Edward Woodward RIP
iainment
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Callan dies. As does a little bit of me.
Why has Edward Woodward got so many D's in his name?
Cos he'd sound silly if he was called Ewar Woowar!*
What do you call a man with three pieces of wood on his head?
Edward Woodward
What do you call a man with four pieces of wood on his head?
(gee, I dunno)
I don't know either, but Edward Woodward would.
Why has Edward Woodward got so many D's in his name?
Cos he'd sound silly if he was called Ewar Woowar!*
What do you call a man with three pieces of wood on his head?
Edward Woodward
What do you call a man with four pieces of wood on his head?
(gee, I dunno)
I don't know either, but Edward Woodward would.
Old hippies don't die, they just lie low until the laughter stops and their time comes round again.
Joseph Gallivan
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Sad...
I used to love watching 'The Equalizer', sat with my father... Start with a budget, finish with a mortgage!0 -
Never seen the "Equaliser" - I refused to watch it becasue my sister liked it.
But he was great in "Wicker Man". 8)0 -
+1 for The Equalizer.
He was one tough, cold SOB.Whyte 905 (2009)
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damn it. Going to have to dig out 'Breaker Morant' tonight in homage. Should have been knighted for that one alone.0
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the start up sequance to the equalizer used to scare me.
Bianchi. There are no alternatives only compromises!
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Fixed that agéd joke for you.iainment wrote:... Why has Edward Woodward got so many D's in his name?
Cos he'd sound silly if he was called Ewar Woowar!* ...
+2. As TV tough guys go, he was one of the toughest.ExeterSimon wrote:+1 for The Equalizer.
He was one tough, cold SOB.
I remember one episode of the Equalizer where he was ripping a CIA / FBI agent a new one - scared the bejesus out of me! (and I think the agent / actor near shat himself as well ) A fanatic is one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject - Churchill0 -
Porgy wrote:Never seen the "Equaliser" - I refused to watch it becasue my sister liked it.
But he was great in "Wicker Man". 8)
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+ 1 Callan chilling used to watch the Channel 4 reruns in the 80s Callan and Lonely superb.
+ 1 Breaker Morant
Also superb in Common as Muck as a Northern Bin Man0 -
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Only ever seen him in Wicker Man, but great in that.0
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R.I.P Edward Woodward.
The Equalizer remains one of my favourite TV shows of all time.0 -
tebbit wrote:Also superb in Common as Muck as a Northern Bin Man
Was going to mention that myself, so glad to see I'm not the only one to have overlooked it - cracking series with a quality cast.
David"It is not enough merely to win; others must lose." - Gore Vidal0 -
Edward Woodward(1930-2009) died today. He was born in Croydon, Surrey which, in 1965, became a part of Greater London. It is the town where my grandfather was born in 1872. We both had working-class parents. But it is there that a comparison between Woodward and me ends. He became one of England’s finest actors in the last half of the twentieth century. He was also a singer with a dozen albums and an author. His 300 page memoir, One Brief Interval,(1) makes a good read. I, on the other-hand, became famous in micro-worlds, in classrooms across two continents, as a teacher. I also became a Bahá'í. 8)
Woodward started his acting career at the age of 16 in 1946. At 16 I was in grade 11. In his teens he aspired to being a professional footballer. I aspired at that young age to being a professional baseball player. I won’t summarize the many highlights and achievements of Woodward’s career which readers can easily read about at Wikipedia(2), the online encyclopedia; nor will I summarize my life since the age of 16 in 1956. This prose-poem will serve as a quasi-eulogy, a reminiscence, a reflection on a life, a life that existed beside mine in the world of celebrity, a world which exists beside all of us in the West, we who live with print and electronic media and their many and variegated forms. -Ron Price with thanks to (1) Miegunyah Press, Melbourne, 2005; and (2) Wikipedia, 16 November 2009.
It’s been quite a ride, eh Edward?
World War 2 starting when you
were only 9 and many more since,
eh? But you seemed to weather-it-all
pretty well, Edward, as you enriched
the lives of millions with your talents.
There’s more to celebrity than just a name;
that’s for sure, eh Edward? I wish you well
wherever you are now: be it in oblivion----
a pretty safe place; or in your incarnated---
role wherever that may be; or in the world
beyond, that Undiscovered Country, between
two eternities, as you called it, Land of Lights,
as some call it. They will be different lights
than the ones you enjoyed on the stage and
screen here on this earthly plane, Edward....
May you now enjoy days of blissful joy and of
heavenly delight in some garden of happiness,
beholding new splendours on lofty mounts that
the pen cannot tell nor the heart recount to us
who still labour in this petty pace from day to
day to the last syllable of our recorded time....
Your candle has gone out, Edward. No more
strutting and fretting your hours. You will be
heard no more—here. But this tale, your life,
is not a story told by an idiot, full of sound &
fury, signifying nothing. What say you now,
Edward, what say you now in the language of
THERE?
Ron Price
17 November 2009
PS (1)There are many excellent lines from Woodward’s memoir, lines like:
‘Childhood is measured out by the sounds and smells and sights before the dark of reason grows.’(p.3)
(2) ‘Leaving aside God and heaven, there is still much good teaching in religion, whether it is Christian, Jewish, Buddhist, Muslim, Aboriginal or any other’. The last chapter of Woodward’s memoir returns to the idea of life as “a brief interval between two eternities.”married for 43 years, a teacher for 35, a writer and editor for 10 and a Baha'i for 51(in 2010)0 -
:shock:RonPrice wrote:Edward Woodward(1930-2009) died today. He was born in Croydon, Surrey which, in 1965, became a part of Greater London. It is the town where my grandfather was born in 1872. We both had working-class parents. But it is there that a comparison between Woodward and me ends. He became one of England’s finest actors in the last half of the twentieth century. He was also a singer with a dozen albums and an author. His 300 page memoir, One Brief Interval,(1) makes a good read. I, on the other-hand, became famous in micro-worlds, in classrooms across two continents, as a teacher. I also became a Bahá'í. 8)
Woodward started his acting career at the age of 16 in 1946. At 16 I was in grade 11. In his teens he aspired to being a professional footballer. I aspired at that young age to being a professional baseball player. I won’t summarize the many highlights and achievements of Woodward’s career which readers can easily read about at Wikipedia(2), the online encyclopedia; nor will I summarize my life since the age of 16 in 1956. This prose-poem will serve as a quasi-eulogy, a reminiscence, a reflection on a life, a life that existed beside mine in the world of celebrity, a world which exists beside all of us in the West, we who live with print and electronic media and their many and variegated forms. -Ron Price with thanks to (1) Miegunyah Press, Melbourne, 2005; and (2) Wikipedia, 16 November 2009.
It’s been quite a ride, eh Edward?
World War 2 starting when you
were only 9 and many more since,
eh? But you seemed to weather-it-all
pretty well, Edward, as you enriched
the lives of millions with your talents.
There’s more to celebrity than just a name;
that’s for sure, eh Edward? I wish you well
wherever you are now: be it in oblivion----
a pretty safe place; or in your incarnated---
role wherever that may be; or in the world
beyond, that Undiscovered Country, between
two eternities, as you called it, Land of Lights,
as some call it. They will be different lights
than the ones you enjoyed on the stage and
screen here on this earthly plane, Edward....
May you now enjoy days of blissful joy and of
heavenly delight in some garden of happiness,
beholding new splendours on lofty mounts that
the pen cannot tell nor the heart recount to us
who still labour in this petty pace from day to
day to the last syllable of our recorded time....
Your candle has gone out, Edward. No more
strutting and fretting your hours. You will be
heard no more—here. But this tale, your life,
is not a story told by an idiot, full of sound &
fury, signifying nothing. What say you now,
Edward, what say you now in the language of
THERE?
Ron Price
17 November 2009
PS (1)There are many excellent lines from Woodward’s memoir, lines like:
‘Childhood is measured out by the sounds and smells and sights before the dark of reason grows.’(p.3)
(2) ‘Leaving aside God and heaven, there is still much good teaching in religion, whether it is Christian, Jewish, Buddhist, Muslim, Aboriginal or any other’. The last chapter of Woodward’s memoir returns to the idea of life as “a brief interval between two eternities.”Old hippies don't die, they just lie low until the laughter stops and their time comes round again.
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If you read this prose-poem, iainment, you will see that I am not criticizing Woodward. Far from it. This poem is a quasi-eulogy. Some of the lines which you may see as a criticism are form a famous soliloquy of Shakespeare. I understand your problem, though. Poetry often is misunderstood. Not to worry. -Ron Price, Australiamarried for 43 years, a teacher for 35, a writer and editor for 10 and a Baha'i for 51(in 2010)0
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I don't think you are criticizing, just amazed at your comparison of a world famous and loved actor and yourself. Somebody who may well be famous in classrooms and within the Baha'i world but otherwise is as insignificant as me.
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Pip pip.Old hippies don't die, they just lie low until the laughter stops and their time comes round again.
Joseph Gallivan0 -
I quite agree. Comparisons and contrasts with famous people are things we all do. The lives of famous people throw light on our own worlds. This poem does just that. You may see that as a pretentious exercise. That is fine. We each have our opinions to which we are entitled. That is one of the joys of writing poetry--to have reactions like yours. "Goodonyer," as they say Downunder.-Ronmarried for 43 years, a teacher for 35, a writer and editor for 10 and a Baha'i for 51(in 2010)0
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G'day and all that to you Ron.
Pip pip.Old hippies don't die, they just lie low until the laughter stops and their time comes round again.
Joseph Gallivan0 -
:shock: Do we have a new candidate for most random post?0
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Oh Ron your ode was so inspired,
Well above the filth in which Cake Stop is mired
A shame the best thing this week I have read
Was insipred by a great man who is now sadly dead.
There’s always one thing that bothers me,
Could you imagine a world with no letter ’D’?
I’d say, good Sir, your hero wouldn’t get far
If his cinematic name was Ewar Woowar.0 -
CHRISNOIR wrote:Oh Ron your ode was so inspired,
Well above the filth in which Cake Stop is mired
A shame the best thing this week I have read
Was insipred by a great man who is now sadly dead.
There’s always one thing that bothers me,
Could you imagine a world with no letter ’D’?
I’d say, good Sir, your hero wouldn’t get far
If his cinematic name was Ewar Woowar.
Superb, Chris....
I'm impressed Start with a budget, finish with a mortgage!0 -
CHRISNOIR wrote:Oh Ron your ode was so inspired,
Well above the filth in which Cake Stop is mired
A shame the best thing this week I have read
Was insipred by a great man who is now sadly dead.
There’s always one thing that bothers me,
Could you imagine a world with no letter ’D’?
I’d say, good Sir, your hero wouldn’t get far
If his cinematic name was Ewar Woowar.
Phab-you-lussss 0
