Edward Woodward
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.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 13.253 |
Birthday | 1930-06-01 |
Place of Birth | Croydon, Surrey, England, UK |
Also Known As | Edward Albert Arthur Woodward, |
2007
Hot Fuzz
7.557/7330
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 m...
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Hot Fuzz
1981
Wet Job
4.5/2
S.I.S. agent David Callan is brought out of retirement for one last assignment.
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Wet Job
1980
Breaker Morant
7.106/137
During the Boer War, three Australian lieutenants are on trial for shooting Boer prisoners. Though they acted under orders, they are being used as sca...
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Breaker Morant
1989
The Man in the Brown Suit
5/10
An American woman gets involved in a diamond theft in South Africa.
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The Man in the Brown Suit
1985
King David
5.5/46
This is a movie about the life of Israel's king David.
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King David
1973
The Wicker Man
7.37/1332
Police sergeant Neil Howie is called to an island village in search of a missing girl whom the locals claim never existed. Stranger still, however, ar...
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The Wicker Man
1972
Young Winston
6.2/43
This historical drama is an account of the early life of British politician Winston Churchill, including his childhood years, his time as a war corres...
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Young Winston
1982
Who Dares Wins
5.9/39
When SAS Captain Peter Skellen is thrown out of the service for gross misconduct due to unnecessary violence and bullying, he is soon recruited by The...
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Who Dares Wins
1969
The File of the Golden Goose
5.533/15
U.S. Secret Service agent Peter Novak goes undercover with Scotland Yard officer Thompson to halt a murderous gang of counterfeiters known as the Gold...
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The File of the Golden Goose
1972
Sitting Target
6/27
Imprisoned Harry Lomart is a vicious, brute of a man and yet he is prepared to do his long jail term as he is confident that on his release his beauti...
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Sitting Target
1971
Blood Suckers
3.6/15
A group of friends search for a young English Oxford student who has disappeared whilst researching in Greece. They are shocked to find that, wherever...
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Blood Suckers
1974
Callan
6.9/13
David Callan, secret agent, is called back to the service after his retirement, to handle the assassination of a german businessman, but Callan refuse...
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Callan
1990
Mister Johnson
6.269/26
In 1923 British Colonial Nigeria, Mister Johnson is an oddity -- an educated black man who doesn't really fit in with the natives or the British. He w...
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Mister Johnson
1977
Stand up, Virgin Soldiers
5.3/3
Some British soldiers in Singapore are more concerned with finding sex than finding Communists.
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Stand up, Virgin Soldiers
1990
Hands of a Murderer
6.857/7
Sherlock Holmes must track down his nemesis, Professor Moriarty, after the villain kidnaps Holmes' brother, Mycroft. The evil doctor is forcing his ca...
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Hands of a Murderer
1983
The Appointment
5.9/16
Prophetic nightmares precede a family's confrontation with an evil, unseen force.
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The Appointment
1985
Arthur the King
3.6/8
Classic tale of King Arthur and how his wife is kidnapped by his evil sister. Lancelot is sent out to try and retrieve the lost queen and unfortunatel...
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Arthur the King
1984
Champions
6.8/14
The true story of jockey Bob Champion who overcame cancer to win the 1981 Grand National
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Champions
1994
Deadly Advice
4.6/5
Mother rules the house with an iron hand and has such power over her daughters that they see themselves as becoming old unmarried, maids. Jodie has fe...
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Deadly Advice
2000
The True Story of the Bridge on the River Kwai
8/1
Made famous by the 1957 Hollywood movie, the bridges of the River Kwai emblematize one of the most misunderstood events in history. Contrary to the ro...
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The True Story of the Bridge on the River Kwai
1971
Prisoners
0/0
A Duologue - TV play featuring Edward Woodward and Warren Mitchell
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Prisoners
1983
Love is Forever
4.571/7
Michael Landon stars in this real life story about a journalist in Laos, and the extent to which he will go for his girlfriend.
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Love is Forever
1994
A Christmas Reunion
6/1
Follows the story of grandfather and his grandson and what their generations had to go through which in the end may not be that different.
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A Christmas Reunion
1988
A Desperate Fortune: Matthew Flinders' Australia
0/0
A documentary style drama depicting the life and times of one of Australia's greatest explorers. Matthew Flinders was the first man to circumnavigate...
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A Desperate Fortune: Matthew Flinders' Australia
1996
Harrison: Cry of the City
1/1
Harrison is an ex-Scotland yard detective hired to save an ex-convict accused of killing a New York cop. Harrison prowls the Big Apple by day and nigh...
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Harrison: Cry of the City
2002
The Abduction Club
5.8/22
A group of Irish noblemen kidnap girls in order to marry into their fortune and avoid becoming priests or soldiers.
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The Abduction Club
1984
A Christmas Carol
7.4/343
Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his yout...
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A Christmas Carol
1994
Aladdin
5.7/10
A young man's life is turned around with the help of a genie inside a lamp.
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Aladdin
2009
A Congregation of Ghosts
0/0
After accepting the job as vicar at a remote parish, eccentric cleric Frederick Densham promptly alienates his conservative congregation. Subsequently...
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A Congregation of Ghosts
1969
Julius Caesar
8/1
The play by William Shakespeare.
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Julius Caesar
1955
Where There's a Will
6.4/6
A Cockney family inherit a ramshackle Devon farm. The rest of the family don't want to leave London but the father insists and off they go, to face th...
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Where There's a Will
1978
Saturday, Sunday, Monday
0/0
One Saturday evening Rosa Priore is preparing a magnificent Sunday lunch for her family and their friends. By Sunday afternoon her life and marriage a...
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Saturday, Sunday, Monday
1991
Soccer Shoot-Out
7.6/5
Italia 90 was another fascinating tournament, a melting pot of different styles, culture and technique. The biggest tournament to date, it saw the eme...
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Soccer Shoot-Out
1967
A Magnum for Schneider
0/0
Introducing David Callan, in his first case after being invalided out of the special services.
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A Magnum for Schneider
2002
Night Flight
6/1
Night Flight was a powerful drama set in 1943 and the present telling the story of two World War II veterans. Harry Peters piloted a Lancaster bomber...
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Night Flight
2016
Callan: This Man Alone
0/0
Nearly ten years in the making, This Man Alone is a brand-new feature-length documentary on one of television's highest-rated series. Featuring a rema...
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Callan: This Man Alone
1987
The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine
8/2
Robert McCall is forced to work with a former terrorist turned monk by the name of Joseph Heiden(Telly Savalas), whom he despises and mistrusts, on a...
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The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine
1971
Evelyn
0/0
'The Man' and 'The Woman' regularly meet for an extramarital affair whilst her husband works late. Professing love for both men creates paranoia in Th...
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Evelyn
1972
Hunted
5.7/3
A man holds an estate agent hostage in an office, threatening to shoot people from the window.
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Hunted
1975
When Day Is Done
0/0
A determined wife tries to rescue her musician husband from mounting problems caused by his complicated life style.
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When Day Is Done
1988
Codename: Kyril
0/0
At the height of the cold war, a known Russian spy ("Kyril") is sent to the UK under falsely reported pretenses in order to hopefully indirectly spark...
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Codename: Kyril
2001
Burnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker Man
7/3
The cast and main players in the crew come together to discuss the making of cult British horror film The Wicker Man. They discuss the adaptation of t...
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Burnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker Man
1975
Three for All
1/1
A pop band and their girlfriends have fun in Spain
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Three for All
2001
The Wicker Man Enigma
6.5/2
Cast and Crew Members come together to discuss the troubled production and distribution of 'The Wicker Man'
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The Wicker Man Enigma
1989
Memories of Manon
7.5/2
Yvette Marcel asks her godfather Control and McCall for help dealing with her irrational father, who is intent on locating Manon, the mother she belie...
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Memories of Manon
1995
The Shamrock Conspiracy
4/2
A retired Scotland Yard detective gets involved in a serial killer investigation whilst in New York.
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The Shamrock Conspiracy
1987
Uncle Tom's Cabin
7.8/10
The life of an aging black slave, Tom, and the people he interacts with.
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
2000
Marcie's Dowry
0/0
Gus and Molly have spent all their money on their only daughter Marcie. Now she's getting married and somebody's going to have to pay...
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Marcie's Dowry
1964
Becket
7.2/173
King Henry II of England has trouble with the Church. When the Archbishop of Canterbury dies, he has a brilliant idea. Rather than appoint another pio...
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Becket
1971
The Cherry Orchard
0/0
Madame Ranevskaya is a spoiled, aging aristocratic lady who returns from a trip to Paris to face the loss of her magnificent Cherry Orchard estate aft...
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The Cherry Orchard
2007
Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz
0/0
A documentary about the making of Hot Fuzz.
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Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz
1998
Ex-S: The Wicker Man
0/0
Cast and crew discuss the 1973 film The Wicker Man, directed by Robin Hardy.
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Ex-S: The Wicker Man
1980
A Rod of Iron
0/0
Harry Watson has kept his feelings for his children to himself.
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A Rod of Iron
1977
The Bass Player and the Blonde
0/0
George Mangham is a former composer and bass player in a band struggling for money. Stuck in an engagement with Mrs Merino, a wealthy older woman, whi...
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The Bass Player and the Blonde
The Wicker Man At 50
0/0
Justin Hardy, the son of the films Director, Robin Hardy talks to various experts about his father's film
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The Wicker Man At 50
Robin Hardy's Script - The Lost Ending
0/0
from a longer version of The Wicker Man script, an unused speech for Lord Summerisle is found with actor Tim Plester
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Robin Hardy's Script - The Lost Ending
2004
The RAF at War: Part One
0/0
Three part documentary of the history of the Royal Air Force during World War Two. They combine actual Air Ministry films and period newsreel footage...
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The RAF at War: Part One
2004
The RAF at War: Part Two
0/0
Three part documentary of the history of the Royal Air Force during World War Two. They combine actual Air Ministry films and period newsreel footage...
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The RAF at War: Part Two
2004
The RAF at War: Part Three
0/0
Three part documentary of the history of the Royal Air Force during World War Two. They combine actual Air Ministry films and period newsreel footage...
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