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Edward Woodward

1 June 1930 - 16 November 2009

Actor

A household name thanks to the hugely popular ITV series Callan (1967-72), Woodward also starred as the doomed policeman in The Wicker Man (1973). He enjoyed further television success in The Equalizer (1985-89) and Common As Muck (1994-97), with his other films including Breaker Morant (1980) and Hot Fuzz (2007).

  • Read Edward Woodward's Guardian Obituary
  • Read Edward Woodward's Telegraph Obituary
  • Read Edward Woodward's Times Obituary

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