Edward Woodward

Edward Woodward

CountryUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
GenderMale
BirthdayJun 1, 1930
Death2009-11-16
BiographyEdward Albert Arthur Woodward (1 June 1930 – 16 November 2009) was an English actor and singer. He began his career on stage, appearing in productions in both the West End of London and on Broadway in New York City. He came to wider attention in the title role of the British television spy drama Callan (1967—72), which earned him the 1970 British Academy Television Award for Best Actor.

Woodward starred as Police Sergeant Neil Howie in the British folk horror film The Wicker Man (1973) and in the title role of the Australian biopic Breaker Morant (1980). From 1985 to 1989, he starred as ex-secret agent turned private investigator Robert McCall in the American television series The Equalizer, which earned him the 1986 Golden Globe Award for Best Television Drama Actor.

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Known For

1990
Ended

1990

as Jim Kyle
Callan
Ended

Callan

as David Callan
CI5: The New Professionals
Ended

CI5: The New Professionals

as Harry Malone
Codename: Kyril
Ended

Codename: Kyril

as Michael Royston
Common as Muck
Ended

Common as Muck

as Nev
Five Days
Ended

Five Days

as Victor Marsham
In Suspicious Circumstances
Ended

In Suspicious Circumstances

as Presenter
Over My Dead Body
Ended

Over My Dead Body

as Maxwell Beckett
The Equalizer
Ended

The Equalizer

as Robert McCall
Whodunnit?
Ended

Whodunnit?

as Host

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