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Edward Woodward

1930 - 2009

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Edward Albert Arthur Woodward (1 June 1930 – 16 November 2009) was an English actor and singer. He began his career on stage, appearing in productions in both the West End of London and on Broadway in New York City. 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. Woodward starred as Police Sergeant Neil Howie in the 1973 cult British horror film The Wicker Man, and in the title role of the 1980 Australian biopic Breaker Morant. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edward Woodward is the 4,125th most popular actor (down from 3,300th in 2019), the 3,513th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,760th in 2019) and the 500th most popular British Actor.

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Among actors, Edward Woodward ranks 4,125 out of 13,578. Before him are August Schellenberg, Anna Torv, Raoul Trujillo, Yu Rongguang, Bae Yong-joon, and Ružica Sokić. After him are Maria Canals-Barrera, Jeff Corey, José Sacristán, Mary Ellen Trainor, Paul Meurisse, and Chin Han.

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Among people born in 1930, Edward Woodward ranks 382. Before him are Jacques Tits, Marco Pannella, Leonid Abalkin, Giorgio Ghezzi, Jean Guillou, and William H. Dana. After him are Kurt Nielsen, Jeannette Altwegg, Hank Mobley, Kjell Eugenio Laugerud García, David Amram, and Theodore Freeman. Among people deceased in 2009, Edward Woodward ranks 222. Before him are Helen Levitt, Uma Aaltonen, Alfred Swift, Edmund Purdom, Richard Todd, and Knut Haugland. After him are Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, Léon Glovacki, Kjell Eugenio Laugerud García, Tullio Pinelli, Ede Király, and Paul Naschy.

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Among people born in United Kingdom, Edward Woodward ranks 3,514 out of 8,785. Before him are William Nicol (1770), Alex Kingston (1963), Grace Elliott (1754), Trevor Francis (1954), John Scott Haldane (1860), and Ol Parker (1969). After him are Marcus Rashford (1997), Geoff Emerick (1945), John Taylor (1808), John Selden (1584), Tania Mallet (1941), and Trent Alexander-Arnold (1998).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Edward Woodward ranks 500. Before him are Garry Chalk (1952), Edmund Purdom (1926), Roger Rees (1944), Jon Pertwee (1919), Jeremy Northam (1961), and Alex Kingston (1963). After him are Tania Mallet (1941), Sally Hawkins (1976), Ben Miller (1966), James Purefoy (1964), Ben Barnes (1981), and Amanda Abbington (1974).

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