Person Details

Birthday:

Aliases: Edward Albert Arthur Woodward

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Croydon, Surrey, England, UK

Homepage:

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
Average
7
The Saint
Average
7

The Saint

(1962) Jack Liskard
The Defenders
Average
6

The Defenders

(1961) H.T. Harris
Play of the Month
Average
5

Play of the Month

(1965) Lopakhin
Crusade
Average
7

Crusade

(1999) Alwyn
Sir Francis Drake
Average
4

Sir Francis Drake

(1961) Spanish Captain
Callan
Average
7

Callan

(1967) David Callan
The Equalizer
Average
7

The Equalizer

(1985) Robert McCall

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
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

Join the discussion

Please Log in to comment