Edmund Purdom
Born
December 20, 1924
Died
January 1, 2009 (84 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
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.

Knights of the Quest
Ugo di Clarendon
2001

The Seventh Scroll
Pharaoh Mamose · (2 episodes)
1999

7 Signs of Christ's Return
Host
1997

A Bear Called Arthur
1992

The Rift
CEO Steensland
1990
Appointment in Trieste
Groves · (3 episodes)
1989

Don Bosco
Urbano Rattazzi
1988

Who's Afraid of Dracula?
Count Vlad
1985

The Assisi Underground
Cardinal Della Costa
1985

Killer vs Killers
His Excelency
1985

Don't Open Till Christmas
Inspector Harris
1984
The Making of a Horror Film
Self
1984

Champagne in paradiso
Paola's Father
1983

2019: After the Fall of New York
President of the Pan American Confederacy
1983

Amok
Jaarsveld
1983

The Scarlet and the Black
1983

Ator, the Fighting Eagle
Griba
1982

Invaders of the Lost Gold
Rex Larson
1982

Pieces
The Dean
1982

Absurd
Father
1981
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
Vittorio de Sica
1980

Deep Thoughts
The Pianist
1980

L'altra donna
Phillip
1980

Lo scoiattolo
Robert Sincap
1979

The New Godfathers
Secret Service Chief
1979

Concorde Affair
Danker
1979

Rulers of the City
Luigi Cherico
1976

Big Pot
Professor Vanderberg
1976

Povero Cristo
Man in Tuxedo / Satan
1976

The Night Child
Doctor
1975

The Suspects
American journalist
1974

Fifteen Year Old Captain
Admiral Marlowe
1974

Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks
Prefect Ewing
1974

From the Archives of the Criminal Police
Teddy Webbs
1973

The Big Family
Giovanni Lutture
1973

The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff
Inspector Crosby
1973

Karzan, Jungle Lord
Lord Carter (voice) (uncredited)
1972

The Devil's Lover
Gunther
1972

The Fifth Cord
Edouard Vermont
1971

Blackie the Pirate
The Viceroy
1971

Thomas
Marcus
1970

Naked and Violent
Narrator (voice): English version
1970

Witchcraft '70
Narrator (voice) (English version)
1970

Wages of Sin
Narrator
1969

Naked England
Narrator (English version)
1969

The Queer ... The Erotic
Narrator (voice)
1969

Excuse Me, Do You Like Sex?
Narrator of English version
1968

Sweden: Heaven and Hell
Narrator (English version)
1968

Gun Shy Piluk
Piluk
1968
Chrysanthemums for a Bunch of Swine
Padre
1968

The Man Who Laughs
Cesare Borgia
1966

Texas Jim
Tom Jameson / Jim James
1965

Assault on Fort Texan
Major 'Sugar' Patterson
1965

The Yellow Rolls-Royce
Fane
1964

The Comedy Man
Julian Baxter
1964

The Beauty Jungle
Rex Carrick
1964

The Last Ride to Santa Cruz
Sheriff Kelly
1964

Lafayette
Silas Deane
1962

Suleiman the Conqueror
Ibrahim Pascià
1961

White Slave Ship
Dr. Bradley
1961

Nefertiti, Queen of the Nile
Tumos
1961

The Last of the Vikings
King Sveno
1961

Das große Wunschkonzert
Harry Mell
1960

Fury of the Pagans
Toryok
1960

The Night They Killed Rasputin
Rasputin
1960

The Loves of Salammbo
Narr Havas
1960

The Cossacks
Shamil, the Sheik
1960

Moment of Danger
Peter Carran
1960

The Diary of Anne Frank
British Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
1959

Herod the Great
Erode
1959

Ambush in Tangier
John Milwood
1957

Strange Intruder
Paul Quentin
1956

The King's Thief
Michael Dermott
1955

The Prodigal
Micah
1955

Athena
Adam Calhorn Shaw
1954

The Egyptian
Sinuhe
1954

The Student Prince
Prince Karl Franz
1954

Great Lady Has an Interview
Reporter (uncredited)
1954

Julius Caesar
Strato
1953

Titanic
Second Officer Lightoller (uncredited)
1953

The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · (1 episode)
1948