Edward Albert Arthur Woodward OBE 1 June 1930 16 November 2009 was an English stage and screen actor and singer After graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art RADA Woodward began his career on stage and throughout his career he appeared in productions in both the West End in London and on Broadway in New York 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 Among his film credits Woodward starred as Police Sergeant Howie in the 1973 cult British horror film The Wicker Man and in the title role of the noted 1980 Australian biopic Breaker Morant From 1985 Woodward starred as British exsecret agent and vigilante Robert McCall in the American television series The Equalizer earning him the 1986 Golden Globe Award for Best Television Drama Actor
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