Posted on 11/16/2009 4:11:16 AM PST by prisoner6
Actor Edward Woodward, famous for his roles in The Wicker Man and The Equalizer has died today.
Actor 'never lost his brave spirit'
The 79-year-old had been suffering from various illnesses, including pneumonia.
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Great actor, and I enjoyed The Equalizer. I took him less seriously after I read that he spoke out against guns. Don’t know if he took his views to the grave or not. In an event, Rest in Peace.
What did napscoordinator say? Must have been bad ebough to get pulled.
Anyway, Mr. Woodward was a superb actor, and now that I’m over sixty, I might just search for a DVD collection of Equalizer episodes.
I too like his use of the Walther PPK.
I was a big fan of The Equalizer. It never was the same after Woodward had his heart attack and could no longer do action sequences. All those channels on the Dish and it does not appear to be on in reruns anyplace.
Requiescat in Pace, Mr. Woodward
I also like the Equalizer. It had a short lived competitor entitled “Sting Ray,” but the Equalizer had a more interesting character, as well as the actor playing the role, with his distinguished British accent.
I also remember his role as King Saul, opposite a horrible Richard Gere as King David.
I bought the entire Equalizer series at Amazon.com. I’ve watched a few of the segments, and it reminds me of the chaos that was New York City, pre Rudy. It was a place in which people could cheer for a Robert McCall, a Paul Kersey, or a real life vigilante like Bernie Getz.
Ironically Woodward wasnt first choice. Producers wanted a younger British actor:
Martin Shaw, still a very popular and household name in Britain, probably best known to Americans for ‘The Seven Voyages of Sinbad’ in the 70’s and Banquo in Polanski’s 1971 version of Macbeth. Shaw had just come of what is now an iconic British TV action series: ‘The Professionals’, and wanted to go back to the theatre and away from TV for a while. His Robert McCall would have been mid-30’s, recent ex-SAS, Falklands veteran for hire...
His greatest role is the one most Americans dont know of:
‘Callan’:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callan_(TV_series)
Callan. Simply one of the best British shows ever. Or shows period.
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Did a good job in Breaker Morant as well.
They can’t show it today - too wildly politically incorrect.
A fine singer too, with a rich baritone voice.
A fine singer too, with a rich baritone voice...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkzKrNNI-oA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RE1h3-1s_E0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBcfEHNpWVo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VE7nPOS9PMA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxZZmmnC3Rg
I LOVED that show. The first couple of years were the best.
He was also in “ Hot Fuzz” Hardly knew it was him and had to look at the credits.
Rest In peace, Mr Woodward.
Thanks Perdogg.
Do you enjoy UNIT reruns?
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