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Edward Woodward

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Actor 1930–2009 On stage 1963–1966

Edward 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 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 turned private investigator Robert McCall in the American television series The Equalizer, e…

On stage 3 productions, 3 years

1963 Rattle of a Simple Man Booth Theatre · Original · directed by Donald McWhinnie 94 perf.
1964 High Spirits Alvin Theatre · Original · directed by Noel Coward (Gower Champion uncredited) 375 perf.
1966 The Best Laid Plans Brooks Atkinson Theatre · Original · directed by Arthur Storch 3 perf.

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Worked with more than once1 names

Tammy Grimes 2 productions

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In the literature3 passages

  • Scapa! Music, lyrics and book by Hugh Hastings, based on his play Seagulls over Sorrento . Adelphi Theatre, 8 March 1962. PC: David Hughes, Edward Woodward, Pete Murray, Timothy Gray. MN: Scapa; Don’t Give a Damn; I Like It Here; Never Volunteer; Napoli; Seagull in the Sky; Give It All You’ve Got; Some Voice; Trouble; Nocturne; Bella; Wak…ebooks/Wright, Adrian/Tanner's Worth of Tune_ Rediscovering the post-war British Musical, A - Adrian Wright.txt
  • News from the British front was not encouraging. Edward Woodward gallantly took the stage as Sydney Carton in a galumphing adaptation of Dickens’ French Revolution novel. Two Cities took on the vastness of the Palace Theatre, but the piece was puny. Another adaptation, from H. G. Wells’ novel about female emancipation, Ann Veronica was an…ebooks/Wright, Adrian/West End Broadway_ The Golden Age of the American Musical in London - Adrian Wright.txt
  • EDWARD WOODWARD, 79, Croyden, Surrey, England-born actor, best known in America for his starring role on the CBS series The Equalizer, for which he received five Emmy Award nominations and a Golden Globe Award, died in Truro, Cornwall, England, on Nov. 16, 2009, after suffering from a series of illnesses. His Broadway credits include Ratt…theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 2009-2010 Season, v. 66 (Willis).txt

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