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3 | ->''"I think I've probably done more television than any actor living."'' |
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5 | Edward Albert Arthur Woodward [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever OBE]] (1 June 1930 -- 16 November 2009) was a well regarded British actor who is best known for three iconic roles - the title role in the dark and cynical British spy series ''Series/{{Callan}}'', Police Sergeant Howie in ''Film/{{The Wicker Man|1973}}'' and Robert [=McCall=] in the US series ''Series/TheEqualizer''. He's also known for his film roles in ''Film/BreakerMorant'', and ''Film/HotFuzz''. Received the AffectionateNickname "Ewar Woowar" from no less than Creator/JudiDench (reportedly from a theatre marquee where they had run out of 'D's and couldn't bill him correctly) and is fondly remembered by nearly everyone who worked with him. His son, Creator/PeterWoodward, is also an actor; the two worked together in an episode of ''Series/{{Crusade}}''. |
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7 | Woodward is said to have taken part in over ''2,000'' television productions. His own estimate was over '''3,000'''. And he came up with this estimate in '''1987'''. |
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9 | Woodward won a Golden Globe Award for ''The Equalizer'' in '87. He was nominated for an Emmy for each season the series was broadcast. He won a News and Documentary Emmy in 1989 for his work on the documentary, ''Remembering World War II''. |
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11 | Not to be confused with Ed Woodward, Manchester United's executive vice-chairman. |
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13 | !!Edward Woodward on TV Tropes: |
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15 | [[AC:Film]] |
16 | * ''Film/{{Becket}}'' (1964) as Clement |
17 | * ''Film/{{The Wicker Man|1973}}'' (1973) as Sergeant Howie |
18 | * ''Series/{{Callan}}'' (1974) as David Callan |
19 | * ''Film/BreakerMorant'' (1980) as Lt. Harry Harbord "Breaker" Morant |
20 | * ''Film/{{A Christmas Carol|1984}}'' (1984) as the Ghost of Christmas Present |
21 | * ''Film/KingDavid'' (1985) as Saul |
22 | * ''WesternAnimation/AladdinGoldenFilms'' (1992) as Sultan (voice) |
23 | * ''Film/DeadlyAdvice'' (1994) as Maj. Herbert Armstrong |
24 | * ''Film/HotFuzz'' (2007) as Tom Weaver |
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26 | [[AC:Television (regular and recurring roles only)]] |
27 | * ''Series/{{Callan}}'' (1967-1972) as David Callan |
28 | * ''Series/WhodunnitUK'' (1971) as Host |
29 | * ''[[Series/WinstonChurchillTheWildernessYears Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years]]'' (1983) as Sir Samuel Hoare |
30 | * ''Series/TheEqualizer'' (1985-1989) as Robert [=McCall=] |
31 | * ''Series/{{Over My Dead Body|1990}}'' (1990) as Maxwell Beckett |
32 | * ''[[Series/TheProfessionals [=CI5=]: The New Professionals]]'' (1999) as Harry Malone |
33 | * ''Series/LaFemmeNikita'' (2001) as Mr. Jones |
34 | * ''Series/EastEnders'' (2009) as Tommy Clifford |
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37 | !!Tropes associated with Edward Woodward: |
38 | * BeautifulSingingVoice: He was a tenor, and had a somewhat successful side career as a singer. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhrN-Ku4Fu4 Just listen to him!]] |
39 | * CastingGag: Was in two films featuring a big-city cop investigating strange crimes involving a local conspiracy in a remote part of the UK. In one, ''Film/{{The Wicker Man|1973}}'', he played the cop. In ''Film/HotFuzz'', he played one of the conspirators. |
40 | * DeadpanSnarker: Applicable to the man himself and many of the characters he portrayed (notably [[Series/TheEqualizer Robert McCall]], [[Series/{{Callan}} David Callan]], [[IntrepidReporter Jim Kyle]], and Michael Royston). |
41 | * OhCrap: He once stated the most scared he ever was in his career was when, as they were filming the burning scene in ''Film/TheWickerMan1973'', he realized they were, in fact, going to ''put him in the wicker man'' (which he'd made a point of not seeing before they shot the scene) and then ''light it on fire''. His terrified screaming was not entirely an act. |
42 | * SpyFiction: Makes many appearances in the genre. |
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