Edward Woodward

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1930-06-01 (79 years old)

Deathday

2009-11-16

Place of Birth

Croydon, Surrey, England, UK

Edward Woodward

Biography

Edward Albert Arthur Woodward OBE 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...

Acting

2007

Hot Fuzz

as Tom Weaver

1981

Wet Job

as David Callan

1980

Breaker Morant

as Harry 'Breaker' Morant

1989

The Man in the Brown Suit

as Sir Eustace Pedler

1985

King David

as King Saul

1973

The Wicker Man

as Sergeant Neil Howie

1972

Young Winston

as Captain Aylmer Haldane

1969

1982

Who Dares Wins

as Commander Powell

1972

Sitting Target

as Inspector Milton

1971

Blood Suckers

as Dr. Holstrom

1974

Callan

as David Callan

1991

Mister Johnson

as Sargy Gollup

1995

The Shamrock Conspiracy

as Edward Harrison

1977

Stand up, Virgin Soldiers

as Sgt. Wellbeloved

1971

1990

Hands of a Murderer

as Sherlock Holmes

1985

1983

1984

Champions

as Josh Gifford

1994

Deadly Advice

as Maj. Herbert Armstrong

1987

Uncle Tom's Cabin

as Simon Legree

2000

Marcie's Dowry

as Gus Wise

1964

Becket

as Clement (uncredited)

1983

Love is Forever

as Derek McBracken

1994

A Christmas Reunion

as Colonel Phillips

1996

Harrison: Cry of the City

as Edward 'Teddy' Harrison

1971

Prisoners

as The Man

1980

1977

2002

The Abduction Club

as Lord Fermoy

1984

A Christmas Carol

as Ghost of Christmas Present

1994

Aladdin

as The Sultan (voice)

2009

A Congregation of Ghosts

as Reverend Densham

2004

The RAF at War: Part One

as himself (Presenter)

2004

The RAF at War: Part Two

as himself (Presenter)

2004

The RAF at War: Part Three

as himself (Presenter)

1969

Julius Caesar

as Cassius

1955

Where There's a Will

as Ralph Stokes

1991

Soccer Shoot-Out

as Commentator (Voice)

1967

A Magnum for Schneider

as David Callan

2002

Night Flight

as Vic Green

2016

Callan: This Man Alone

as Himself (archive)

1972

Hunted

as John Drummond

1971

Evelyn

as The Man

1975

When Day Is Done

as Philip Warne

1988

Codename: Kyril

as Michael Royston

1975

Three for All

as Roadsweeper

2001

1989

Memories of Manon

as Robert McCall

1972

Young Winston

as Aylmer Haldane

1972

The Ra Expeditions

as Narrator (BBC version)

1981

Blunt Instrument

as Alex Logan

1980

The Trial of Lady Chatterley

as Mervyn Griffith-Jones

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