Edmund Purdom

Edmund Purdom

20 Dec 1924 (99 years old) in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, UK

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

Credits

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