Acting · Croydon, Surrey, England, UK · Born June 1, 1930
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.
MovieThe Wicker Man at 50
2023
as Sgt Howie
MovieCallan: This Man Alone
2016
as Himself (archive)
A Congregation of Ghosts
2009
as Reverend Densham
MovieConclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz
2007
as Self
MovieHot Fuzz
2007
as Tom Weaver
TVFive Days
2007
as Vic Marsham
TVMurder in Suburbia
2004
as Reg
MovieThe RAF at War: Part Three
2004
as himself (Presenter)
MovieThe RAF at War: Part Two
2004
as himself (Presenter)
MovieThe RAF at War: Part One
2004
as himself (Presenter)
Movie100 Greatest Sexy Moments
2003
as Self
MovieThe Abduction Club
2002
as Lord Fermoy
Night Flight
2002
as Vic Green
MovieBurnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker Man
2001
as Himself
MovieThe Wicker Man Enigma
2001
as Himself
TVMessiah
2001
as Rev. Stephen Hedges
TVThe Lone Gunmen
2001
The True Story of the Bridge on the River Kwai
2000
as Himself - Narrator
Marcie's Dowry
2000
as Gus Wise
TVCI5: The New Professionals
1999
as Harry Malone
TVCrusade
1999
as Alwyn
MovieEx-S: The Wicker Man
1998
as Self
Harrison: Cry of the City
1996
as Edward 'Teddy' Harrison
TVGulliver's Travels
1996
as Drunlo
MovieThe Shamrock Conspiracy
1995
as Edward Harrison
MovieA Christmas Reunion
1994
as Colonel Phillips
TVCommon As Muck
1994
as Nev
MovieDeadly Advice
1994
as Maj. Herbert Armstrong
MovieAladdin
1992
as The Sultan (voice)
MovieSoccer Shoot-Out
1991
as Commentator (Voice)
TVIn Suspicious Circumstances
1991
as Storyteller
MovieMister Johnson
1991
as Sargy Gollup
Over My Dead Body
1990
MovieHands of a Murderer
1990
as Sherlock Holmes
MovieMemories of Manon
1989
as Robert McCall
MovieThe Man in the Brown Suit
1989
as Sir Eustace Pedler
MovieCodename: Kyril
1988
as Michael Royston
TVCodename: Kyril
1988
as Michael Royston
A Desperate Fortune: Matthew Flinders' Australia
1988
as Narrator
MovieThe Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine
1987
as Robert McCall
MovieUncle Tom's Cabin
1987
as Simon Legree
TVThe New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985
as Drummond
TVThe Equalizer
1985
as Robert McCall
MovieArthur the King
1985
as Merlin
MovieKing David
1985
as King Saul
TVThe Bill
1984
as Johnnie Jackson
MovieA Christmas Carol
1984
as Ghost of Christmas Present
MovieChampions
1984
as Josh Gifford
MovieLove is Forever
1983
as Derek McBracken
MovieThe Appointment
1983
as Ian
MovieWho Dares Wins
1982
as Commander Powell
TVWinston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
1981
as Sir Samuel Hoare
MovieWet Job
1981
as David Callan
Blunt Instrument
1981
as Alex Logan
Sunday Night Thriller
1981
as Alex Logan
MovieThe Trial of Lady Chatterley
1980
as Mervyn Griffith-Jones
Nice Work
1980
MovieBreaker Morant
1980
as Harry 'Breaker' Morant
A Rod of Iron
1980
as Ian
The Bass Player and the Blonde
1978
as George Mangham
MovieSaturday, Sunday, Monday
1978
as Luigi
TV1990
1977
as Jim Kyle
The Bass Player and the Blonde
1977
as George Mangham
MovieStand up, Virgin Soldiers
1977
as Sgt. Wellbeloved
TVLaurence Olivier Presents
1976
as Luigi
MovieThree for All
1975
as Roadsweeper
MovieWhen Day Is Done
1975
as Philip Warne
TVArmchair Cinema
1974
as Philip Warne
MovieCallan
1974
as David Callan
MovieThe Wicker Man
1973
as Sergeant Neil Howie
TVWhodunnit?
1973
as Host
MovieYoung Winston
1972
as Captain Aylmer Haldane
MovieSitting Target
1972
as Inspector Milton
MovieThe Ra Expeditions
1972
as Narrator (BBC version)
MovieHunted
1972
as John Drummond
MovieThe Cherry Orchard
1971
as Lopahkin
MovieEvelyn
1971
as The Man
The Edward Woodward Hour
1971
MovieBlood Suckers
1971
as Dr. Holstrom
MoviePrisoners
1971
as The Man
TVPlay for Today
1970
as The Man
MovieThe File of the Golden Goose
1969
as Arthur Thompson
MovieJulius Caesar
1969
as Cassius
The Root of All Evil?
1968
as Designi
MovieEntertaining Mr. Sloane
1968
as Ed
TVITV Playhouse
1967
as Ed
Trapped
1967
as Mark Frazier
TVCallan
1967
as David Callan
MovieA Magnum for Schneider
1967
as David Callan
Sword of Honour
1967
as Guy Crouchback
TVNET Playhouse
1966
as Caius Cassius
TVThe Baron
1966
TVYou Can't Win
1966
Ella
1966
as Arthur
TVMystery and Imagination
1966
as Reeve
TVBBC Play of the Month
1965
as Caius Cassius
TVThirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Arthur
TVTheatre 625
1964
as Guy Crouchback
TVDetective
1964
as Auguste Dupin
MovieBecket
1964
as Clement (uncredited)
TVSergeant Cork
1963
as Austen Carew
TVThe Saint
1962
as Jack Liskard
TVSir Francis Drake
1961
as Spanish Captain
You Can't Win
1961
as Paul Hayward
TVThe Defenders
1961
as H.T. Harris
Armchair Mystery Theatre
1960
as Paul Danek
TVArmchair Theatre
1956
MovieWhere There's a Will
1955
as Ralph Stokes
TVGolden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
Robin Hardy's Script - The Lost Ending
as Sgt Howie
