Edward Woodward

Edward Albert Arthur Woodward OBE (born June 1, 1930 Croydon, Surrey) is an English stage, film and television actor and singer. Originally a Shakespearian stage actor, he is best known for his role in the 1960-1970s spy series, Callan, for the 1973 film The Wicker Man and his lead role in the 1980s American television series The Equalizer. Woodward attended Eccleston Road and Sydenham Road School, Croydon, and the Elmwood School in Wallingford, as well as Hinchley Wood School in Surrey. He then attended Kingston College. Woodward wanted to become an actor, but initially in the post war period became an Associate Member of RADA while taking amateur roles. Wanting to train as journalist, he eventually took work in a sanitary engineer's office, before attending the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Woodward began as stage actor at the Castle Theatre, Farnham, in 1946. After graduation from RADA he worked extensively in repertory companies as a Shakespearean actor throughout England... full article at wikipedia