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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
December 20, 1924
Place of Birth:
Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, UK
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Edmund Purdom
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.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Knights of the Quest | Ugo di Clarendon |
| 1997 | 7 Signs of Christ's Return | Host |
| 1992 | A Bear Called Arthur | |
| 1990 | The Rift | CEO Steensland |
| 1988 | Don Bosco | Urbano Rattazzi |
| 1985 | Who's Afraid of Dracula? | Count Vlad |
| 1985 | The Assisi Underground | Cardinal Della Costa |
| 1985 | Killer vs Killers | His Excelency |
| 1984 | Don't Open Till Christmas | Inspector Harris |
| 1984 | The Making of a Horror Film | Self |
| 1983 | 2019: After the Fall of New York | President of the Pan American Confederacy |
| 1983 | Champagne in paradiso | Paola's Father |
| 1983 | Amok | Jaarsveld |
| 1983 | The Scarlet and the Black | |
| 1982 | Ator, the Fighting Eagle | Griba |
| 1982 | Pieces | The Dean |
| 1982 | Invaders of the Lost Gold | Rex Larson |
| 1981 | Absurd | Father |
| 1980 | Deep Thoughts | The Pianist |
| 1980 | Sophia Loren: Her Own Story | Vittorio de Sica |
| 1980 | L'altra donna | Phillip |
| 1979 | The New Godfathers | Secret Service Chief |
| 1979 | Concorde Affair | Danker |
| 1979 | Lo scoiattolo | Robert Sincap |
| 1976 | Rulers of the City | Luigi Cherico |
| 1976 | Big Pot | Professor Vanderberg |
| 1976 | Povero Cristo | Man in Tuxedo / Satan |
| 1975 | The Night Child | Doctor |
| 1974 | Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks | Prefect Ewing |
| 1974 | Fifteen Year Old Captain | Admiral Marlowe |
| 1974 | The Suspects | American journalist |
| 1973 | The Big Family | Giovanni Lutture |
| 1973 | The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff | Inspector Crosby |
| 1973 | From the Archives of the Criminal Police | Teddy Webbs |
| 1972 | Karzan, Jungle Lord | Lord Carter (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1972 | The Devil's Lover | Gunther |
| 1971 | The Fifth Cord | Edouard Vermont |
| 1971 | Blackie the Pirate | The Viceroy |
| 1970 | Naked and Violent | Narrator (voice): English version |
| 1970 | Thomas | Marcus |
| 1970 | Witchcraft '70 | Narrator (voice) (English version) |
| 1969 | Naked England | Narrator (English version) |
| 1969 | Wages of Sin | Narrator |
| 1969 | The Queer ... The Erotic | Narrator (voice) |
| 1968 | Chrysanthemums for a Bunch of Swine | Padre |
| 1968 | Gun Shy Piluk | Piluk |
| 1968 | Sweden: Heaven and Hell | Narrator (English version) |
| 1968 | Excuse Me, Do You Like Sex? | Narrator of English version |
| 1966 | The Man Who Laughs | Cesare Borgia |
| 1965 | Assault on Fort Texan | Major 'Sugar' Patterson |
| 1965 | Texas Jim | Tom Jameson / Jim James |
| 1964 | The Last Ride to Santa Cruz | Sheriff Kelly |
| 1964 | The Yellow Rolls-Royce | Fane |
| 1964 | The Beauty Jungle | Rex Carrick |
| 1964 | The Comedy Man | Julian Baxter |
| 1962 | Lafayette | Silas Deane |
| 1961 | The Last of the Vikings | King Sveno |
| 1961 | Nefertiti, Queen of the Nile | Tumos |
| 1961 | Suleiman the Conqueror | Ibrahim Pascià |
| 1961 | White Slave Ship | Dr. Bradley |
| 1960 | Moment of Danger | Peter Carran |
| 1960 | Fury of the Pagans | Toryok |
| 1960 | The Cossacks | Shamil, the Sheik |
| 1960 | The Night They Killed Rasputin | Rasputin |
| 1960 | Das große Wunschkonzert | Harry Mell |
| 1960 | The Loves of Salammbo | Narr Havas |
| 1959 | The Diary of Anne Frank | British Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1959 | Herod the Great | Erode |
| 1957 | Ambush in Tangier | John Milwood |
| 1956 | Strange Intruder | Paul Quentin |
| 1955 | The King's Thief | Michael Dermott |
| 1955 | The Prodigal | Micah |
| 1954 | The Egyptian | Sinuhe |
| 1954 | The Student Prince | Prince Karl Franz |
| 1954 | Athena | Adam Calhorn Shaw |
| 1954 | Great Lady Has an Interview | Reporter (uncredited) |
| 1953 | Julius Caesar | Strato |
| 1953 | Titanic | Second Officer Lightoller (uncredited) |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | The Seventh Scroll | Pharaoh Mamose |
| 1989 | Appointment in Trieste | Groves |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self |