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• 1 Amanda By Night // Nov 16, 2009 at 1:57 pm

  One of the great things about the Equalizer was that at that point in the 80s there wasn’t much like it. It was a return to the totally serious, gritty television we had the decade before. And he was perfect in the part.

  I’m sad today.

• 2 senski // Nov 16, 2009 at 6:00 pm

  He was also outstanding in 1980′s Breaker Morant, one of the finest films to come out of Australia. RIP, Edward.

• 3 mickster // Nov 16, 2009 at 7:07 pm

  I loved him as the Ghost of Christmas Present in the 1984 version of A Christmas Carol with George C. Scott. The Equalizer was awesome too.

• 4 Grokenstein // Nov 17, 2009 at 5:59 am

  Another great (but forgotten) Woodward flick is the endlessly creepy “The Appointment.” It’s a horror flick that maintains a shroud of dread for most of its runtime, punctuated by the occasional violent shocker (you can check out the opening scene on YouTube; watch the crushed musical instrument) and a finale and conclusion that will freak you out.
  Never released to DVD.
  cough*cinemageddon*cough

• 5 mamamiasweetpeaches // Nov 17, 2009 at 11:18 am

  My father used to watch THE EQUALIZER (He used to watch V and the 80s version of ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS too: now that Im older Im starting to realize Dad was pretty cool!) and I remember as a little kid thinking it was a really good premise for a show, but never watching it.

  My only familiarity with Edward Woodward is THE WICKER MAN, and Im pretty cool with that because I like having my only memory of him being him stuck in that thing screaming his head off. That was a cool ass movie and it amuses me that they tryed to re-make it and they flopped so HUGELY!  

• 6 SlasherChick // Nov 18, 2009 at 9:24 am

  My son and I are both huge fans of the original ‘Wicker Man’ (the remake did indeed suck but wasn’t it still a little gratifying when Nicolas Cage punched Sister Beech in her self-satisfied grill? That was my favorite part.), and I loved The Equalizer. Edward Woodward’s passing  makes me very sad.

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