This article is about the English actor. For the Australian jurist, see Edward Woodward (judge). For the British barrister, see Edward Robert Woodward. For the former Manchester United F.C. executive, see Ed Woodward.
Edward Woodward
OBE
Woodward in 1971
Born
Edward Albert Arthur Woodward
(1930-06-01)1 June 1930
Croydon, Surrey, England
Died
16 November 2009(2009-11-16) (aged 79)
Truro, Cornwall, England
Occupation(s)
Actor, singer
Years active
1946–2009
Spouses
Venetia Barrett
(m. 1952; div. 1986)
Michele Dotrice
(m. 1987)
Children
4, including Tim, Peter and Sarah
Edward Albert Arthur Woodward, OBE (1 June 1930 – 16 November 2009) was an English actor and singer. After graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, he began his career on stage. Throughout his career, he appeared in productions in both the West End of 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.
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 to 1989, Woodward starred as ex-secret agent and private investigator Robert McCall in the American television series The Equalizer, earning him the 1986 Golden Globe Award for Best Television Drama Actor.
Edward Albert Arthur Woodward, OBE (1 June 1930 – 16 November 2009) was an English actor and singer. After graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic...
Sarah is the daughter of actor EdwardWoodward and his first wife, actress Venetia Barrett. She is sister of actor Tim Woodward, and actor, voice artist, and...
son of actors EdwardWoodward and Venetia Collett (who used the stage name Barrett). His siblings included Peter Woodward and Sarah Woodward, both also actors...
The Patriot. Woodward was born in London, the second son of actors Venetia Mary Collett (also known as Venetia Barrett) and EdwardWoodward. His siblings...
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actor. He played Lonely in the TV thriller series Callan, starring EdwardWoodward, and shop steward Harry in the Yorkshire Television sitcom The Gaffer...
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2004. Upon leaving The Bill, he took a role playing Jesus opposite EdwardWoodward as God in The Mysteries. This was a drama based on a medieval mystery...
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