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Actor Edward Woodward dies at 79 (The Equalizer)
BBC News ^
| 11-16-2009
| BBC Staff
Posted on 11/16/2009 9:44:22 PM PST by Frantzie
Veteran actor Edward Woodward has died aged 79, his agent has confirmed.
The Croydon-born star had been suffering from various illnesses, including pneumonia, and died in hospital, said Janet Glass.
Woodward is most famous for his roles in the cult 1973 horror film The Wicker Man, alongside Sir Christopher Lee, and TV series The Equalizer and Callan.
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TOPICS: Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: breakermorant; equalizer; woodward
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From The Equalizer pilot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NZrO5wt1sA&feature=player_embedded
He was great in Breaker Morant and also very good in Churchill The Wilderness Years. The Equalizer was also very good with a great cast, on location shooting in NYC and the soundtrack by Stewart Copeland (Police drummer and band founder).
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posted on
11/16/2009 9:44:23 PM PST
by
Frantzie
To: Frantzie
He will be missed.
Re The Equalizer: the pilot of that short-lived series was solid gold.
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posted on
11/16/2009 9:45:49 PM PST
by
thecodont
To: Frantzie
He’s the guy who taught me to say Jag-you-are.. liked him...
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posted on
11/16/2009 9:46:07 PM PST
by
LizzyD
To: shibumi
Bummer....:(
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posted on
11/16/2009 9:47:16 PM PST
by
Salamander
(I'm sure I need some rest but sleepin' don't come very easy in a straight white vest.....)
To: Frantzie
His son, Peter Woodward is also a good actor. He and his father appeared in a episode of Babylon 5:Crusade.
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posted on
11/16/2009 9:47:33 PM PST
by
ErnstStavroBlofeld
("We will either find a way, or make one."Hannibal/Carthaginian Military Commander)
To: sonofstrangelove
Supposedly a very nice chap as well. I really enjoyed The Equalizer including the camera work. NYC looked really good on screen when watching the show.
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posted on
11/16/2009 9:51:35 PM PST
by
Frantzie
(Judge David Carter - democrat & dishonorable Marine like John Murtha.)
To: Frantzie
The early “black and white” years of his British TV series “Callan” - before being shot in color - provided emotionally riveting TV.
To: Frantzie
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posted on
11/16/2009 9:53:40 PM PST
by
ErnstStavroBlofeld
("We will either find a way, or make one."Hannibal/Carthaginian Military Commander)
To: Frantzie
The Equalizer was my favorite show while it was on the air.
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posted on
11/16/2009 9:54:05 PM PST
by
AlaskaErik
(I served and protected my country for 31 years. Democrats spent that time trying to destroy it.)
To: Frantzie
in 'The Equalizer'
in 'Hot Fuzz'
To: Frantzie
He was good at his craft. He will be missed.
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posted on
11/16/2009 10:00:33 PM PST
by
Gator113
(Obamba, Reid, Pelosi, the socialist triad.)
To: howlinhound
He could get very theatrical for the small screen (TV). The boiling anger. Breaker Morant was a great movie.
For gun owners - there was often good “hardware” in the show including his sidekick “Mickey Kostmeyer” who had a few sniper rifles and assault rifles.
Edward was a great actor and highly underrated.
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posted on
11/16/2009 10:04:34 PM PST
by
Frantzie
(Judge David Carter - democrat & dishonorable Marine like John Murtha.)
To: Frantzie
Incredible as Breaker Morant but he was also great as the Ghost of Christmas Present.
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posted on
11/16/2009 10:09:35 PM PST
by
JMS
To: BookmanTheJanitor
Always lots of good artillery in The Equalizer. Best TV show for really good stuff. Most TV shows are or were suprisingly politically correct about guns.
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posted on
11/16/2009 10:11:19 PM PST
by
Frantzie
(Judge David Carter - democrat & dishonorable Marine like John Murtha.)
To: Frantzie
He was great in Breaker Morant . . . That's for sure.
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posted on
11/16/2009 10:13:37 PM PST
by
skeptoid
(AA, AE, MBS (with six clusters))
To: Frantzie
That’s too bad. I was just talking about The Equalizer yesterday. Great show.
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posted on
11/16/2009 10:13:50 PM PST
by
TheLurkerX
(If you want renewable energy, I'm sure the founding fathers are spinning in their graves.)
To: skeptoid
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posted on
11/16/2009 10:15:03 PM PST
by
Snurple
(VEGETARIAN, OLD INDIAN WORD FOR BAD HUNTER.)
To: Frantzie
Amen. I think there’s a disc set somewhere I saw from my uncles stash and watched it..was hooked.
The actor who plays his son was the leader of Cobra Kai in the Karate Kid.
To: Frantzie
Too bad. I have been thinking lately of the New York that was David Dinkins' and how that series captured the hopelessness of that time versus Giuliani and success that came later.
The city has been in descent since Rudy and alas, now there is a mayor that looks forward to KSM and that coming circus.
We could use another "Equalizer" about now in NYC again.
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posted on
11/16/2009 11:06:46 PM PST
by
dersepp
(I am an Angry, Brooks Bros. Mob of One)
To: JMS
Yeah, he was good in all his roles. The Ghost of Christmas Present reminds me a bit of the 1970's Ian Anderson:
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posted on
11/16/2009 11:12:07 PM PST
by
FredZarguna
("A nation is not beaten until the hearts of its right-wing women are on the ground.")
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