Edward Woodward

Edward Albert Arthur Woodward OBE (1 June 1930 – 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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Croydon, Surrey, England, UK, 1930-06-01

Died: 2009-11-16

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1955	Where There's a Will	Ralph Stokes	64
2	1964	Becket	Clement (uncredited)	71
3	1967	A Magnum for Schneider	David Callan	0
4	1969	Julius Caesar	Cassius	80
5	1969	The File of the Golden Goose	Arthur Thompson	55
6	1971	Prisoners	The Man	0
7	1971	Blood Suckers	Dr. Holstrom	39
8	1971	Evelyn	The Man	60
9	1971	The Cherry Orchard	Lopahkin	0
10	1972	Hunted	John Drummond	60
11	1972	Sitting Target	Inspector Milton	60
12	1972	Young Winston	Captain Aylmer Haldane	62
13	1973	The Wicker Man	Sergeant Neil Howie	73
14	1974	Callan	David Callan	69
15	1975	When Day Is Done	Philip Warne	0
16	1975	Three for All	Roadsweeper	10
17	1977	Stand up, Virgin Soldiers	Sgt. Wellbeloved	48
18	1977	The Bass Player and the Blonde	George Mangham	0
19	1978	Saturday, Sunday, Monday	Luigi	0
20	1980	A Rod of Iron	Ian	0
21	1980	Breaker Morant	Harry 'Breaker' Morant	71
22	1981	Wet Job	David Callan	45
23	1982	Who Dares Wins	Commander Powell	60
24	1983	The Appointment	Ian	63
25	1983	Love is Forever	Derek McBracken	46
26	1984	Champions	Josh Gifford	68
27	1984	A Christmas Carol	Ghost of Christmas Present	75
28	1985	King David	King Saul	55
29	1985	Arthur the King	Merlin	36
30	1987	Uncle Tom's Cabin	Simon Legree	78
31	1987	The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine	Robert McCall	80
32	1988	A Desperate Fortune: Matthew Flinders' Australia	Narrator	0
33	1988	Codename: Kyril	Michael Royston	0
34	1989	The Man in the Brown Suit	Sir Eustace Pedler	50
35	1989	Memories of Manon	Robert McCall	75
36	1990	Hands of a Murderer	Sherlock Holmes	69
37	1991	Mister Johnson	Sargy Gollup	63
38	1991	Soccer Shoot-Out	Commentator (Voice)	80
39	1994	Aladdin	The Sultan (voice)	53
40	1994	Deadly Advice	Maj. Herbert Armstrong	46
41	1994	A Christmas Reunion	Colonel Phillips	60
42	1995	The Shamrock Conspiracy	Edward Harrison	40
43	1996	Harrison: Cry of the City	Edward 'Teddy' Harrison	10
44	1998	Ex-S: The Wicker Man	Self	0
45	2000	Marcie's Dowry	Gus Wise	0
46	2000	The True Story of the Bridge on the River Kwai	Himself - Narrator	80
47	2001	The Wicker Man Enigma	Himself	67
48	2001	Burnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker Man	Himself	70
49	2002	Night Flight	Vic Green	60
50	2002	The Abduction Club	Lord Fermoy	58
51	2004	The RAF at War: Part One	himself (Presenter)	0
52	2004	The RAF at War: Part Two	himself (Presenter)	0
53	2004	The RAF at War: Part Three	himself (Presenter)	0
54	2007	Hot Fuzz	Tom Weaver	76
55	2007	Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz	Self	0
56		Robin Hardy's Script - The Lost Ending	Sgt Howie	0
57		The Wicker Man At 50	Sgt Howie	0
58	2009	A Congregation of Ghosts	Reverend Densham	95
59	2016	Callan: This Man Alone	Himself (archive)	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self - Nominee	68
2	1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self - Winner	68
3	1956	Armchair Theatre		58
4	1961	The Defenders	H.T. Harris	62
5	1961	Sir Francis Drake	Spanish Captain	40
6	1962	The Saint	Jack Liskard	73
7	1964	Detective		0
8	1965	BBC Play of the Month	Caius Cassius	50
9	1965	BBC Play of the Month	Lopakhin	50
10	1966	Mystery and Imagination		55
11	1966	You Can't Win		0
12	1966	The Baron		54
13	1967	Sword of Honour	Guy Crouchback	0
14	1967	Callan	David Callan	70
15	1970	Play for Today	The Man	61
16	1971	The Edward Woodward Hour		0
17	1973	Whodunnit?	Host	73
18	1976	Laurence Olivier Presents	Luigi	70
19	1977	1990	Jim Kyle	60
20	1980	Nice Work		40
21	1981	Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years	Sir Samuel Hoare	50
22	1985	The Equalizer	Robert McCall	71
23	1985	The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Drummond	73
24	1990	Over My Dead Body		55
25	1991	In Suspicious Circumstances	Storyteller	60
26	1994	Common As Muck	Nev	75
27	1996	Gulliver's Travels	Drunlo	71
28	1999	Crusade	Alwyn	66
29	1999	CI5: The New Professionals	Harry Malone	60
30	2001	The Lone Gunmen		69
31	2001	Messiah	Rev. Stephen Hedges	72
32	2004	Murder in Suburbia		71
33	2006	The One Show	Self - Guest	46
34	2007	Five Days	Vic Marsham	58