Edward Woodward (Callan, Wickerman) dead

[danny la rouge]

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[The Octagon]

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[marty21]

RIP Edward Woodward. Great name

 

[King Biscuit Time]

What do you call a man with four bits of wood on his head?

I wouldn't know, but Edward Woodward would.

RIP

 

[Bakunin]

RIP indeed.

By all accounts he wasn't only a terrific actor, but also a very pleasant person as well. I bumped into him when I was at secondary school, as he lived in the West Country, and he seemed a very pleasant and humble bloke to me.

 

[DRINK?]

rip - I used to drink with his son who must have been about 60 - mental bloke, entertaining though, hope he is ok

 

[HAPPY CHEF]

A great shame,Wicker Man,Callan,and Common as Muck,all good work,RIP

 

[ruffneck23]

RIP

 

[Gromit]

R.I.P Ewarwoowar

Beat me to it.

RIP. The man but not the joke about his name. May that never die.

 

[Badgers]

Sad to see the chap go.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

RIP. I loved The Equaliser...



Bless ya Sass. You feeling better now?

Yep he was great in that, also turned up in Crusade as a technomage along side his son...

 

[Gingerman]

The Equaliser made him a huge star internationly,thought he was brilliant in The Wickerman and Breaker Morant,married to the actress who played Frank Spencers wife in 'Some Mothers Do Have Them'

 

[Sunspots]

E-war Woo-war.

Co-incidentally (-but genuinely), I heard Bela Lugosi's Dread by E War Woo War Sound System yesterday, for the first time in years...

 

[Bakunin]

The Equaliser made him a huge star internationly,thought he was brilliant in The Wickerman and Breaker Morant,married to the actress who played Frank Spencers wife in 'Some Mothers Do Have Them'

Yep, Michele Dotrice.

I've always thought it odd, given his stellar performances in lead roles, coupled with the fact that, by all accounts he wasn't a remotely difficult person to work with, that he didn't get more lead roles as his considerable talent certainly merited.

That said, he has been described as a very humble and grounded man, who always considered himself lucky to be working at all. Maybe that counted against him in some way, I don't know.

 

[Flashman]

Sad news indeed, very decent actor and splendid fellow.

 

[Ralph Masters]

Another of Croydon's best bites the dust

RIP​

 

[DotCommunist]

Oh christ! Oh Jesus Christ!

RIP ledge

 

[vauxhallmum]

RIP very good actor who's name sounded like a fart in the bath

 

[gnoriac]

rip - I used to drink with his son who must have been about 60 - mental bloke, entertaining though, hope he is ok

At one time both his sons were reckoned to become as great as actors as he was, yet they seem to have disappeared without trace.

 

[Gingerman]

Always remember that memorable recurring image in Callen of a light bulb swinging in a prison cell before being shattered by a bullet

 

[nightowl]

very sad. i met him and his wife michelle dotrice when they were performing at a play together in plymouth a few years back. they were a very warm and charming couple

 

[shagnasty]

Was a big fan of callan .R.I.P edward

 

[Wickerman]

I've just heard the news. A damn fine actor - what more can I say.

 

[yardbird]

Please note that urbans own Wickerman has posted.

 

[shagnasty]

Another of Croydon's best bites the dust

RIP​

Roy Hudd is still going strong

good tribute in the guardian with clips

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/filmblog/2009/nov/16/edward-woodward-wicker-man-callum

 

[rollinder]

R.I.P Edward

What do you call a man with four bits of wood on his head?

I wouldn't know, but Edward Woodward would.

RIP

That was the joke I was trying to remember!

I'm disappointed that nobody's posted claiming he's having an eco/natural cremation *hides*

 

[Gingerman]

"Shoot straight, ya bastards. Don't muck it up."
" Live each day as though it were your last; one day you're sure to be right"