old savior

[punchy732]

There was a show in the late 80's or early 90's about an older guy that helped out people in trouble. It seems like he had an English accent. He wore a trench coat I think and was kind of mysterious about how he found out about the people he was helping.

[TEAK36]

I cant remember the name of the show, but it starred Edward Woodward.If I remember correctly, he wore a beige coloured trench coat.

[TEAK36]

Just rwemembered the name, the show was called The Equalizer.

[dorothywilso]

The characters name was Callan

[smorodina]

Actually, Edward used an American accent in the Equaliser. The character's name was McCall:

http://www.thrillingdetective.com/eyes/equalizer.html

[sweggie.]

Edward Woodward played Robert McCall in an American series called The Equalizer in the mid to late eighties. He was a former spy turned private detective who used to get work generally by adverising himself with a card 'Got a problem? Call the Equalizer!' . I used to love this series and I do remember he was a bit mysterious and indeed wore a long coat and, i think, a trilby.

[joko]

Loved the way he, when faced with 10 hoods with guns etc, he would just sort of say  'STOP IT!' in a stern voice - and they would!