Edward Woodward
Actor, Film actor
1930 – 2009
Who was Edward Woodward?
Edward Albert Arthur Woodward, OBE was an English stage and screen actor and singer. After graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, 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 City. 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 Neil Howie in the 1973 cult British horror film The Wicker Man, and in the title role of the 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.
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- Born
- Jun 1, 1930
Croydon - Also known as
- Edward Albert Arthur Woodward
- Edward Albert Arthur Woodward, OBE
- Parents
- Spouses
- Michele Dotrice
(1987/01/17 - 2009/11/16) - Venetia Barrett
(1952/07/30 - 1986/12/01)
- Michele Dotrice
- Children
- Nationality
- England
- Profession
- Education
- Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
- Elmwood School
- Hinchley Wood School
- Kingston College
- Eccleston Road and Sydenham Road School
- Died
- Nov 16, 2009
Royal Cornwall Hospital
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on July 23, 2013
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