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  1. Edward Woodward
    Edward WoodwardBritish actor
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  2. BornEdward Albert Arthur Woodward · 1 June 1930 · Croydon, Surrey, England
    Died16 November 2009 (aged 79) · Truro, Cornwall, England
    SpousesVenetia Barrett · (m. 1952; div. 1986) · Michele Dotrice (m. 1987)
    Children4, including Tim, Peter and Sarah
    Early life

    Woodward was born on 1 June 1930 in Croydon, Surrey, the only child of parents Edward Oliver Woodward, a metalworker, and Violet Edith Woodward (née Smith). As a boy, he was bombed out of his home three time… See more

    Career

    After leaving school at the age of 15, Woodward wanted to train as a journalist but took work in a sanitary engineer's office, and then at the age of 16 entered the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). After the Second Wo… See more

    Personal life

    Woodward was married twice. His first marriage was to actress Venetia Barrett (born Venetia Mary Collett, 1928–2016) from 1952 to 1986. They had two sons: Tim Woodward (1953–2023) and Peter Woodward (born … See more

    Death

    Woodward died of pneumonia at the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro, Cornwall, on 16 November 2009, at the age of 79, near his home at Hawker's Cove. See more

    Awards

    Woodward won the 1970 BAFTA Award for Best Actor for his title role in Callan. He was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1978. At the 1987 Golden Globe Awards, he won Best Actor in a Dramat… See more

    Stage work

    • 1955: Where There's a Will
    • 1958: Romeo and Juliet
    • 1958: Hamlet
    • 1962: Rattle of a Simple Man… See more

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