Person Details
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Aliases: Edward Albert Arthur Woodward
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
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Movie Involvements: 42
TV Involvements: 18
Most Famous Work
Biography
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.
Most Famous Work
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
(1985) DrummondThe Saint
(1962) Jack LiskardThe Defenders
(1961) H.T. HarrisPlay of the Month
(1965) LopakhinCrusade
(1999) AlwynSir Francis Drake
(1961) Spanish CaptainCallan
(1967) David CallanThe Equalizer
(1985) Robert McCallActing
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
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2016 | Himself (archive) | |
2009 | Reverend Densham | |
2007 | Self | |
Tom Weaver | ||
Vic Marsham | ||
2006 | Self - Guest | |
2004 | N/A | |
2002 | Lord Fermoy | |
Vic Green | ||
2001 | Himself | |
Himself | ||
Rev. Stephen Hedges | ||
N/A | ||
2000 | Himself - Narrator | |
Gus Wise | ||
1999 | Harry Malone | |
Alwyn | ||
1998 | Self | |
1996 | Edward 'Teddy' Harrison | |
Drunlo | ||
1995 | Edward Harrison | |
1994 | Colonel Phillips | |
Nev | ||
Maj. Herbert Armstrong | ||
The Sultan (voice) | ||
1991 | Commentator (Voice) | |
Storyteller | ||
1990 | N/A | |
Sargy Gollup | ||
Sherlock Holmes | ||
1989 | Robert McCall | |
Sir Eustace Pedler | ||
1988 | Michael Royston | |
Narrator | ||
1987 | Robert McCall | |
Simon Legree | ||
1985 | Drummond | |
Robert McCall | ||
Merlin | ||
King Saul | ||
1984 | Ghost of Christmas Present | |
Josh Gifford | ||
1983 | Derek McBracken | |
1982 | Commander Powell | |
1981 | N/A | |
David Callan | ||
Ian | ||
1980 | N/A | |
Harry 'Breaker' Morant | ||
1978 | Luigi | |
1977 | Jim Kyle | |
Sgt. Wellbeloved | ||
1976 | Luigi | |
1975 | Roadsweeper | |
Philip Warne | ||
1974 | David Callan | |
1973 | Sergeant Neil Howie | |
Host | ||
1972 | Captain Aylmer Haldane | |
Inspector Milton | ||
John Drummond | ||
1971 | Lopahkin | |
The Man | ||
N/A | ||
Dr. Holstrom | ||
N/A | ||
1969 | Arthur Thompson | |
Cassius | ||
1967 | David Callan | |
David Callan | ||
Guy Crouchback | ||
1966 | N/A | |
N/A | ||
N/A | ||
1965 | Caius Cassius | |
Lopakhin | ||
N/A | ||
1964 | N/A | |
Clement (uncredited) | ||
1962 | Jack Liskard | |
1961 | Spanish Captain | |
H.T. Harris | ||
1955 | Ralph Stokes | |
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |