Born on this day – Edward Woodward:

Edward Woodward

Actor

Singer

June 1, 1930 – November 16, 2009

Credits:

16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2010); 2nd House (1974); 100 Years of Horror (1996); 100 Greatest Sexy Moments (2003); 1990 (1977–1978); A Christmas Carol (1984); A Christmas Reunion (1994); A Congregation of Ghosts (2009); A Desperate Fortune: Matthew Flinders' Australia (1988); A Girl Called Jo (1956); Adventure Story (1961); Aladdin (1992); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1988); America's All-Time Favorite Movies (1988); Armchair Cinema (1975); Armchair Mystery Theatre (1960–1965); Armchair Theatre (1959–1967); Arthur the King (1985); Aspel & Company (1990); Battleground (1978); BBC Play of the Month (1969–1971); BBC Show of the Week (1969); BBC Sunday-Night Play (1961); Becket (1964); Blankety Blank (1999); Blood Suckers (1971); Breaker Morant (1980); Breaker Morant: Edward Woodward Interview (2004); Breakfast (2007); Brian Conley: An Audience with Brian Conley (2002); Burnt Offering: The Cult of the Wicker Man (2001); Call My Bluff (1972–1997); Callan / movie (1974); Callan / TV series (1967–1972); Callan: This Man Alone (2015); Callan: Wet Job (1981); Cast & Crew (2005); Celebrity Squares (1975); Century of Cinema (1996); Champions (1984); Chronicle (1981); CI5: The New Professionals (1999); Cineficción Radio (2019); Clapper Board (1980); Codename: Kyril (1988); Common as Muck (1994–1997); Conflict (1967); Crime Sheet (1959); Crowther's Back in Town (1970); Crusade (1999); Dark Realm (2001); Deadly Advice (1994); Des O'Connor Tonight (1986–1989); Detective (1968–1969); Dixon of Dock Green (1966); EastEnders (2009); Emergency-Ward 10 (1961); Entertainment Tonight (1986); Ex-S (1998); First Landing (2007); Five Days (2007); Five Days: Making Five Days (2007); Five Days: Revised Final Episode (2007); Frost on Sunday (1970); Give Us a Clue (1981–1985); Going for a Song (1977); Good Morning America (1989); Gulliver's Travels (1996); Hands of a Murderer (1990); Harrison: Cry of the City (1996); He Said, She Said (1972); Hot Fuzz (2007); Hot Fuzz: Hot Funk: The TV Version (2007); Hot Fuzz: Outtakes (2007); Hunted (1972); In My Defence (1991); In Suspicious Circumstances (1991–1996); Inn for Trouble (1960); Inside Story (1960); It Shouldn't Happen to a TV Actor (2003); Italia '90 - Notti magiche (1991); ITV Play of the Week (1961–1964); ITV Playhouse (1968–1980); Killer Contract (1984); King David (1985); Knight Errant Limited (1961); La Femme Nikita (2001); Late Night with David Letterman (1985–1987); Lena Zavaroni and Music (1979); Live with Kelly and Mark (1989); Love Is Forever (1983); Magnolia Street (1961); Marcie's Dowry (2000); Max Bygraves at the Royalty (1972); Memories of Manon (1987); Messiah (2001); Mister Johnson (1990); Mogul (1965); Murder in Suburbia (2004); My Favourite Hymns (1998–2005); Mystery and Imagination (1968); NET Playhouse (1971); Nice Work (1980); Night Flight (2002); Night of 100 Stars (1977); Nightlife (1986); Noel's House Party (1995–1997); Omnibus (1969); Over My Dead Body (1990–1991); Piers Morgan's Life Stories (2009); Play for Today (1971); Prisoners (1971); Remembering World War II (1989); Richard and Judy Exclusive (1997); Robin Hardy on 'The Wicker Man' (2013); Saturday Night at the Mill (1977–1981); Saturday Sunday Monday (1978); Saturday Variety (1972); Scotland on Screen (2009); Scream Greats, Vol. 2: Satanism and Witchcraft (1986); Screen Tests of the Stars (2002); Sergeant Cork (1964); Sherlock Holmes (1968); Showtime (1960); Sir Francis Drake (1962); Sitting Target (1972); Skyport (1959); Smart Alec (1951); South Australia: Ocean to Outback (2003); South Australian Film Corporation 40th Anniversary Showreel (2012); Stand Up, Virgin Soldiers (1977); Stars on Sunday (1975); Sunday Night Thriller (1981); Sword of Honour (1967); TCM Remembers 2009 (2009); Telly Addicts (1998); The 100 Greatest War Films (2005); The 17th Annual TV Week Logie Awards (1975); The 38th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1986); The 40th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1988); The 41st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1989); The 44th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1987); The 45th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1988); The 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards (2010); The Abduction Club (2002); The Appointment (1982); The Baron (1967); The Bass Player and the Blonde (1978); The Bill (2008); The Birthday Show - 21 Years of Variety from Thames Television (1989); The British Academy Awards (1970); The British Screen Awards (1971); The Bruce Forsyth Show (1969); The Culture Show (2007); The Dave Allen Show (1969); The Defenders (1964); The Eamonn Andrews Show (1969); The Edward Woodward Hour (1971–1972); The English Programme (1997); The Equalizer (1985–1989); The Equalizer: The Mystery of Manon (1988); The Ernie Sigley Show (1975); The Evening Standard Awards (1974); The File of the Golden Goose (1969); The Final Option / aka Who Dares Wins (1982); The Golden Shot (1972); The Good Old Days (1974–1976); The House of Angelo (2000); The Lone Gunmen (2001); The Man in the Brown Suit (1989); The Morecambe & Wise Show (1969–1970); The Norman Gunston Show (1975); The One Show (2008); The Orange British Academy Film Awards (2010); The Paul O'Grady Show (2008); The Revenue Men (1967); The Root of All Evil? (1969); The Royal Variety Performance 1989 (1989); The Saint (1967); The Shamrock Conspiracy (1995); The Spice of Life (1983); The Sweepstakes Game (1976); The Telescope (1957); The Trial of Lady Chatterley (1980); The True Mistery of the Passion (1960); The True Story of the Bridge on the River Kwai (2001); The Wicker Man (1973); The Wicker Man Enigma (2001); The Wicker Tree (2011); The Wolf of Wall Street (2013); The World About Us (1970–1982); The World's Greatest Actor (2006); Theatre 625 (1967); Thirty-Minute Theatre (1966–1967); This Is Your Life (1971–2001); Three for All (1975); Trapped (1967); Tvist (2005); TV's 50 Hardest Men (2008); Uncle Tom's Cabin (1987); Welcome to the Basement (2013–2014); Where the Heart Is (2005); Where There's a Will (1955); Whodunnit? (1972–1973); Winner Takes All (1977); Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years (1981); Wogan (1986–1987); World Theatre (1959); You Can't Win (1961); Young Winston (1972).

On this day in movie history - The Wicker Man (1973):

The Wicker Man

directed by Robin Hardy,

written by Anthony Shaffer,

based on the novel Ritual by David Pinner,

was released in the United Kingdom on December 6, 1973.
Music by Paul Giovanni.

Cast:

Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee, Diane Cilento, Britt Ekland, Ingrid Pitt, Lindsay Kemp, Russell Waters, Aubrey Morris, Irene Sunters, Walter Carr, Ian Campbell, Leslie Blackater, Roy Boyd, Peter Brewis, Barbara Rafferty, Juliet Cadzow, Ross Campbell, Penny Cluer, Michael John Cole, Kevin Collins, Gerry Cowper, Ian Cutler, Donald Eccles, Myra Forsyth, John Hallam, Alison Hughes, Charles Kearney, Fiona Kennedy, John McGregor, Jimmy MacKenzie, Lesley Mackie, Jennifer Martin, Bernard Murray, Helen Norman, Lorraine Peters, Tony Roper, John Sharp, Elizabeth Sinclair, Andrew Tompkins, Ian Wilson, Richard Wren, John Young, S. Newton Anderson, Pauline Chamberlain, Mabel Etherington, Paul Giovanni, Robin Hardy, Tina Hart, Aileen Lewis, George Oliver, Ian Selby, Fred Wood.