Edward Woodward

Known for ActingBorn 1930-06-01Died 2009-11-16Croydon, 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.Read more

Movies & web series

Entertaining Mr. Sloane

A Congregation of Ghosts

Marcie's Dowry

A Magnum for Schneider

Sword of Honour

Ella

Detective

Armchair Mystery Theatre

The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine

The True Story of the Bridge on the River Kwai

Ex-S: The Wicker Man

Soccer Shoot-Out

Memories of Manon

Burnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker Man

Blunt Instrument

The Edward Woodward Hour

Murder in Suburbia

Hot Fuzz

Messiah

A Christmas Carol

Julius Caesar

Gulliver's Travels

Whodunnit?

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

The Wicker Man

The Equalizer

The Saint

NET Playhouse

A Christmas Reunion

Common As Muck

Breaker Morant

Theatre 625

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Sergeant Cork

Becket

The Ra Expeditions

CI5: The New Professionals

Saturday, Sunday, Monday

The Lone Gunmen

Laurence Olivier Presents

Armchair Cinema

The Cherry Orchard

Evelyn

Callan

Callan

ITV Playhouse

Crusade

Hands of a Murderer