Edward Woodward
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Edward Albert Arthur Woodward (born June 1, 1930 Croydon, Surrey) is an English stage, film and television actor and singer.
Originally a Shakespearian stage actor, he is best known for his role in the 1960s spy series, Callan, his lead role in the 1980s American television series The Equalizer and for the 1973 film The Wicker Man.
He also had success as a singer, including appearing and using his voice to good effect as a 'turn' in the BBC's Victorian era music hall programme, The Good Old Days. He recorded several LPs, many of which are now collectors' items available on eBay and elsewhere.
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[edit] Personal life
Woodward has been twice married:
- Venetia Mary Collett (the actress Venetia Barrett) (1952-1987); two sons Tim Woodward (born 1953) and Peter Woodward (born 1956), who became successful actors, as well as a Tony Award-nominated actress daughter, Sarah Woodward (born 1963).
- The actress Michele Dotrice, the daughter of his contemporary Roy Dotrice (1987 to date); one daughter, Emily.
[edit] Trivia
Woodward has become the subject of a joke popularised on the UK version of the reality TV show Big Brother which runs like this:
Q: Why has Edward Woodward got four d's in his name?
A: Because otherwise he would be called Ewar Woowar
[edit] Filmography
His appearances include:
- The Wicker Man (1973, in which he played the lead role)
- Saturday, Sunday, Monday, with Sir Laurence Olivier
- Breaker Morant (1979, in which he played the title role)
- The BBC drama series Messiah
- CI5: The New Professionals
- Common as Muck
- La Femme Nikita (in season 5).
- Hot Fuzz, in which he played Tom Weaver.
