Edward Woodward
Acting
Born June 1, 1930 · Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
Biography
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 f…
Known For · 40 titles
Play for Today
Golden Globe Awards
BBC Play of the Month
Theatre 625
The Saint
The Equalizer
ITV Playhouse
Thirty-Minute Theatre
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
The Defenders
The Bill
Mystery and Imagination
Hot Fuzz
NET Playhouse
Detective
Sergeant Cork
Callan
Sir Francis Drake
The Lone Gunmen
The Wicker Man
Five Days
In Suspicious Circumstances
Crusade
Armchair Mystery Theatre
Murder in Suburbia
Gulliver's Travels
The Baron
Messiah
Laurence Olivier Presents
A Christmas Carol
Whodunnit?
CI5: The New Professionals
1990
Armchair Theatre
Common As Muck
The Root of All Evil?
Over My Dead Body
Nice Work
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
Armchair Cinema