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.
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Films (79)
Knights of the Quest
2001 · Ugo di Clarendon
7 Signs of Christ's Return
1997 · Host
A Bear Called Arthur
1992
La Grieta
1990 · CEO Steensland
Don Bosco
1988 · Urbano Rattazzi
Who's Afraid of Dracula?
1985 · Count Vlad
The Assisi Underground
1985 · Cardinal Della Costa
Killer vs Killers
1985 · His Excelency
Don't Open Till Christmas
1984 · Inspector Harris, Director
The Making of a Horror Film
1984 · Self
Champagne in paradiso
1983 · Paola's Father
2019: After the Fall of New York
1983 · President of the Pan American Confederacy
Amok
1983 · Jaarsveld
The Scarlet and the Black
1983
Ator, the Fighting Eagle
1982 · Griba
Invaders of the Lost Gold
1982 · Rex Larson
Pieces
1982 · The Dean
Absurd
1981 · Father
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
1980 · Vittorio de Sica
Deep Thoughts
1980 · The Pianist
L'altra donna
1980 · Phillip
The Squirrel
1979 · Robert Sincap
The New Godfathers
1979 · Secret Service Chief
Concorde Affair
1979 · Danker
Rulers of the City
1976 · Luigi Cherico
The Jackpot
1976 · Professor Vanderberg
Povero Cristo
1976 · Man in Tuxedo / Satan
Malù
1976
The Night Child
1975 · Doctor
The Suspects
1974 · American journalist
Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks
1974 · Prefect Ewing
From the Archives of the Criminal Police
1973 · Teddy Webbs
Fifteen Year Old Captain
1973 · Admiral Marlowe
The Big Family
1973 · Giovanni Lutture
The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff
1973 · Inspector Crosby
Karzan, Jungle Lord
1972 · Lord Carter (voice) (uncredited)
The Devil's Lover
1972 · Gunther
The Fifth Cord
1971 · Edouard Vermont
Blackie the Pirate
1971 · The Viceroy
Thomas
1970 · Marcus
Naked and Violent
1970 · Narrator (voice): English version
Wages of Sin
1969 · Narrator
Witchcraft '70
1969 · Narrator (voice) (English version)
Naked England
1969 · Narrator (English version)
The Queer ... The Erotic
1969 · Narrator (voice)
Excuse Me, Do You Like Sex?
1968 · Narrator of English version
Sweden: Heaven and Hell
1968 · Narrator (English version)
Gun Shy Piluk
1968 · Piluk
Chrysanthemums for a Bunch of Swine
1968 · Padre
The Man Who Laughs
1966 · Cesare Borgia
Texas Jim
1965 · Tom Jameson / Jim James
Assault on Fort Texan
1965 · Major 'Sugar' Patterson
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
1964 · Fane
The Comedy Man
1964 · Julian Baxter
The Beauty Jungle
1964 · Rex Carrick
The Last Ride to Santa Cruz
1964 · Sheriff Kelly
Lafayette
1962 · Silas Deane
Suleiman the Conqueror
1961 · Ibrahim Pascià
White Slave Ship
1961 · Dr. Bradley
Nefertiti, Queen of the Nile
1961 · Tumos
The Last of the Vikings
1961 · King Sveno
Das große Wunschkonzert
1960 · Harry Mell
Fury of the Pagans
1960 · Toryok
The Night They Killed Rasputin
1960 · Rasputin
The Loves of Salammbo
1960 · Narr Havas
The Cossacks
1960 · Shamil, the Sheik
Moment of Danger
1960 · Peter Carran
The Diary of Anne Frank
1959 · British Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Herod the Great
1959 · Erode
Ambush in Tangier
1957 · John Milwood
Strange Intruder
1956 · Paul Quentin
The King's Thief
1955 · Michael Dermott
The Prodigal
1955 · Micah
Athena
1954 · Adam Calhorn Shaw
The Egyptian
1954 · Sinuhe
The Student Prince
1954 · Prince Karl Franz
Great Lady Has an Interview
1954 · Reporter (uncredited)
Julius Caesar
1953 · Strato
Titanic
1953 · Second Officer Lightoller (uncredited)
Séries (7)
Le Septième Papyrus
1999 · Pharaoh Mamose
Appointment in Trieste
1989 · Groves
The Winds of War
1983 · Luigi Gianelli
Thursday Theatre
1964 · Merton Denver
Theatre 625
1964 · Weislingen
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
1953 · Tom Rutherford
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self