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Edward Woodward

Actor, Producer
Born June 1, 1930Died November 16, 2009 (79 years)
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.
Movies & Shows on Plex
  • The Wicker Man
  • A Christmas Carol
  • Becket
  • Breaker Morant
  • Gulliver's Travels (1996)
  • The Saint
  • Murder in Suburbia
  • Blood Suckers
  • Dark Realm
Known For
  • The Wicker Man
  • Breaker Morant
  • The Equalizer
  • A Christmas Carol
  • King David
  • Callan
  • The Appointment
  • The Final Option
  • Five Days
  • Callan
  • Mister Johnson
  • Blood Suckers
  • Sitting Target
  • Memories of Manon
  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985)
  • The Abduction Club
  • Hands of a Murderer
  • Champions
  • CI5: The New Professionals
  • The Man in the Brown Suit
  • The File of the Golden Goose
  • 1990
  • Arthur the King

Filmography

2013
The Wolf of Wall Street · as Robert Mccall In The Equalizer
2007
2007
2007
First Landing · as Older Nathaniel Peacock
2007
Hot Fuzz · as Tom Weaver
2007
Five Days (TV Series) · as Vic Marsham
2004
2002
The Abduction Club · as Lord Fermoy
2002
Night Flight · as Vic Green
2001
Messiah (TV Series) · as Rev. Stephen Hedges
2001
The Lone Gunmen (TV Series)
2000
Dark Realm (TV Series) · as Captain Kelly
1999
Crusade (TV Series) · as Alwyn
1998
CI5: The New Professionals (TV Series) · as Harry Malone
1997
Where the Heart Is (TV Series) · as Jack Bishop
1997
La Femme Nikita (TV Series) · as Mr. Jones
1997
The House of Angelo · as Dominic Angelo
1996
Harrison: Cry of the City · as Edward 'teddy' Harrison
1996
Gulliver's Travels (1996) (TV Series) · as Drunlo
1995
The Shamrock Conspiracy · as Edward Harrison
1994
A Christmas Reunion · as Colonel Phillips
1994
Common As Muck (TV Series) · as Nev
1994
Deadly Advice · as Maj. Herbert Armstrong
1992
Aladdin · as The Sultan (voice)
1991
Soccer Shoot-Out · as Commentator (voice)
1990
Over My Dead Body (TV Series)
1990
Mister Johnson · as Sargy Gollup
1990
Hands of a Murderer · as Sherlock Holmes
1989
The Man in the Brown Suit · as Sir Eustace Pedler
1988
1988
Codename: Kyril (TV Series) · as Michael Royston
1987
Memories of Manon · as Robert Mccall
1987
Uncle Tom's Cabin · as Simon Legree
1986
1985
The Equalizer (TV Series) · as Robert Mccall
1985
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985) (TV Series) · as Drummond
1985
King David · as King Saul
1985
EastEnders (TV Series) · as Tommy
1984
A Christmas Carol · as Ghost Of Christmas Present
1984
The Bill (TV Series) · as Johnnie Jackson
1984
Champions · as Josh Gifford
1984
Killer Contract · as Bill Routledge
1983
Arthur the King · as Merlin
1983
Love Is Forever · as Derek Mcbracken
1982
The Appointment · as Ian
1982
The Final Option · as Commander Powell
1981
1981
Wet Job · as David Callan
1980
Breaker Morant · as Harry 'breaker' Morant
1978
1977
1990 (TV Series) · as Jim Kyle
1977
Stand Up, Virgin Soldiers · as Sgt. Wellbeloved
1975
Three for All · as Roadsweeper
1974
Callan · as David Callan
1973
The Wicker Man · as Sergeant Neil Howie
1972
Whodunnit? (UK) (TV Series) · as Host
1972
Young Winston · as Captain Aylmer Haldane
1972
Sitting Target · as Inspector Milton
1972
Hunted · as John Drummond
1971
Blood Suckers · as Dr. Holstrom
1970
Play for Today (TV Series) · as The Man
1969
The File of the Golden Goose · as Arthur Thompson
1967
Omnibus (1967) (TV Series) · as F. Scott Fitzgerald
1967
ITV Playhouse (TV Series) · as Ed
1967
Callan (TV Series) · as David Callan
1966
Chronicle (1966) (TV Series) · as Narrator
1966
1966
The Baron (TV Series)
1965
Play of the Month (TV Series) · as Caius Cassius
1965
Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV Series) · as Alan
1965
The Troubleshooters (TV Series) · as Ron Smith
1964
1964
Theatre 625 (TV Series) · as Guy Crouchback
1964
Becket · as Clement (uncredited)
1963
Sergeant Cork (TV Series) · as Austen Carew
1962
The Saint (TV Series) · as Jack Liskard
1961
The Adventures of Sir Francis Drake (TV Series) · as Spanish Captain
1961
The Defenders (TV Series) · as H.t. Harris
1960
Inn for Trouble · as Cast
1960
BBC Sunday-Night Play (TV Series) · as Superintendent Morland
1957
Emergency-Ward 10 (TV Series) · as Rev. Posset
1956
Armchair Theatre (TV Series) · as David Callan
1955
ITV Play of the Week (TV Series) · as Adolphus Cusins
1955
ITV Television Playhouse (TV Series) · as Joe Murdoch
1955
Dixon of Dock Green (TV Series) · as Bruce Paynter
1955
Where There's a Will · as Ralph Stokes

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