Place of Birth: Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
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.
| Movie | Cast | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Hot Fuzz | Tom Weaver | 2007 |
| Wet Job | David Callan | 1981 |
| Breaker Morant | Harry 'Breaker' Morant | 1980 |
| The Man in the Brown Suit | Sir Eustace Pedler | 1989 |
| King David | King Saul | 1985 |
| The Wicker Man | Sergeant Neil Howie | 1973 |
| Young Winston | Captain Aylmer Haldane | 1972 |
| The File of the Golden Goose | Arthur Thompson | 1969 |
| Who Dares Wins | Commander Powell | 1982 |
| Sitting Target | Inspector Milton | 1972 |
| Blood Suckers | Dr. Holstrom | 1971 |
| Callan | David Callan | 1974 |
| Mister Johnson | Sargy Gollup | 1991 |
| The Shamrock Conspiracy | Edward Harrison | 1995 |
| Stand up, Virgin Soldiers | Sgt. Wellbeloved | 1977 |
| The Cherry Orchard | Lopahkin | 1971 |
| Hands of a Murderer | Sherlock Holmes | 1990 |
| Arthur the King | Merlin | 1985 |
| The Appointment | Ian | 1983 |
| Champions | Josh Gifford | 1984 |
| Deadly Advice | Maj. Herbert Armstrong | 1994 |
| Uncle Tom's Cabin | Simon Legree | 1987 |
| The True Story of the Bridge on the River Kwai | Himself - Narrator | 2000 |
| Marcie's Dowry | Gus Wise | 2000 |
| Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz | Self | 2007 |
| Ex-S: The Wicker Man | Self | 1998 |
| Becket | Clement (uncredited) | 1964 |
| Love is Forever | Derek McBracken | 1983 |
| A Christmas Reunion | Colonel Phillips | 1994 |
| A Desperate Fortune: Matthew Flinders' Australia | Narrator | 1988 |
| Harrison: Cry of the City | Edward 'Teddy' Harrison | 1996 |
| Prisoners | The Man | 1971 |
| A Rod of Iron | Ian | 1980 |
| The Bass Player and the Blonde | George Mangham | 1977 |
| The Abduction Club | Lord Fermoy | 2002 |
| A Christmas Carol | Ghost of Christmas Present | 1984 |
| Robin Hardy's Script - The Lost Ending | Sgt Howie | 1970 |
| The Wicker Man At 50 | Sgt Howie | 1970 |
| Aladdin | The Sultan (voice) | 1994 |
| A Congregation of Ghosts | Reverend Densham | 2009 |
| The RAF at War: Part One | himself (Presenter) | 2004 |
| The RAF at War: Part Two | himself (Presenter) | 2004 |
| The RAF at War: Part Three | himself (Presenter) | 2004 |
| Julius Caesar | Cassius | 1969 |
| Where There's a Will | Ralph Stokes | 1955 |
| Saturday, Sunday, Monday | Luigi | 1978 |
| Soccer Shoot-Out | Commentator (Voice) | 1991 |
| A Magnum for Schneider | David Callan | 1967 |
| Night Flight | Vic Green | 2002 |
| Callan: This Man Alone | Himself (archive) | 2016 |
| The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine | Robert McCall | 1987 |
| Hunted | John Drummond | 1972 |
| Evelyn | The Man | 1971 |
| When Day Is Done | Philip Warne | 1975 |
| Codename: Kyril | Michael Royston | 1988 |
| Burnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker Man | Himself | 2001 |
| Three for All | Roadsweeper | 1975 |
| The Wicker Man Enigma | Himself | 2001 |
| Memories of Manon | Robert McCall | 1989 |
| Series | Cast | Year |
| The One Show | Self - Guest | 2006 |
| Crusade | Alwyn | 1999 |
| Whodunnit? | Host | 1973 |
| The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Drummond | 1985 |
| Five Days | Vic Marsham | 2007 |
| The Equalizer | Robert McCall | 1985 |
| The Saint | Jack Liskard | 1962 |
| Callan | David Callan | 1967 |
| The Lone Gunmen | 2001 | |
| The Baron | 1966 | |
| Over My Dead Body | 1990 | |
| CI5: The New Professionals | Harry Malone | 1999 |
| Messiah | Rev. Stephen Hedges | 2001 |
| Gulliver's Travels | Drunlo | 1996 |
| Nice Work | 1980 | |
| Mystery and Imagination | 1966 | |
| Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years | 1981 | |
| BBC Play of the Month | Caius Cassius | 1965 |
| The Defenders | H.T. Harris | 1961 |
| In Suspicious Circumstances | Storyteller | 1991 |
| Detective | 1964 | |
| You Can't Win | 1966 | |
| BBC Play of the Month | Lopakhin | 1965 |
| The Edward Woodward Hour | 1971 | |
| Laurence Olivier Presents | Luigi | 1976 |
| Sir Francis Drake | Spanish Captain | 1961 |
| Murder in Suburbia | 2004 | |
| 1990 | Jim Kyle | 1977 |
| Sword of Honour | Guy Crouchback | 1967 |
| Play for Today | The Man | 1970 |
| Common As Muck | Nev | 1994 |
| Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee | 1944 |
| Armchair Theatre | 1956 |
