- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- December 20, 1924
- Place of Birth
- Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, UK
- Died
- January 1, 2009
Edmund Purdom
Edmund Anthony Cutlar Purdom (19 December 1924 – 1 January 2009) was an English actor, voice artist, and director. He worked first on stage in Britain, performing various works by Shakespeare, then later in America on Broadway, until making his way to Hollywood, and eventually spent the remainder of his life appearing in Italian cinema. He is perhaps best known for his starring role in 1954's historical epic The Egyptian. By taking over important roles exited by Mario Lanza and Marlon Brando, Purdom was known by the mid-1950s as "The Replacement Star". Between the 1970s and 90s, he was a regular in European genre cinema, working with directors like Juan Piquer Simón, Joe D'Amato, Sergio Martino, Ruggero Deodato.
Filmography
movieKnights Of The Quest
2001 · Ugo di Clarendon
tvThe Seventh Scroll
1999 · Pharaoh Mamose
movie7 Signs of Christ's Return
1997 · Host
movieA Bear Called Arthur
1992
movieThe Rift
1990 · CEO Steensland
Appointment in Trieste
tvAppointment in Trieste
1989 · Groves
movieDon Bosco
1988 · Urbano Rattazzi
movieWho's Afraid of Dracula?
1985 · Count Vlad
movieThe Assisi Underground
1985 · Cardinal Della Costa
movieKiller vs Killers
1985 · His Excelency
movieDon't Open Till Christmas
1984 · Inspector Harris, Director
The Making of a Horror Film
movieThe Making of a Horror Film
1984 · Self
movieChampagne in paradiso
1983 · Paola's Father
movie2019: After the Fall of New York
1983 · President of the Pan American Confederacy
movieAmok
1983 · Jaarsveld
tvThe Winds of War
1983 · Luigi Gianelli
movieThe Scarlet and the Black
1983
movieAtor, the Fighting Eagle
1982 · Griba
movieInvaders of the Lost Gold
1982 · Rex Larson
moviePieces
1982 · The Dean
movieAbsurd
1981 · Father
movieSophia Loren: Her Own Story
1980 · Vittorio de Sica
movieDeep Thoughts
1980 · The Pianist
movieL'altra donna
1980 · Phillip
movieThe Squirrel
1979 · Robert Sincap
movieThe New Godfathers
1979 · Secret Service Chief
movieConcorde Affair
1979 · Danker
movieRulers of the City
1976 · Luigi Cherico
movieThe Jackpot
1976 · Professor Vanderberg
moviePovero Cristo
1976 · Man in Tuxedo / Satan
movieMalù
1976
movieThe Night Child
1975 · Doctor
movieThe Suspects
1974 · American journalist
movieFifteen Year Old Captain
1974 · Admiral Marlowe
movieFrankenstein's Castle of Freaks
1974 · Prefect Ewing
movieFrom the Archives of the Criminal Police
1973 · Teddy Webbs
movieThe Big Family
1973 · Giovanni Lutture
movieThe Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff
1973 · Inspector Crosby
movieKarzan, Jungle Lord
1972 · Lord Carter (voice) (uncredited)
movieThe Devil's Lover
1972 · Gunther
movieThe Fifth Cord
1971 · Edouard Vermont
movieBlackie the Pirate
1971 · The Viceroy
movieThomas
1970 · Marcus
movieNaked and Violent
1970 · Narrator (voice): English version
movieWages of Sin
1969 · Narrator
movieWitchcraft '70
1969 · Narrator (voice) (English version)
movieNaked England
1969 · Narrator (English version)
movieThe Queer ... The Erotic
1969 · Narrator (voice)
movieExcuse Me, Do You Like Sex?
1968 · Narrator of English version
movieSweden: Heaven and Hell
1968 · Narrator (English version)
movieGun Shy Piluk
1968 · Piluk
movieChrysanthemums for a Bunch of Swine
1968 · Padre
movieThe Man Who Laughs
1966 · Cesare Borgia
movieTexas Jim
1965 · Tom Jameson / Jim James
movieAssault on Fort Texan
1965 · Major 'Sugar' Patterson
movieThe Yellow Rolls-Royce
1964 · Fane
Thursday Theatre
tvThursday Theatre
1964 · Merton Denver
movieThe Comedy Man
1964 · Julian Baxter
movieThe Beauty Jungle
1964 · Rex Carrick
tvTheatre 625
1964 · Weislingen
movieThe Last Ride to Santa Cruz
1964 · Sheriff Kelly
movieLafayette
1962 · Silas Deane
movieSuleiman the Conqueror
1961 · Ibrahim Pascià
movieWhite Slave Ship
1961 · Dr. Bradley
movieNefertiti, Queen of the Nile
1961 · Tumos
movieThe Last of the Vikings
1961 · King Sveno
movieDas große Wunschkonzert
1960 · Harry Mell
movieFury of the Pagans
1960 · Toryok
movieThe Night They Killed Rasputin
1960 · Rasputin
movieThe Loves of Salammbo
1960 · Narr Havas
movieThe Cossacks
1960 · Shamil, the Sheik
movieMoment of Danger
1960 · Peter Carran
movieThe Diary of Anne Frank
1959 · British Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
movieHerod the Great
1959 · Erode
movieAmbush in Tangier
1957 · John Milwood
movieStrange Intruder
1956 · Paul Quentin
movieThe King's Thief
1955 · Michael Dermott
movieThe Prodigal
1955 · Micah
movieAthena
1954 · Adam Calhorn Shaw
movieThe Egyptian
1954 · Sinuhe
movieThe Student Prince
1954 · Prince Karl Franz
movieGreat Lady Has an Interview
1954 · Reporter (uncredited)
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
tvThe Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
1953 · Tom Rutherford
movieJulius Caesar
1953 · Strato
movieTitanic
1953 · Second Officer Lightoller (uncredited)
tvThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self