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Edward Woodward

Acting · Born June 1, 1930 · Croydon, Surrey, England, UK

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.

Movies with Edward Woodward

• Hot Fuzz (2007) — Tom Weaver
• The Wicker Man (1973) — Sergeant Neil Howie
• A Christmas Carol (1984) — Ghost of Christmas Present
• Who Dares Wins (1982) — Commander Powell
• Breaker Morant (1980) — Harry 'Breaker' Morant
• Becket (1964) — Clement (uncredited)
• The Man in the Brown Suit (1989) — Sir Eustace Pedler
• Young Winston (1972) — Captain Aylmer Haldane
• Hands of a Murderer (1990) — Sherlock Holmes
• Uncle Tom's Cabin (1987) — Simon Legree
• King David (1985) — King Saul
• The File of the Golden Goose (1969) — Arthur Thompson

TV shows with Edward Woodward

• The Equalizer (1985) — Robert McCall
• In Suspicious Circumstances (1991) — Storyteller
• Callan (1967) — David Callan
• Five Days (2007) — Vic Marsham
• CI5: The New Professionals (1999) — Harry Malone
• Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years (1981) — Sir Samuel Hoare
• 1990 (1977) — Jim Kyle
• Common As Muck (1994) — Nev