Acting
Edward Woodward
Born Jun 1, 1930 · Croydon, Surrey, England, UK · Died Nov 16, 2009
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.
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Acting
The Wicker Man at 50
2023
Documentary
Callan: This Man Alone
2016
Documentary
Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz
2007
Documentary
Hot Fuzz
2007
Crime · Action · Comedy
Five Days
2007
Crime · Drama
Murder in Suburbia
2004
Drama · Mystery · Crime
The RAF at War: Part Three
2004
War · Documentary
The RAF at War: Part Two
2004
War · Documentary
The RAF at War: Part One
2004
War · Documentary
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
2003
Documentary · TV Movie
The Abduction Club
2002
Comedy · History
Burnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker Man
2001
Documentary
The Wicker Man Enigma
2001
Documentary
Messiah
2001
Mystery · Drama · Crime
The Lone Gunmen
2001
Comedy · Drama
CI5: The New Professionals
1999
Crime · Action & Adventure
Crusade
1999
Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Action & Adventure
Ex-S: The Wicker Man
1998
Documentary · TV Movie
La Femme Nikita
1997
Action & Adventure · Drama
Gulliver's Travels
1996
Action & Adventure · Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Drama
The Shamrock Conspiracy
1995
TV Movie · Action
A Christmas Reunion
1994
Drama · TV Movie · Fantasy
Common As Muck
1994
Comedy · Drama
Deadly Advice
1994
Comedy · Drama
Aladdin
1992
Animation · Family
Soccer Shoot-Out
1991
Documentary
In Suspicious Circumstances
1991
Crime · Drama
Mister Johnson
1991
Drama
Hands of a Murderer
1990
Adventure · Action · Thriller
Memories of Manon
1989
Crime · Thriller
The Man in the Brown Suit
1989
Mystery · Thriller · TV Movie
Codename: Kyril
1988
War & Politics
The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine
1987
Action · Thriller · TV Movie
Uncle Tom's Cabin
1987
History · Drama · TV Movie
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985
Drama · Mystery · Crime
The Equalizer
1985
Action & Adventure · Crime · Drama
Arthur the King
1985
TV Movie · Fantasy · Adventure
King David
1985
Action · Adventure · History
The Bill
1984
Crime · Drama
A Christmas Carol
1984
Drama · Fantasy · TV Movie
Champions
1984
Drama · Romance
Love is Forever
1983
TV Movie · Adventure · Drama
The Appointment
1983
Horror
Who Dares Wins
1982
Action · Thriller
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
1981
Documentary
Wet Job
1981
Drama · Thriller
The Trial of Lady Chatterley
1980
Documentary · Drama · TV Movie
Breaker Morant
1980
Drama · History · War
Saturday, Sunday, Monday
1978
Drama · TV Movie
1990
1977
Drama
Stand up, Virgin Soldiers
1977
Comedy
Laurence Olivier Presents
1976
Drama
Three for All
1975
Music · Comedy
When Day Is Done
1975
Drama
Armchair Cinema
1974
Drama
Callan
1974
Thriller
The Wicker Man
1973
Horror
Young Winston
1972
Action · Adventure · Drama
Sitting Target
1972
Crime · Thriller
The Ra Expeditions
1972
Documentary
Hunted
1972
Thriller
The Cherry Orchard
1971
Evelyn
1971
Romance · Drama · TV Movie
Blood Suckers
1971
Horror
Prisoners
1971
Drama · TV Movie
Play for Today
1970
Drama
The File of the Golden Goose
1969
Drama · Thriller · Crime
Julius Caesar
1969
Entertaining Mr. Sloane
1968
ITV Playhouse
1967
Drama
Callan
1967
Action & Adventure · Drama
A Magnum for Schneider
1967
TV Movie
NET Playhouse
1966
Drama · Family
The Baron
1966
Action & Adventure · Drama
You Can't Win
1966
Mystery and Imagination
1966
Drama · Mystery
BBC Play of the Month
1965
Drama
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
Drama
The Troubleshooters
1965
Drama
Theatre 625
1964
Drama
Detective
1964
Crime
Becket
1964
Drama · History
Sergeant Cork
1963
Drama · Crime
The Saint
1962
Action & Adventure · Crime · Drama
Sir Francis Drake
1961
Action & Adventure
The Defenders
1961
Drama
Armchair Theatre
1956
Drama
Where There's a Will
1955
Comedy