Edmund Purdom
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 20, 1924
- Died
- January 1, 2009 (aged 84)
- Birthplace
- Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Biography
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.
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Filmography
Knights of the Quest
Movie · as Ugo di Clarendon
The Seventh Scroll
TV · as Pharaoh Mamose · 2 eps
7 Signs of Christ's Return
Movie · as Host
A Bear Called Arthur
Movie
The Rift
Movie · as CEO Steensland
Appointment in Trieste
TV · as Groves · 3 eps
Don Bosco
Movie · as Urbano Rattazzi
Who's Afraid of Dracula?
Movie · as Count Vlad
The Assisi Underground
Movie · as Cardinal Della Costa
Killer vs Killers
Movie · as His Excelency
Don't Open Till Christmas
Movie · as Inspector Harris
The Making of a Horror Film
Movie · as Self
2019: After the Fall of New York
Movie · as President of the Pan American Confederacy
Champagne in paradiso
Movie · as Paola's Father
Amok
Movie · as Jaarsveld
The Scarlet and the Black
Movie
The Winds of War
TV · as Luigi Gianelli · 2 eps
Ator, the Fighting Eagle
Movie · as Griba
Pieces
Movie · as The Dean
Invaders of the Lost Gold
Movie · as Rex Larson
Absurd
Movie · as Father
Deep Thoughts
Movie · as The Pianist
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
Movie · as Vittorio de Sica
L'altra donna
Movie · as Phillip
The New Godfathers
Movie · as Secret Service Chief
Concorde Affair
Movie · as Danker
The Squirrel
Movie · as Robert Sincap
Rulers of the City
Movie · as Luigi Cherico
The Jackpot
Movie · as Professor Vanderberg
Povero Cristo
Movie · as Man in Tuxedo / Satan
Malù
Movie
The Night Child
Movie · as Doctor
Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks
Movie · as Prefect Ewing
The Suspects
Movie · as American journalist
The Big Family
Movie · as Giovanni Lutture
The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff
Movie · as Inspector Crosby
Fifteen Year Old Captain
Movie · as Admiral Marlowe
From the Archives of the Criminal Police
Movie · as Teddy Webbs
Karzan, Jungle Lord
Movie · as Lord Carter (voice) (uncredited)
The Devil's Lover
Movie · as Gunther
The Fifth Cord
Movie · as Edouard Vermont
Blackie the Pirate
Movie · as The Viceroy
Naked and Violent
Movie · as Narrator (voice): English version
Thomas
Movie · as Marcus
Naked England
Movie · as Narrator (English version)
Wages of Sin
Movie · as Narrator
Witchcraft '70
Movie · as Narrator (voice) (English version)
The Queer ... The Erotic
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Chrysanthemums for a Bunch of Swine
Movie · as Padre
Gun Shy Piluk
Movie · as Piluk
Sweden: Heaven and Hell
Movie · as Narrator (English version)
Excuse Me, Do You Like Sex?
Movie · as Narrator of English version
The Man Who Laughs
Movie · as Cesare Borgia
Assault on Fort Texan
Movie · as Major 'Sugar' Patterson
Texas Jim
Movie · as Tom Jameson / Jim James
The Last Ride to Santa Cruz
Movie · as Sheriff Kelly
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
Movie · as Fane
The Beauty Jungle
Movie · as Rex Carrick
The Comedy Man
Movie · as Julian Baxter
Theatre 625
TV · as Weislingen · 1 ep
Thursday Theatre
TV · as Merton Denver · 1 ep
Lafayette
Movie · as Silas Deane
The Last of the Vikings
Movie · as King Sveno
Nefertiti, Queen of the Nile
Movie · as Tumos
Suleiman the Conqueror
Movie · as Ibrahim Pascià
White Slave Ship
Movie · as Dr. Bradley
Moment of Danger
Movie · as Peter Carran
Fury of the Pagans
Movie · as Toryok
The Cossacks
Movie · as Shamil, the Sheik
The Night They Killed Rasputin
Movie · as Rasputin
Das große Wunschkonzert
Movie · as Harry Mell
The Loves of Salammbo
Movie · as Narr Havas
The Diary of Anne Frank
Movie · as British Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Herod the Great
Movie · as Erode
Ambush in Tangier
Movie · as John Milwood
Strange Intruder
Movie · as Paul Quentin
The King's Thief
Movie · as Michael Dermott
The Prodigal
Movie · as Micah
The Egyptian
Movie · as Sinuhe
The Student Prince
Movie · as Prince Karl Franz
Athena
Movie · as Adam Calhorn Shaw
Great Lady Has an Interview
Movie · as Reporter (uncredited)
Julius Caesar
Movie · as Strato
Titanic
Movie · as Second Officer Lightoller (uncredited)
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
TV · as Tom Rutherford · 1 ep
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep