The Saint-related stories
Posted Nov 16th 2009 1:07PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Celebrities, Obituaries, Reality-Free
Edward Woodward, probably best known to U.S. audiences as crime-fighting ex-agent Robert McCall on the cool 80s series
The Equalizer, has died at the age of 79.
Of course, before taking that role, Woodward had a long, distinguished film career, starring in such classic films as
Breaker Morant and
The Wicker Man. Long before
The Equalizer he did a British series where he played a spy in the series
Callan, which ran from 1967 to 1972.. He appeared in several other TV shows over the years, including
The Defenders,
The Saint,
La Femme Nikita,
CI5,
Over My Dead Body,
Nice Work,
1990,
The Edward Woodward Hour, and many others.
This year he guest starred in several episodes of the classic British show
EastEnders. He was also an accomplished stage actor and singer.
Continue reading The Equalizer's Edward Woodward dead at 79
Posted Mar 10th 2008 1:01PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: TV on the Bigscreen, Celebrities, Casting

Hello!
The Saint is rising again. The venerable character, who was created by writer Leslie Chareris in novels in the 1920's, will be back on television in a contemporary setting, and actor James Purefoy (
Rome) has been in talks to play Simon Templar, the suave, British "good guy" thief. Aside from Purefoy, the
Hollywood Reporter writes that
the production team includes first class talent:
Homicide's Barry Levinson and Tom Fontana (
Oz), writer Jorge Zamacona, Bill Macdonald, and the original TV
Saint himself, Roger Moore, and his son Geoffrey Moore.
Continue reading The Saint is coming back to TV
Posted Dec 30th 2006 5:37PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming
At 8, NBC runs an episode of Top Chef.
- ABC has an Ugly Betty marathon starting at 8.
- HGTV has a new reDesign at 8.
- Also at 8: TCM has the 1940 movie Foregin Correspondent, followed by 1939's The Saint in London.
- At 9, FOX has a new America's Most Wanted.
- There's a new Suze Orman Show on CNBC at 9.
- MSNBC has Super Size Me at 9.
- At 10, TLC has a new Trading Spaces.