Edward Woodward

Actor Jun 1 (died age 79) Croydon, Surrey, England, UK 1944–2016 (72 year career)

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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.…

Known For

Film

Hot Fuzz

Tom Weaver

Film

The Wicker Man

Sergeant Neil Howie

Film

A Christmas Carol

Ghost of Christmas Present

Film

Becket

Clement (uncredited)

Film

Breaker Morant

Harry 'Breaker' Morant

Film

Gulliver's Travels

Drunlo

Film

The Equalizer

Robert McCall

Film

Young Winston

Captain Aylmer Haldane

Filmography

Acting (106)

Movies (65)

Callan: This Man Alone

2016

as Himself (archive)

A Congregation of Ghosts

as Reverend Densham

Hot Fuzz

as Tom Weaver

Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz

2007

as Self

The RAF at War: Part One

2004

as himself (Presenter)

The RAF at War: Part Three

2004

as himself (Presenter)

The RAF at War: Part Two

2004

as himself (Presenter)

100 Greatest Sexy Moments

as Self

The Abduction Club

as Lord Fermoy

Night Flight

as Vic Green

Burnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker Man

2001

as Himself

7.8

The Wicker Man Enigma

as Himself

Marcie's Dowry

as Gus Wise

The True Story of the Bridge on the River Kwai

2000

as Himself - Narrator

8.0

Ex-S: The Wicker Man

1998

as Self

Harrison: Cry of the City

1996

as Edward 'Teddy' Harrison

1.0

The Shamrock Conspiracy

1995

as Edward Harrison

4.0

Deadly Advice

1994

as Maj. Herbert Armstrong

A Christmas Reunion

as Colonel Phillips

Aladdin

as The Sultan (voice)

5.4

Soccer Shoot-Out

1991

as Commentator (Voice)

Mister Johnson

as Sargy Gollup

Hands of a Murderer

as Sherlock Holmes

Memories of Manon

as Robert McCall

The Man in the Brown Suit

1989

as Sir Eustace Pedler

5.5

A Desperate Fortune: Matthew Flinders' Australia

1988

as Narrator

Codename: Kyril

1988

as Michael Royston

The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine

as Robert McCall

Uncle Tom's Cabin

as Simon Legree

King David

as King Saul

Arthur the King

as Merlin

A Christmas Carol

as Ghost of Christmas Present

Champions

as Josh Gifford

The Appointment

as Ian

Love is Forever

as Derek McBracken

Who Dares Wins

as Commander Powell

Blunt Instrument

as Alex Logan

Wet Job

1981

as David Callan

4.5

A Rod of Iron

1980

as Ian

Breaker Morant

1980

as Harry 'Breaker' Morant

7.1

The Trial of Lady Chatterley

1980

as Mervyn Griffith-Jones

Saturday, Sunday, Monday

1978

as Luigi

Stand up, Virgin Soldiers

1977

as Sgt. Wellbeloved

4.2

The Bass Player and the Blonde

1977

as George Mangham

Three for All

1975

as Roadsweeper

1.0

When Day Is Done

1975

as Philip Warne

Callan

1974

as David Callan

6.9

The Wicker Man

1973

as Sergeant Neil Howie

Sitting Target

as Inspector Milton

Young Winston

as Captain Aylmer Haldane

Hunted

as John Drummond

The Ra Expeditions

as Narrator (BBC version)

Blood Suckers

as Dr. Holstrom

Prisoners

as The Man

The Cherry Orchard

as Lopahkin

Evelyn

as The Man

The File of the Golden Goose

as Arthur Thompson

Julius Caesar

as Cassius

Entertaining Mr. Sloane

1968

as Ed

A Magnum for Schneider

1967

as David Callan

Ella

1966

as Arthur

Becket

1964

as Clement (uncredited)

7.2

Where There's a Will

1955

as Ralph Stokes

6.4

Robin Hardy's Script - The Lost Ending

as Sgt Howie

The Wicker Man At 50

as Sgt Howie

Television (41)

Five Days

as Vic Marsham

Murder in Suburbia

The Lone Gunmen

Messiah

as Rev. Stephen Hedges

7.3

Crusade

1999

as Alwyn

6.6

CI5: The New Professionals

as Harry Malone

Gulliver's Travels

as Drunlo

Common As Muck

as Nev

In Suspicious Circumstances

as Storyteller

Over My Dead Body

Codename: Kyril

as Michael Royston

The Equalizer

as Robert McCall

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Drummond

The Bill

as Johnnie Jackson

Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years

as Sir Samuel Hoare

Nice Work

The Bass Player and the Blonde

1978

as George Mangham

1990

1977

as Jim Kyle

6.5

Laurence Olivier Presents

as Luigi

Armchair Cinema

as Philip Warne

Whodunnit?

as Host

The Edward Woodward Hour

Play for Today

as The Man

ITV Playhouse

as Ed

Callan

as David Callan

Trapped

as Mark Frazier

Sword of Honour

1967

as Guy Crouchback

Mystery and Imagination

as Reeve

NET Playhouse

as Caius Cassius

The Baron

You Can't Win

BBC Play of the Month

as Caius Cassius

Theatre 625

as Guy Crouchback

Detective

as Auguste Dupin

The Saint

as Jack Liskard

The Defenders

as H.T. Harris

Sir Francis Drake

as Spanish Captain

You Can't Win

as Paul Hayward

Armchair Mystery Theatre

1960

as Anstey

Armchair Theatre

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee