Edward Woodward
Acting
Born: 1930-06-01 in Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
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.
Known For
Hot Fuzz
Tom Weaver
The Wicker Man
Sergeant Neil Howie
A Christmas Carol
Ghost of Christmas Present
La Femme Nikita
Mr. Jones
Becket
Clement (uncredited)
Breaker Morant
Harry 'Breaker' Morant
Gulliver's Travels
Drunlo
Crusade
Alwyn
The Saint
Jack Liskard
The Lone Gunmen
The Equalizer
Robert McCall
King David
King Saul
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Drummond
Young Winston
Captain Aylmer Haldane
Young Winston
Aylmer Haldane
Who Dares Wins
Commander Powell
The Bill
Johnnie Jackson
Five Days
Vic Marsham
Mister Johnson
Sargy Gollup
Sitting Target
Inspector Milton
The Appointment
Ian
Messiah
Rev. Stephen Hedges
The Abduction Club
Lord Fermoy
Blood Suckers
Dr. Holstrom
The Ra Expeditions
Narrator (BBC version)
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
Murder in Suburbia
Reg
The File of the Golden Goose
Arthur Thompson
Champions
Josh Gifford
The Man in the Brown Suit
Sir Eustace Pedler
Callan
David Callan
Aladdin
The Sultan (voice)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Simon Legree
Hands of a Murderer
Sherlock Holmes
Arthur the King
Merlin
The Defenders
H.T. Harris
Love is Forever
Derek McBracken
Callan
David Callan
Play for Today
The Man
BBC Play of the Month
Caius Cassius