Edward Woodward
Known for: 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.
Filmography
Series
Play for Today
The Man
1970
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944
Series
The Saint
Jack Liskard
1962
Series
BBC Play of the Month
Caius Cassius
1965
Series
BBC Play of the Month
Lopakhin
1965
Series
ITV Playhouse
Ed
1967
Series
ITV Playhouse
George Mangham
1967
Series
ITV Playhouse
Ian
1967
Series
The Bill
Johnnie Jackson
1984
Series
The Equalizer
Robert McCall
1985
Series
Theatre 625
Guy Crouchback
1964
Series
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Arthur
1965
Series
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Alan
1965
Series
The Defenders
H.T. Harris
1961
Series
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Drummond
1985
Series
NET Playhouse
Caius Cassius
1966
Film
Hot Fuzz
Tom Weaver
2007
Film
The Wicker Man
Sergeant Neil Howie
1973
Series
Sergeant Cork
Austen Carew
1963
Series
The Lone Gunmen
2001
Series
Callan
David Callan
1967
Series
Detective
Auguste Dupin
1964
Series
Five Days
Vic Marsham
2007
Series
Sir Francis Drake
Spanish Captain
1961
Series
In Suspicious Circumstances
Storyteller
1991
Series
Mystery and Imagination
Reeve
1966
Series
Crusade
Alwyn
1999
Series
Gulliver's Travels
Drunlo
1996
Armchair Mystery Theatre
Paul Danek
1960
Armchair Mystery Theatre
Anstey
1960
Series
Murder in Suburbia
Reg
2004
Series
The Baron
1966
Series
Whodunnit?
Host
1973
Series
CI5: The New Professionals
Harry Malone
1999
Series
Messiah
Rev. Stephen Hedges
2001
Film
A Christmas Carol
Ghost of Christmas Present
1984
Series
1990
Jim Kyle
1977
Trapped
Mark Frazier
1967
Series
Laurence Olivier Presents
Luigi
1976
Nice Work
1980
Series
Armchair Cinema
Philip Warne
1974
Film
Breaker Morant
Harry 'Breaker' Morant
1980
Series
Common As Muck
Nev
1994
Film
Becket
Clement (uncredited)
1964
Series
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
Sir Samuel Hoare
1981
Film
Who Dares Wins
Commander Powell
1982
Film
Young Winston
Captain Aylmer Haldane
1972
Film
Young Winston
Aylmer Haldane
1972
Film
King David
King Saul
1985
You Can't Win
Paul Hayward
1961
The Root of All Evil?
Designi
1968
Series
Codename: Kyril
Michael Royston
1988
Series
Armchair Theatre
1956
Series
Armchair Theatre
David Callan
1956
Over My Dead Body
1990
Film
Julius Caesar
Cassius
1969
Film
Sitting Target
Inspector Milton
1972
Film
Mister Johnson
Sargy Gollup
1991
Film
Arthur the King
Merlin
1985
Film
The Man in the Brown Suit
Sir Eustace Pedler
1989
Film
The Ra Expeditions
Narrator (BBC version)
1972
Film
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Simon Legree
1987
Film
The Appointment
Ian
1983
Series
You Can't Win
1966
Film
The Abduction Club
Lord Fermoy
2002
Film
Deadly Advice
Maj. Herbert Armstrong
1994
Sword of Honour
Guy Crouchback
1967
Film
Love is Forever
Derek McBracken
1983
Sunday Night Thriller
Alex Logan
1981
Ella
Arthur
1966
Film
Where There's a Will
Ralph Stokes
1955
Film
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
Self
2003
Film
Champions
Josh Gifford
1984
In My Defence
Gourgen Yanikian
1991
Film
Aladdin
The Sultan (voice)
1992
Film
Three for All
Roadsweeper
1975
Film
Hands of a Murderer
Sherlock Holmes
1990
Film
Memories of Manon
Robert McCall
1989
Robin Hardy's Script - The Lost Ending
Sgt Howie
Film
Blood Suckers
Dr. Holstrom
1971
Film
Soccer Shoot-Out
Commentator (Voice)
1991
Film
Hunted
John Drummond
1972
Film
Wet Job
David Callan
1981
Film
The File of the Golden Goose
Arthur Thompson
1969
Film
The Trial of Lady Chatterley
Mervyn Griffith-Jones
1980
Film
Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz
Self
2007
Film
The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine
Robert McCall
1987
Film
A Christmas Reunion
Colonel Phillips
1994
Film
Callan
David Callan
1974
Harrison: Cry of the City
Edward 'Teddy' Harrison
1996
Night Flight
Vic Green
2002
Film
Burnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker Man
Himself
2001
Film
A Magnum for Schneider
David Callan
1967
The Bass Player and the Blonde
George Mangham
1978
Film
The Cherry Orchard
Lopahkin
1971
A Rod of Iron
Ian
1980
Film
Saturday, Sunday, Monday
Luigi
1978
Film
Codename: Kyril
Michael Royston
1988
Film
The Wicker Man at 50
Sgt Howie
2023
Film
Ex-S: The Wicker Man
Self
1998
Blunt Instrument
Alex Logan
1981
Film
Callan: This Man Alone
Himself (archive)
2016
Film
When Day Is Done
Philip Warne
1975
Film
Stand up, Virgin Soldiers
Sgt. Wellbeloved
1977
Film
The Shamrock Conspiracy
Edward Harrison
1995
The Edward Woodward Hour
1971
The Bass Player and the Blonde
George Mangham
1977
Marcie's Dowry
Gus Wise
2000
A Congregation of Ghosts
Reverend Densham
2009
The True Story of the Bridge on the River Kwai
Himself - Narrator
2000
A Desperate Fortune: Matthew Flinders' Australia
Narrator
1988
Film
The Wicker Man Enigma
Himself
2001
Film
Prisoners
The Man
1971
Film
The RAF at War: Part Three
himself (Presenter)
2004
Film
Evelyn
The Man
1971
Film
Entertaining Mr. Sloane
Ed
1968
Film
The RAF at War: Part Two
himself (Presenter)
2004
Film
The RAF at War: Part One
himself (Presenter)
2004