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The Equalizer: Created by Richard Lindheim, Michael Sloan. With Edward Woodward, Keith Szarabajka, Robert Lansing, Mark Margolis. A retired Intelligence Agent turned private detective helps various threatened clients to equalize the odds.
Pilot: Directed by Rod Holcomb. With Edward Woodward, Steven Williams, Robert Lansing, Patricia Kalember. Disillusioned by his years as a spy, Robert McCall resigns from his job, determined to help people in need. His first two clients are a telecommunications employee who stumbles onto an extortion ring, and a woman threatened by a stalker.
Woodward was finally granted some attention in the States at age 55, earning his own popular series, the noirish espionage series The Equalizer (1985). Served up best in crime, historical and political intrigue, he has been completely at home playing no-nonsense authoritarians and brooding loner types.
The Equalizer (TV Series) Details. Full Cast and Crew; Release Dates; Official Sites; Company Credits; Filming & Production; Technical Specs
Edward Woodward was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series five years in a row even though the show aired for four years. The final two episodes were burned off in August 1989, which made him eligible to be nominated in 1990 for the 1989-1990 season.
Woodward was finally granted some attention in the States at age 55, earning his own popular series, the noirish espionage series The Equalizer (1985). Served up best in crime, historical and political intrigue, he has been completely at home playing no-nonsense authoritarians and brooding loner types.
Counterfire: Directed by Alan Metzger. With Edward Woodward, Vincent D'Onofrio, Lisa Pelikan, Charles Cioffi. McCall is arrested for the murder of a blind man who had earlier thrown himself on McCall's car pretending to have been run down.
Last Call: Directed by Michael O'Herlihy. With Edward Woodward, Keith Szarabajka, Joe Maruzzo, Michael Cerveris. A psycho and his compliant brother take over Pete's, capturing several patrons as hostages, including Mickey. They are willing to turn themselves in to the police, but a man trying to collect on a contract will kill them if they come ...
A Community of Civilized Men: Directed by Alan Metzger. With Edward Woodward, Tammy Grimes, Jennifer Grey, Lewis J. Stadlen. McCall helps a woman who's being harassed by a guy. He warns him off. Later the woman is killed and McCall goes after the guy but it turns it wasn't him. And it also turns out it wasn't her whom the killer was after.
The Child Broker: Directed by Mark Sobel. With Edward Woodward, Keith Szarabajka, Richard Jordan, Christopher Collet. A robbery gang of semi-homeless kids is run by a ruthless manipulator. One of the kids has a caring single mother who enlists the Equalizer to look into things.