Personal Info
Birth date
1930-06-01 (95 Years)
Day of death
2009-11-16
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
Also known as
Edward Albert Arthur Woodward
Эдвард Альберт Артур Вудвард
Эдвард Вудвард
Edward Woodward
Biography
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.
Filmography
The Equalizer
7.2
Overview:
Robert McCall is a former agent of a secret government agency who is now running his own private crime fighting operation where he fashions himself as "The Equalizer." It is a service for victims of the system who have exhausted all possible means of seeking justice and have nowhere to go. McCall promises to even out the odds for them.Play for Today
6.333
Overview:
Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more than three hundred programmes, featuring original television plays, and adaptations of stage plays and novels, were transmitted. The individual episodes were between fifty and a hundred minutes in duration.The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
7.2
Overview:
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents is an American anthology series that aired on NBC from 1985 to 1986, and on the USA Network from 1987 to 1989. The series is an updated re-imagining of the classic 1955 series Alfred Hitchcock Presents.Golden Globe Awards
7.176
Overview:
An annual awards ceremony recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign, bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.The Saint
7.286
Overview:
Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those in need.The Defenders
6.2
Overview:
The Defenders is an American courtroom drama series . It starred E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed as father-and-son defense attorneys who specialized in legally complex cases, with defendants such as neo-Nazis, conscientious objectors, civil rights demonstrators, a schoolteacher fired for being an atheist, an author accused of pornography, and a physician charged in a mercy killing.BBC Play of the Month
5
Overview:
A BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured a different work, often using prominent British stage actors in the leading roles. The series was transmitted from October 1965 to September 1983.The One Show
4.538
Overview:
A topical magazine-style daily television programme broadcast live on BBC One.Detective
NYR
Overview:
A BBC anthology series featuring adaptations of detective stories over 45 episodes in three seasons that ran from 1964 to 1969. As with many BBC programmes made before the early 1970s, many of its episodes no longer exist. Of the eighteen episodes from the first season only twelve are currently known to exist; likewise six of the sixteen editions from the second run are considered lost, and just one of the final ten survives in the archives.Gulliver's Travels
7.1
Overview:
Dr. Gulliver has returned from his journey to his family after a long absence - and tells them the story of his travels.Sir Francis Drake
4.5
Overview:
Sir Francis Drake was a British adventure television series starring Terence Morgan as Sir Francis Drake, commander of the sailing ship the Golden Hind. As well as battles at sea, sword fights, the series also deals with intrigue at Elizabeth's court, often caused by Spaniard, Mendoza.Mystery and Imagination
5.5
Overview:
Mystery and Imagination is a British television anthology series of classic horror and supernatural dramas. Five series were broadcast from 1966 to 1970 by the ITV network and produced by ABC and Thames Television.Callan
7
Overview:
Callan is the title of a British television series set in the murky world of espionage. Originally produced by ABC Weekend Television and later Thames Television, it was aired on the ITV network over four seasons spread out between 1967 and 1972. The series starred Edward Woodward as David Callan, a reluctant professional killer for a shadowy branch of the British Government's intelligence services known as 'the Section'.The Lone Gunmen
6.831
Overview:
After years of playing second fiddle to Agents Mulder and Scully on The X-Files, the trio of computer-hacking conspiracy geeks popularly known as The Lone Gunmen are finally heading out on their own. Never ones to stray far from the center of corporate and government intrigue, the threesome play like a misguided Mission Impossible team, embarking on a series of comic adventures that simultaneously highlight their genius and ineptitude.Crusade
6.676
Overview:
Crusade is an American spin-off TV show from J. Michael Straczynski's Babylon 5. Its plot is set in AD 2267, five years after the events of Babylon 5, and just after the movie A Call to Arms. The Drakh have released a nanovirus plague on Earth, which will destroy all life on Earth within five years if it is not stopped. To that end, the Victory class destroyer Excalibur has been sent out to look for anything that could help the search for a cure.Murder in Suburbia
7.083
Overview:
Murder in Suburbia was a British detective drama that ran for two series in 2004 and 2005. Detective Inspector Kate Ashurst, a graduate of a posh girls' academy, has a sharp, analytical mind; her working-class partner, Detective Sergeant Emma Scribbins, relies on her instincts. Together this sassy, sexy investigative team uncovers the dark urges behind suburban Middleford's placid façade.CI5: The New Professionals
6.5
Overview:
In this 1998 re-imagining of the original The Professionals TV show, CI5 now has an international remit, being jointly funded by the governments of the UK, U.S.A., Japan, Germany and France, and called upon to deal with terrorism and espionage on an international scale. An all-new cast features the original dynamic of two gung ho field agents (these a former U.S. Navy Seal and a British secret service man) and a cantankerous boss, but adds the dynamic of a female agent, a computer and martial arts expert who came to CI5 by way of the Canadian Secret Service. Expectations were high, but the new show failed to capture the imagination of viewers and only one season was made.In Suspicious Circumstances
6
Overview:
A series of murders from all periods introduced by Edward WoodwardWhodunnit?
7.3
Overview:
Whodunnit? is a British television game show, broadcast between 1972 and 1978 for ITV by Thames Television. It was written by Lance Percival and Jeremy Lloyd, and hosted first by Edward Woodward. One of the panelists in the first series was Jon Pertwee, who took over as the show's presenter from season two. Each week it featured a short murder-mystery drama enacted in front of a panel of celebrity guests who then had to interview the remaining characters to establish who the murderer was. Patrick Mower and Anouska Hempel became the permanent panelists from season three onwards, with two guest celebrities each episode. The only clue was that only the murderer could lie. Whodunnit? originally adopted a conventional panel-game studio layout, but from series three onwards utilised the murder scene itself as the set. It was similar in format, although not officially connected to, the popular board game Cluedo. The theme to the show was written by Tony HatchThe Bass Player and the Blonde
NYR
Overview:
The Bass Player and the Blonde was a television play in the ITV Playhouse series, first broadcast 14 June 1977. It was followed up with a three-part serial with the episodes given the names of musical terms: Rondo, Allegro, and Andante. In the play and the series, George Manghan, a middle aged, debt ridden bass player in a Jazz band, falls in love with the wealthy and much younger blonde singer Terry, much to the distress of her father.Over My Dead Body
5.5
Overview:
Over My Dead Body is a detective drama Over My Dead Body stars Edward Woodward as Maxwell Beckett, an aging mystery novelist whose three successful early novels were starting to be overshadowed by the reputation his two most recent works had developed as being "bombs." He was approached by young, struggling reporter Nikki Page who wrote for the San Francisco Union, and who came to him for help after witnessing a murder through her window and because he was her favorite author. After they solved this mystery, they became fast friends and began to work together in the "amateur sleuth" tradition to solve crimes.Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
5
Overview:
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years is an 8-part 1981 drama serial based on the life of Winston Churchill, and particularly his years in enforced exile from political position during the 1920s and 30s. It was written and directed by Ferdinand Fairfax and Churchill was played by Robert Hardy. Hardy's brilliant performance as Churchill won critical acclaim and a BAFTA award in 1982. He reprised the role in The Sittaford Mystery, Bomber Harris and War and Remembrance and at the 50th anniversary celebrations of the end of World War II in 1995 when he quoted a number of Churchill's wartime speeches in character.Common As Muck
7.5
Overview:
Common As Muck is a gritty BBC comedy drama serial focusing on the lives of a crew of bin men and their management staff. It ran for two series. The first series was screened in 1994 and the second in 1997. Both were nominated for a BAFTA for Best Drama.You Can't Win
NYR
Overview:
You Can't Win was a 1966 British television series made by ITV as an adaptation of the novels Scenes from Provincial Life and Scenes from Married Life by William Cooper. It stars Ian McShane as protagonist Joe Lunn, an English provincial grammar school physics teacher in 1939 who later moves to London and into the English establishment.Hot Fuzz
7.562
Overview:
Former London constable Nicholas Angel finds it difficult to adapt to his new assignment in the sleepy British village of Sandford. Not only does he miss the excitement of the big city, but he also has a well-meaning oaf for a partner. However, when a series of grisly accidents rocks Sandford, Angel smells something rotten in the idyllic village.Laurence Olivier Presents
7
Overview:
Laurence Olivier Presents is a British television series made by Granada Television which ran from 1976 to 1978. The plays, with the exception of Hindle Wakes, all starred Laurence Olivier. Some of the plays were based on productions staged at the National Theatre during the period when Olivier was Artistic Director. In addition to distinguished English actors, the casts assembled for these productions included several Hollywood stars, such as Natalie Wood, Robert Wagner, Joanne Woodward and Maureen Stapleton.Acting
TBARobin Hardy's Script - The Lost Ending as Sgt Howie
TBAThe Wicker Man At 50 as Sgt Howie
2016Callan: This Man Alone as Himself (archive)
2009A Congregation of Ghosts as Reverend Densham
2007Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz as Self
2007Hot Fuzz as Tom Weaver
2007Five Days (10 Episodes) as Vic Marsham
2006The One Show (1 Episode) as Self - Guest
2004Murder in Suburbia (1 Episode) as Unknown
2004The RAF at War: Part Three as himself (Presenter)
2004The RAF at War: Part Two as himself (Presenter)
2004The RAF at War: Part One as himself (Presenter)
2003100 Greatest Sexy Moments as Self
2002The Abduction Club as Lord Fermoy
2002Night Flight as Vic Green
2001Burnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker Man as Himself
2001The Wicker Man Enigma as Himself
2001Messiah (2 Episodes) as Rev. Stephen Hedges
2001The Lone Gunmen (1 Episode) as Unknown
2000The True Story of the Bridge on the River Kwai as Himself - Narrator
2000Marcie's Dowry as Gus Wise
1999CI5: The New Professionals (13 Episodes) as Harry Malone
1999Crusade (1 Episode) as Alwyn
1998Ex-S: The Wicker Man as Self
1996Harrison: Cry of the City as Edward 'Teddy' Harrison
1996Gulliver's Travels (2 Episodes) as Drunlo
1995The Shamrock Conspiracy as Edward Harrison
1994A Christmas Reunion as Colonel Phillips
1994Common As Muck (12 Episodes) as Nev
1994Deadly Advice as Maj. Herbert Armstrong
1994Aladdin as The Sultan (voice)
1991Soccer Shoot-Out as Commentator (Voice)
1991In Suspicious Circumstances (10 Episodes) as Storyteller
1991Mister Johnson as Sargy Gollup
1990Over My Dead Body (13 Episodes) as Unknown
1990Hands of a Murderer as Sherlock Holmes
1989Memories of Manon as Robert McCall
1989The Man in the Brown Suit as Sir Eustace Pedler
1988Codename: Kyril as Michael Royston
1988A Desperate Fortune: Matthew Flinders' Australia as Narrator
1987The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine as Robert McCall
1987Uncle Tom's Cabin as Simon Legree
1985The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents (2 Episodes) as Drummond
1985The Equalizer (88 Episodes) as Robert McCall
1985Arthur the King as Merlin
1985King David as King Saul
1984A Christmas Carol as Ghost of Christmas Present
1984Champions as Josh Gifford
1983Love is Forever as Derek McBracken
1983The Appointment as Ian
1982Who Dares Wins as Commander Powell
1981Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years (8 Episodes) as Sir Samuel Hoare
1981Wet Job as David Callan
1981Blunt Instrument as Alex Logan
1980Nice Work (8 Episodes) as Unknown
1980Breaker Morant as Harry 'Breaker' Morant
1980A Rod of Iron as Ian
1978The Bass Player and the Blonde (3 Episodes) as George Mangham
1978Saturday, Sunday, Monday as Luigi
19771990 (16 Episodes) as Jim Kyle
1977The Bass Player and the Blonde as George Mangham
1977Stand up, Virgin Soldiers as Sgt. Wellbeloved
1976Laurence Olivier Presents (1 Episode) as Luigi
1975Three for All as Roadsweeper
1975When Day Is Done as Philip Warne
1974Callan as David Callan
1973The Wicker Man as Sergeant Neil Howie
1973Whodunnit? (6 Episodes) as Host
1972Young Winston as Captain Aylmer Haldane, Aylmer Haldane
1972Sitting Target as Inspector Milton
1972The Ra Expeditions as Narrator (BBC version)
1972Hunted as John Drummond
1971The Cherry Orchard as Lopahkin
1971Evelyn as The Man
1971The Edward Woodward Hour (3 Episodes) as Unknown
1971Blood Suckers as Dr. Holstrom
1971Prisoners as The Man
1970Play for Today (1 Episode) as The Man
1969The File of the Golden Goose as Arthur Thompson
1969Julius Caesar as Cassius
1967Callan (44 Episodes) as David Callan
1967A Magnum for Schneider as David Callan
1967Sword of Honour (3 Episodes) as Guy Crouchback
1966The Baron (1 Episode) as Unknown
1966You Can't Win (1 Episode) as Unknown
1966Mystery and Imagination (1 Episode) as Unknown
1965BBC Play of the Month (1, 1 Episode) as Caius Cassius, Lopakhin
1964Detective (1 Episode) as Auguste Dupin
1964Becket as Clement (uncredited)
1962The Saint (1 Episode) as Jack Liskard
1961Sir Francis Drake (1 Episode) as Spanish Captain
1961The Defenders (1 Episode) as H.T. Harris
1956Armchair Theatre (1 Episode) as Unknown
1955Where There's a Will as Ralph Stokes
1944Golden Globe Awards (1, 1 Episode) as Self - Nominee, Self - Winner