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Post by gabriel on Nov 17, 2009 12:13:03 GMT
I was really sad to hear this. I remember watching Mr Callan and Lonely, in b&w, many years ago.
What would Hunter have said? Get over it. Probably.
He was also great in Breaker Morant.
A damn fine actor.
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Post by beth on Nov 17, 2009 13:51:42 GMT
Good actor. I liked The Equalizer. LONDON – Edward Woodward, the star of films including "Breaker Morant" and "The Wicker Man," died Monday. He was 79. Woodward, who starred at "The Equalizer" on television, died in a hospital in Cornwall after an illness, said Janet Glass of the Eric Glass Ltd. agency in London. He won an Emmy Award in 1990 for "Remembering World War II" and a Golden Globe in 1987 for "The Equalizer," which ran for 88 episodes from 1985 to 1989 on the U.S. network CBS. In a career that began in 1946 in a regional production of "A Kiss for Cinderella," Woodward played roles in productions ranging from the popular British soap opera "Eastenders" to productions of Shakespeare, and at least 40 films for theater or television. His last film appearances were in "Hot Fuzz" in 2007 and "Congregation of Ghosts," now in post-production. He also recorded several albums including "Love is the Key" in 1977 and "The Jewel that was Ours" in 1994. "I think I've probably more television than any actor living," Woodward said in a 1987 interview with The Associated Press. "I've done over 2,000, could be 3,000 now, television productions." "I suppose there is also the feeling that it is the largest medium by far for information, education and above all, entertainment," he added. "And after all, that's what an actor's life is all about. Getting work and entertaining people." At the time, Woodward was promoting a U.S. television film of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," in which played the wicked slave owner, Simon Legree. He found the role strangely refreshing. "If you are a British actor, you do lots of Shakespeare and lots of classical work. There is always a great actor who has just played your character," he said. "Lucky for me, Simon Legree has not been done very often," he added. Woodward is survived by his second wife, actress Michele Dotrice, their daughter, and two sons and a daughter from his first marriage, which ended in divorce. Funeral arrangements were not immediately announced. news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091116/ap_on_en_tv/eu_britain_obit_woodward
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Post by Big Lin on Nov 17, 2009 14:29:21 GMT
He was a good actor and they showed 'The Wicker Man' on TV earlier this year.
In spite of the fact that he had a role that was hard to believe in Woodward dominated the film - difficult given that Christopher Lee was his usual brilliantly villainous self!
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Post by Alpha Hooligan on Nov 17, 2009 17:22:26 GMT
He was also great in Breaker Morant. A damn fine actor. I have Breaker Morant on DVD. R.I.P. Mr Woodward. AH
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Post by motorist on Nov 17, 2009 17:49:04 GMT
I am going to make it my mission to get the Equaliser series. T'was my fave at the time. There were 87 episodes in all "Don't do something you won't live to regret" I remember he was in an interview with Terry Wogan once, and he said he wouldn't let his young son watch Equaliser as he thought it was too grim and violent.
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Post by Alpha Hooligan on Nov 17, 2009 17:55:47 GMT
They have only released season 1 on DVD - They have no plans to release seasons 2,3 & 4 on DVD...very shoddy treatment of this excellent actors work. AH
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Post by motorist on Nov 17, 2009 18:02:04 GMT
They have only released season 1 on DVD - They have no plans to release seasons 2,3 & 4 on DVD...very shoddy treatment of this excellent actors work. AH *sobs*
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Post by Alpha Hooligan on Nov 17, 2009 18:34:26 GMT
That could change now that he has gone, but it shouldn't take peoples deaths to push these folks into releasing good DVD's...
AH
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Post by gabriel on Nov 18, 2009 6:59:14 GMT
And Toby Meres. Now there's another good actor, Anthony Valentine. I wonder if he's still working?
Anyway, goodnight Mr Callan.
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