Edward Woodward
Born in Croydon, Surrey, England, UK — Jun 01 1930• Died Nov 16 2009
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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…
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Edward Woodward's Credits
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Play for Today
The Man
The Saint
Jack Liskard
BBC Play of the Month
Caius Cassius
The Equalizer
Robert McCall
The Bill
Johnnie Jackson
The Defenders
H.T. Harris
Theatre 625
Guy Crouchback
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Drummond
Callan
David Callan
Hot Fuzz
Tom Weaver
Crusade
Alwyn
Mystery and Imagination
Reeve
Detective
Auguste Dupin
Sir Francis Drake
Spanish Captain
Messiah
Rev. Stephen Hedges
Five Days
Vic Marsham
The Lone Gunmen
1990
Jim Kyle
CI5: The New Professionals
Harry Malone
The Baron
Gulliver's Travels
Drunlo
Laurence Olivier Presents
Luigi
In Suspicious Circumstances
Storyteller
ITV Playhouse
Ed
Common As Muck
Nev
The Wicker Man
Sergeant Neil Howie
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
Sir Samuel Hoare
Becket
Clement (uncredited)
Armchair Mystery Theatre
Paul Danek
Murder in Suburbia
Reg
Over My Dead Body
A Christmas Carol
Ghost of Christmas Present
Young Winston
Captain Aylmer Haldane
Armchair Theatre
Whodunnit?
Host
Sword of Honour
Guy Crouchback
King David
King Saul
Who Dares Wins
Commander Powell
You Can't Win
Breaker Morant
Harry 'Breaker' Morant
Codename: Kyril
Michael Royston
Deadly Advice
Maj. Herbert Armstrong
Sitting Target
Inspector Milton
Mister Johnson
Sargy Gollup
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
Self
The Bass Player and the Blonde
George Mangham
Blood Suckers
Dr. Holstrom
Hands of a Murderer
Sherlock Holmes
The Shamrock Conspiracy
Edward Harrison
Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz
Self
Arthur the King
Merlin
Callan
David Callan
Three for All
Roadsweeper
Champions
Josh Gifford
The Man in the Brown Suit
Sir Eustace Pedler
Memories of Manon
Robert McCall
Codename: Kyril
Michael Royston
The File of the Golden Goose
Arthur Thompson
Saturday, Sunday, Monday
Luigi
The Abduction Club
Lord Fermoy
The Appointment
Ian
The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine
Robert McCall
Night Flight
Vic Green
Julius Caesar
Cassius
The Cherry Orchard
Lopahkin
Aladdin
The Sultan (voice)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Simon Legree
Burnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker Man
Himself
Callan: This Man Alone
Himself (archive)
Harrison: Cry of the City
Edward 'Teddy' Harrison
Wet Job
David Callan
Ex-S: The Wicker Man
Self
Where There's a Will
Ralph Stokes
Soccer Shoot-Out
Commentator (Voice)
A Christmas Reunion
Colonel Phillips
Robin Hardy's Script - The Lost Ending
Sgt Howie
Love is Forever
Derek McBracken
The Wicker Man Enigma
Himself
A Magnum for Schneider
David Callan
Marcie's Dowry
Gus Wise
A Rod of Iron
Ian
The Trial of Lady Chatterley
Mervyn Griffith-Jones
A Congregation of Ghosts
Reverend Densham
Stand up, Virgin Soldiers
Sgt. Wellbeloved
Blunt Instrument
Alex Logan
The Bass Player and the Blonde
George Mangham
Hunted
John Drummond
Nice Work
The Wicker Man At 50
Sgt Howie
When Day Is Done
Philip Warne
The Ra Expeditions
Narrator (BBC version)
Entertaining Mr. Sloane
Ed
The RAF at War: Part Two
himself (Presenter)
The RAF at War: Part One
himself (Presenter)
Ella
Arthur
Prisoners
The Man
A Desperate Fortune: Matthew Flinders' Australia
Narrator
Evelyn
The Man
The True Story of the Bridge on the River Kwai
Himself - Narrator
The Edward Woodward Hour
The RAF at War: Part Three
himself (Presenter)