{"id":7050,"date":"2009-11-16T19:09:56","date_gmt":"2009-11-16T19:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/?p=7050"},"modified":"2009-11-16T19:13:41","modified_gmt":"2009-11-16T19:13:41","slug":"edward-woodward-1930-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2009\/11\/16\/edward-woodward-1930-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"Edward Woodward (1930-2009)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"480\" height=\"295\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/IKq88m6L_-g&amp;hl=en_GB&amp;fs=1&amp;\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"480\" height=\"295\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/IKq88m6L_-g&amp;hl=en_GB&amp;fs=1&amp;\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Veteran British actor <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edward_Woodward\">Edward Woodward<\/a><\/strong> has <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/entertainment\/8362367.stm\">died at the age of 79<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;ll be best remembered on film for the lead role in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0070917\/\">The Wicker Man<\/a>, as the police officer who ventures to a mysterious Scottish island.<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/5FdV-O8o7ok&amp;hl=en_GB&amp;fs=1&amp;\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/5FdV-O8o7ok&amp;hl=en_GB&amp;fs=1&amp;\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>As someone growing up in the 1980s, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0088513\/\">The Equalizer<\/a> was a show I&#8217;d always sneak down to watch and, in retrospect, there was something pleasingly surreal about an ageing English actor becoming a star on US prime time TV.<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" 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