Biography
Edward Albert Arthur Woodward OBE (1 June 1930 β 16 November 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.
Filmography
all 88
Movies 54
TV Shows 34
self 8
Narrator 2
Voice 1
Callan: This Man Alone (2016)
A Congregation of Ghosts (2009)
Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz (2007)
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)
Ex-S: The Wicker Man (1998)
The House of Angelo (1997)
Harrison: Cry of the City (1996)
Gulliver's Travels (1996)
The Shamrock Conspiracy (1995)
A Christmas Reunion (1994)
Common As Muck (1994)
Deadly Advice (1994)
Aladdin (1994)
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)
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)
The Cherry Orchard (1971)
Evelyn (1971)
The Edward Woodward Hour (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)
Sword of Honour (1967)
The Baron (1966)
You Can't Win (1966)
Mystery and Imagination (1966)
BBC Play of the Month (1965)
Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965)
Detective (1964)
Becket (1964)
The Saint (1962)
Sir Francis Drake (1961)
The Defenders (1961)
Where There's a Will (1955)
Night Flight
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GenderMale
Birthday1930-06-01
Deathday2009-11-16 (79 years old)
Birth PlaceCroydon, United Kingdom
RelationshipsMichele Dotrice (1987-01-01 - 2009-01-01)
ChildrenSarah Woodward, Tim Woodward, Peter Woodward
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
Also Known AsEdward Albert Arthur Woodward
AwardsOfficer of the Order of the British Empire
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