum for Schneider (1967)

Known for
Acting

Gender
Male

Birthday
1930-06-01

Deathday
2009-11-16 (79 years old)

Place of birth
Croydon, United Kingdom

Relationships
Michele Dotrice (1987-01-01 - 2009-01-01)

Children
Sarah Woodward, Tim Woodward, Peter Woodward

Citizenships
United Kingdom

Also known as
Edward Albert Arthur Woodward

Awards
Officer of the Order of the British Empire