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