Edward Woodward
Known For
Acting
Born
1930-06-01 in Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
Died
2009-11-16
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. 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 Known For
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
The Saint
as Jack Liskard
The Equalizer
as Robert McCall
Play for Today
as The Man
BBC Play of the Month
as Caius Cassius
BBC Play of the Month
as Lopakhin
The Defenders
as H.T. Harris
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Drummond
Theatre 625
as Guy Crouchback
Hot Fuzz
as Tom Weaver
Crusade
as Alwyn
Gulliver's Travels
as Drunlo
The Lone Gunmen
Sir Francis Drake
as Spanish Captain
King David
as King Saul
Mystery and Imagination
as Reeve
Five Days
as Vic Marsham
Callan
as David Callan
The Wicker Man
as Sergeant Neil Howie
Detective
as Auguste Dupin