Acting
Edward Woodward
Born 1930-06-01
Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
Department: Acting
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.
Known For
Prominent works featuring Edward Woodward
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Hot Fuzz
2007
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The Wicker Man
1973
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Play for Today
1970
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Golden Globe Awards
1944
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A Christmas Carol
1984
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La Femme Nikita
1997
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The Saint
1962
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The Bill
1984
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The Equalizer
1985
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The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (118 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | The Wicker Man at 50 | Sgt Howie | Movie | 2023 |
| Robin Hardy's Script - The Lost Ending | Sgt Howie | Movie | 2023 | |
 | Callan: This Man Alone | Himself (archive) | Movie | 2016 |
| A Congregation of Ghosts | Reverend Densham | Movie | 2009 | |
 | Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz | Self | Movie | 2007 |
 | Hot Fuzz | Tom Weaver | Movie | 2007 |
 | Five Days | Vic Marsham | TV Series | 2007 |
 | Murder in Suburbia | Reg | TV Series | 2004 |
 | The RAF at War: Part Three | himself (Presenter) | Movie | 2004 |
 | The RAF at War: Part Two | himself (Presenter) | Movie | 2004 |
 | The RAF at War: Part One | himself (Presenter) | Movie | 2004 |
 | 100 Greatest Sexy Moments | Self | Movie | 2003 |
 | The Abduction Club | Lord Fermoy | Movie | 2002 |
| Night Flight | Vic Green | Movie | 2002 | |
 | Burnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker Man | Himself | Movie | 2001 |
 | The Wicker Man Enigma | Himself | Movie | 2001 |
 | Messiah | Rev. Stephen Hedges | TV Series | 2001 |
 | The Lone Gunmen | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2001 |
| The True Story of the Bridge on the River Kwai | Himself - Narrator | Movie | 2000 | |
| Marcie's Dowry | Gus Wise | Movie | 2000 | |
 | CI5: The New Professionals | Harry Malone | TV Series | 1999 |
 | Crusade | Alwyn | TV Series | 1999 |
 | Ex-S: The Wicker Man | Self | Movie | 1998 |
 | La Femme Nikita | Mr. Jones | TV Series | 1997 |
| Harrison: Cry of the City | Edward 'Teddy' Harrison | Movie | 1996 | |
 | Gulliver's Travels | Drunlo | TV Series | 1996 |
 | The Shamrock Conspiracy | Edward Harrison | Movie | 1995 |
 | A Christmas Reunion | Colonel Phillips | Movie | 1994 |
 | Common As Muck | Nev | TV Series | 1994 |
 | Deadly Advice | Maj. Herbert Armstrong | Movie | 1994 |
 | Aladdin | The Sultan (voice) | Movie | 1992 |
| In My Defence | Gourgen Yanikian | TV Series | 1991 | |
 | Soccer Shoot-Out | Commentator (Voice) | Movie | 1991 |
 | In Suspicious Circumstances | Storyteller | TV Series | 1991 |
 | Mister Johnson | Sargy Gollup | Movie | 1991 |
| Over My Dead Body | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1990 | |
 | Hands of a Murderer | Sherlock Holmes | Movie | 1990 |
 | Memories of Manon | Robert McCall | Movie | 1989 |
 | The Man in the Brown Suit | Sir Eustace Pedler | Movie | 1989 |
 | Codename: Kyril | Michael Royston | TV Series | 1988 |
| A Desperate Fortune: Matthew Flinders' Australia | Narrator | Movie | 1988 | |
 | The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine | Robert McCall | Movie | 1987 |
 | Uncle Tom's Cabin | Simon Legree | Movie | 1987 |
 | The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Drummond | TV Series | 1985 |
 | The Equalizer | Robert McCall | TV Series | 1985 |
 | Arthur the King | Merlin | Movie | 1985 |
 | King David | King Saul | Movie | 1985 |
 | The Bill | Johnnie Jackson | TV Series | 1984 |
 | A Christmas Carol | Ghost of Christmas Present | Movie | 1984 |
 | Champions | Josh Gifford | Movie | 1984 |
 | Love is Forever | Derek McBracken | Movie | 1983 |
 | The Appointment | Ian | Movie | 1983 |
 | Who Dares Wins | Commander Powell | Movie | 1982 |
 | Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years | Sir Samuel Hoare | TV Series | 1981 |
 | Wet Job | David Callan | Movie | 1981 |
| Blunt Instrument | Alex Logan | Movie | 1981 | |
| Sunday Night Thriller | Alex Logan | TV Series | 1981 | |
 | The Trial of Lady Chatterley | Mervyn Griffith-Jones | Movie | 1980 |
| Nice Work | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1980 | |
 | Breaker Morant | Harry 'Breaker' Morant | Movie | 1980 |
| A Rod of Iron | Ian | Movie | 1980 | |
| The Bass Player and the Blonde | George Mangham | TV Series | 1978 | |
 | Saturday, Sunday, Monday | Luigi | Movie | 1978 |
 | 1990 | Jim Kyle | TV Series | 1977 |
| The Bass Player and the Blonde | George Mangham | Movie | 1977 | |
 | Stand up, Virgin Soldiers | Sgt. Wellbeloved | Movie | 1977 |
 | Laurence Olivier Presents | Luigi | TV Series | 1976 |
 | Three for All | Roadsweeper | Movie | 1975 |
 | When Day Is Done | Philip Warne | Movie | 1975 |
 | Armchair Cinema | Philip Warne | TV Series | 1974 |
 | Callan | David Callan | Movie | 1974 |
 | The Wicker Man | Sergeant Neil Howie | Movie | 1973 |
 | Whodunnit? | Host | TV Series | 1973 |
 | Young Winston | Captain Aylmer Haldane | Movie | 1972 |
| Young Winston | Aylmer Haldane | Movie | 1972 |
 | Sitting Target | Inspector Milton | Movie | 1972 |
 | The Ra Expeditions | Narrator (BBC version) | Movie | 1972 |
 | Hunted | John Drummond | Movie | 1972 |
 | The Cherry Orchard | Lopahkin | Movie | 1971 |
 | Evelyn | The Man | Movie | 1971 |
| The Edward Woodward Hour | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1971 | |
 | Blood Suckers | Dr. Holstrom | Movie | 1971 |
 | Prisoners | The Man | Movie | 1971 |
 | Play for Today | The Man | TV Series | 1970 |
 | The File of the Golden Goose | Arthur Thompson | Movie | 1969 |
 | Julius Caesar | Cassius | Movie | 1969 |
| The Root of All Evil? | Designi | TV Series | 1968 | |
 | Entertaining Mr. Sloane | Ed | Movie | 1968 |
 | ITV Playhouse | Ed | TV Series | 1967 |
| ITV Playhouse | George Mangham | TV Series | 1967 |
| ITV Playhouse | Ian | TV Series | 1967 |
| Trapped | Mark Frazier | TV Series | 1967 | |
 | Callan | David Callan | TV Series | 1967 |
 | A Magnum for Schneider | David Callan | Movie | 1967 |
| Sword of Honour | Guy Crouchback | TV Series | 1967 | |
 | NET Playhouse | Caius Cassius | TV Series | 1966 |
 | The Baron | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1966 |
 | You Can't Win | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1966 |
| Ella | Arthur | Movie | 1966 | |
 | Mystery and Imagination | Reeve | TV Series | 1966 |
 | BBC Play of the Month | Caius Cassius | TV Series | 1965 |
| BBC Play of the Month | Lopakhin | TV Series | 1965 |
 | Thirty-Minute Theatre | Arthur | TV Series | 1965 |
| Thirty-Minute Theatre | Alan | TV Series | 1965 |
 | Theatre 625 | Guy Crouchback | TV Series | 1964 |
 | Detective | Auguste Dupin | TV Series | 1964 |
 | Becket | Clement (uncredited) | Movie | 1964 |
 | Sergeant Cork | Austen Carew | TV Series | 1963 |
 | The Saint | Jack Liskard | TV Series | 1962 |
 | Sir Francis Drake | Spanish Captain | TV Series | 1961 |
| You Can't Win | Paul Hayward | TV Series | 1961 | |
 | The Defenders | H.T. Harris | TV Series | 1961 |
| Armchair Mystery Theatre | Paul Danek | TV Series | 1960 | |
| Armchair Mystery Theatre | Anstey | TV Series | 1960 | |
 | Armchair Theatre | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1956 |
| Armchair Theatre | David Callan | TV Series | 1956 |
 | Where There's a Will | Ralph Stokes | Movie | 1955 |
 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee | TV Series | 1944 |