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Acting

Edward Woodward

Career: Active from 1955 to 2023, with a break from 2010 to 2022, busiest in 1971 and 1980 with 4 main titles each.

Leading roles: 45
top three billing

Average score: 61/100

Highest rated: A Christmas Carol
86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 38 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Edward Woodward Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
3.5, average 5.4
Pop Culture
0.7, average 2.2
Coming of Age
1.9, average 3.0
Situational Comedy
1.7, average 2.7

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 6
Political Intrigue 4
Character Study 4
Psychological Thriller 4
Historical Drama 3
Social Commentary 3
Cultural Clash 2
Melancholy Tone 2
Romantic Drama 2
British TV Classic 2
Espionage 2
British Television 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

100

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

2 titles

The Wicker Man at 50

as Sgt Howie

Robin Hardy's Script - The Lost Ending

as Sgt Howie

2000s

9 titles · average score 61

A Congregation of Ghosts

as Reverend Densham

Five Days

65

TV show · as Vic Marsham

Hot Fuzz

83

as Tom Weaver

Murder in Suburbia

48

TV show · as Reg

Night Flight

as Vic Green

The Abduction Club

53

as Lord Fermoy

The Lone Gunmen

44

TV show

Messiah

76

TV show · as Rev. Stephen Hedges

as Gus Wise

1990s

16 titles · average score 61

CI5: The New Professionals

60

TV show · as Harry Malone

La Femme Nikita

71

TV show · as Mr. Jones

Harrison: Cry of the City

as Edward 'Teddy' Harrison

The Shamrock Conspiracy

as Edward Harrison

A Christmas Reunion

as Colonel Phillips

Common As Muck

74

TV show · as Nev

Aladdin

48

as The Sultan (voice)

In Suspicious Circumstances

TV show · as Storyteller

Mister Johnson

69

as Sargy Gollup

Soccer Shoot-Out

as Commentator (Voice)

Over My Dead Body

TV show

Hands of a Murderer

48

as Sherlock Holmes

1980s

24 titles · average score 64

The Man in the Brown Suit

57

as Sir Eustace Pedler

Memories of Manon

80

as Robert McCall

Codename: Kyril

TV show · as Michael Royston

The Equalizer

62

TV show · as Robert McCall

King David

29

as King Saul

Arthur the King

38

as Merlin

A Christmas Carol

86

as Ghost of Christmas Present

Champions

68

as Josh Gifford

The Bill

77

TV show · as Johnnie Jackson

The Appointment

55

as Ian

Who Dares Wins

64

as Commander Powell

Breaker Morant

82

as Harry 'Breaker' Morant

1970s

21 titles · average score 63

1990

69

TV show · as Jim Kyle

Stand up, Virgin Soldiers

46

as Sgt. Wellbeloved

The Bass Player and the Blonde

as George Mangham

When Day Is Done

as Philip Warne

Callan

73

as David Callan

The Wicker Man

83

as Sergeant Neil Howie

Hunted

as John Drummond

Sitting Target

61

as Inspector Milton

Blood Suckers

31

as Dr. Holstrom

Evelyn

as The Man

The Edward Woodward Hour

TV show

Play for Today

72

TV show · as The Man

1960s

26 titles · average score 68

The File of the Golden Goose

55

as Arthur Thompson

Julius Caesar

as Cassius

Entertaining Mr. Sloane

as Ed

Callan

76

TV show · as David Callan

Sword of Honour

TV show · as Guy Crouchback

A Magnum for Schneider

as David Callan

ITV Playhouse

TV show · as Ian / Ed

as Arthur

BBC Play of the Month

61

TV show · as Caius Cassius / Lopakhin

Thirty-Minute Theatre

TV show · as Alan / Arthur

The Saint

74

TV show · as Jack Liskard

The Defenders

71

TV show · as H.T. Harris

1950s

2 titles · average score 66

Armchair Theatre

68

TV show · as David Callan

Where There's a Will

65

as Ralph Stokes