Actor profile

Edward Woodward

1st June 1930 Croydon, Surrey, England, UK Acting

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.

55 Movies 40 TV Shows 117 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

The Wicker Man at 50 poster

The Wicker Man at 50 25th September 2023 as Sgt Howie

Callan: This Man Alone poster

Callan: This Man Alone 1st February 2016 as Himself (archive)

Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz poster

Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz 11th June 2007 as Self

Hot Fuzz poster

Hot Fuzz 14th February 2007 as Tom Weaver

The RAF at War: Part Three poster

The RAF at War: Part Three 3rd January 2004 as himself (Presenter)

The RAF at War: Part Two poster

The RAF at War: Part Two 2nd January 2004 as himself (Presenter)

The RAF at War: Part One poster

The RAF at War: Part One 1st January 2004 as himself (Presenter)

100 Greatest Sexy Moments poster

100 Greatest Sexy Moments 29th November 2003 as Self

The Abduction Club poster

The Abduction Club 19th July 2002 as Lord Fermoy

Burnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker Man poster

Burnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker Man 29th December 2001 as Himself

The Wicker Man Enigma poster

The Wicker Man Enigma 1st October 2001 as Himself

Ex-S: The Wicker Man poster

Ex-S: The Wicker Man 16th December 1998 as Self

The Shamrock Conspiracy poster

The Shamrock Conspiracy 12th December 1995 as Edward Harrison

A Christmas Reunion poster

A Christmas Reunion 30th November 1994 as Colonel Phillips

Deadly Advice poster

Deadly Advice 29th April 1994 as Maj. Herbert Armstrong

Aladdin poster

Aladdin 16th November 1992 as The Sultan (voice)

Soccer Shoot-Out poster

Soccer Shoot-Out 6th June 1991 as Commentator (Voice)

Mister Johnson poster

Mister Johnson 22nd March 1991 as Sargy Gollup

Hands of a Murderer poster

Hands of a Murderer 16th May 1990 as Sherlock Holmes

Memories of Manon poster

Memories of Manon 13th February 1989 as Robert McCall

The Man in the Brown Suit poster

The Man in the Brown Suit 4th January 1989 as Sir Eustace Pedler

Codename: Kyril poster

Codename: Kyril 29th March 1988 as Michael Royston

The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine poster

The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine 23rd September 1987 as Robert McCall

Uncle Tom's Cabin poster

Uncle Tom's Cabin 14th June 1987 as Simon Legree

Arthur the King poster

Arthur the King 26th April 1985 as Merlin

King David poster

King David 29th March 1985 as King Saul

A Christmas Carol poster

A Christmas Carol 9th October 1984 as Ghost of Christmas Present

Champions poster

Champions 20th April 1984 as Josh Gifford

Love is Forever poster

Love is Forever 20th October 1983 as Derek McBracken

The Appointment poster

The Appointment 15th January 1983 as Ian

Who Dares Wins poster

Who Dares Wins 26th August 1982 as Commander Powell

Wet Job poster

Wet Job 2nd September 1981 as David Callan

The Trial of Lady Chatterley poster

The Trial of Lady Chatterley 25th October 1980 as Mervyn Griffith-Jones

Breaker Morant poster

Breaker Morant 11th June 1980 as Harry 'Breaker' Morant

Saturday, Sunday, Monday poster

Saturday, Sunday, Monday 1st January 1978 as Luigi

Stand up, Virgin Soldiers poster

Stand up, Virgin Soldiers 4th April 1977 as Sgt. Wellbeloved

Three for All poster

Three for All 1st May 1975 as Roadsweeper

When Day Is Done poster

When Day Is Done 7th January 1975 as Philip Warne

Callan poster

Callan 23rd May 1974 as David Callan

The Wicker Man poster

The Wicker Man 6th December 1973 as Sergeant Neil Howie

Young Winston poster

Young Winston 20th July 1972 as Captain Aylmer Haldane

Young Winston poster

Young Winston 20th July 1972 as Aylmer Haldane

Sitting Target poster

Sitting Target 1st May 1972 as Inspector Milton

The Ra Expeditions poster

The Ra Expeditions 23rd February 1972 as Narrator (BBC version)

Hunted poster

Hunted 10th February 1972 as John Drummond

The Cherry Orchard poster

The Cherry Orchard 19th December 1971 as Lopahkin

Evelyn poster

Evelyn 28th October 1971 as The Man

Blood Suckers poster

Blood Suckers 14th May 1971 as Dr. Holstrom

Prisoners poster

Prisoners 7th April 1971 as The Man

The File of the Golden Goose poster

The File of the Golden Goose 13th October 1969 as Arthur Thompson

Julius Caesar poster

Julius Caesar 13th April 1969 as Cassius

Entertaining Mr. Sloane poster

Entertaining Mr. Sloane 15th July 1968 as Ed

A Magnum for Schneider poster

A Magnum for Schneider 4th February 1967 as David Callan

Becket poster

Becket 11th March 1964 as Clement (uncredited)

Where There's a Will poster

Where There's a Will 1st March 1955 as Ralph Stokes

Five Days poster

Five Days 23rd January 2007 as Vic Marsham

Murder in Suburbia poster

Murder in Suburbia 13th March 2004 as Reg

Messiah poster

Messiah 26th May 2001 as Rev. Stephen Hedges

The Lone Gunmen poster

The Lone Gunmen 4th March 2001

CI5: The New Professionals poster

CI5: The New Professionals 19th September 1999 as Harry Malone

Crusade poster

Crusade 9th June 1999 as Alwyn

Gulliver's Travels poster

Gulliver's Travels 4th February 1996 as Drunlo

Common As Muck poster

Common As Muck 7th September 1994 as Nev

In Suspicious Circumstances poster

In Suspicious Circumstances 3rd June 1991 as Storyteller

Codename: Kyril poster

Codename: Kyril 29th March 1988 as Michael Royston

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents poster

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents 29th September 1985 as Drummond

The Equalizer poster

The Equalizer 18th September 1985 as Robert McCall

The Bill poster

The Bill 16th October 1984 as Johnnie Jackson

Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years poster

Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years 6th September 1981 as Sir Samuel Hoare

1990 poster

1990 18th September 1977 as Jim Kyle

Laurence Olivier Presents poster

Laurence Olivier Presents 5th December 1976 as Luigi

Armchair Cinema poster

Armchair Cinema 28th May 1974 as Philip Warne

Whodunnit? poster

Whodunnit? 25th June 1973 as Host

Play for Today poster

Play for Today 15th October 1970 as The Man

ITV Playhouse poster

ITV Playhouse 25th September 1967 as Ed

ITV Playhouse poster

ITV Playhouse 25th September 1967 as George Mangham

ITV Playhouse poster

ITV Playhouse 25th September 1967 as Ian

Callan poster

Callan 6th February 1967 as David Callan

NET Playhouse poster

NET Playhouse 7th October 1966 as Caius Cassius

The Baron poster

The Baron 28th September 1966

You Can't Win poster

You Can't Win 7th July 1966

Mystery and Imagination poster

Mystery and Imagination 29th January 1966 as Reeve

BBC Play of the Month poster

BBC Play of the Month 19th October 1965 as Caius Cassius

BBC Play of the Month poster

BBC Play of the Month 19th October 1965 as Lopakhin

Thirty-Minute Theatre poster

Thirty-Minute Theatre 7th October 1965 as Arthur

Thirty-Minute Theatre poster

Thirty-Minute Theatre 7th October 1965 as Alan

Theatre 625 poster

Theatre 625 3rd May 1964 as Guy Crouchback

Detective poster

Detective 30th March 1964 as Auguste Dupin

Sergeant Cork poster

Sergeant Cork 29th June 1963 as Austen Carew

The Saint poster

The Saint 4th October 1962 as Jack Liskard

Sir Francis Drake poster

Sir Francis Drake 12th November 1961 as Spanish Captain

The Defenders poster

The Defenders 16th September 1961 as H.T. Harris

Armchair Theatre poster

Armchair Theatre 8th July 1956

Armchair Theatre poster

Armchair Theatre 8th July 1956 as David Callan

Golden Globe Awards poster

Golden Globe Awards 20th January 1944 as Self - Nominee