Edward Albert Arthur Woodward, OBE
(1 June 1930 – 16 November 2009)
Edward Woodward was an English actor and singer.
Originally a Shakespearean stage actor, he was best known for his roles in the 1960s-1970s television spy series Callan, the 1973 film The Wicker Man, the 1980 Australian biographical film drama Breaker Morant and his lead role in the 1980s American television series The Equalizer.
Woodward was seen in EastEnders earlier this year, playing the role of Tommy Clifford.
The actor was a BAFTA award winner for 'Callan', a Golden Globe award winner for 'The Equalizer' and a News and Documentary Emmy award winner for 'Remembering World War II'.
Woodward had a fine tenor voice, appearing on a number of occasions in The Good Old Days and making a dozen LPs. He also recorded three albums of poetry, capitalising on the reputation he had forged at Stratford as a lyrical speaker of verse.
Woodward died at the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro. He had lived in Hawker's Cove, Cornwall, near Padstow and had been suffering from various illnesses, including pneumonia.
Woodward married first, in 1952, Venetia Mary Collett, with whom he had two sons and a daughter, all of whom became successful actors. The marriage was dissolved in 1986, and he married secondly, in 1987, Michele Dotrice, daughter of the actor Roy Dotrice and best known for her role as Betty Spencer in Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em; they had a daughter. Survivors include his wife and his children.
RIP
___
