The chap who carried Edward Woodward up into The Wicker Man was the wrestler, the late "Wild" Ian Campbell who I often saw fight when I worked at St James's Hall, Newcastle when I was about 16. I remember on one such occasion he gave me a right bollocking for smoking and telling me of all the damage that I would do myself; and there he is in WM puffing away on his pipe!!
I finally have my own copy on DVD as my youngest bought me it for my 60th in April. However it is not the director's cut.