Acting
Edmund Purdom
IT, EN, FR, ES cinema · 79 credits
Born
20 December 1924
Died
1 January 2009 (aged 84)
Birthplace
Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Also known as Edmund Anthony Cutlar Purdom · Edmond Purdom · Edmund Purdon
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
Knights of the Quest
as Ugo di Clarendon
The Rift
as CEO Steensland
Don Bosco
as Urbano Rattazzi
Who's Afraid of Dracula?
as Count Vlad
The Assisi Underground
as Cardinal Della Costa
Killer vs Killers
as His Excelency
Don't Open Till Christmas
as Inspector Harris, Director
2019: After the Fall of New York
as President of the Pan American Confederacy
Champagne in paradiso
as Paola's Father
Amok
as Jaarsveld
Pieces
as The Dean
Invaders of the Lost Gold
as Rex Larson
Absurd
as Father
Deep Thoughts
as The Pianist
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
as Vittorio de Sica
L'altra donna
as Phillip
The New Godfathers
as Secret Service Chief
Concorde Affair
as Danker
The Squirrel
as Robert Sincap
Rulers of the City
as Luigi Cherico
The Jackpot
as Professor Vanderberg
Povero Cristo
as Man in Tuxedo / Satan
The Night Child
as Doctor
Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks
as Prefect Ewing
The Suspects
as American journalist
The Big Family
as Giovanni Lutture
The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff
as Inspector Crosby
Fifteen Year Old Captain
as Admiral Marlowe
From the Archives of the Criminal Police
as Teddy Webbs
Karzan, Jungle Lord
as Lord Carter (voice) (uncredited)
The Devil's Lover
as Gunther
The Fifth Cord
as Edouard Vermont
Blackie the Pirate
as The Viceroy
Naked and Violent
as Narrator (voice): English version
Thomas
as Marcus
Naked England
as Narrator (English version)
Wages of Sin
as Narrator
Witchcraft '70
as Narrator (voice) (English version)
The Queer ... The Erotic
as Narrator (voice)
Gun Shy Piluk
as Piluk
Sweden: Heaven and Hell
as Narrator (English version)
Excuse Me, Do You Like Sex?
as Narrator of English version
The Man Who Laughs
as Cesare Borgia
Assault on Fort Texan
as Major 'Sugar' Patterson
Texas Jim
as Tom Jameson / Jim James
The Last Ride to Santa Cruz
as Sheriff Kelly
The Beauty Jungle
as Rex Carrick
The Comedy Man
as Julian Baxter
Lafayette
as Silas Deane
The Last of the Vikings
as King Sveno
Suleiman the Conqueror
as Ibrahim Pascià
White Slave Ship
as Dr. Bradley
Moment of Danger
as Peter Carran
Fury of the Pagans
as Toryok
The Cossacks
as Shamil, the Sheik
The Night They Killed Rasputin
as Rasputin
Das große Wunschkonzert
as Harry Mell
The Loves of Salammbo
as Narr Havas
The Diary of Anne Frank
as British Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Herod the Great
as Erode
Ambush in Tangier
as John Milwood
Strange Intruder
as Paul Quentin
The King's Thief
as Michael Dermott
The Prodigal
as Micah
The Egyptian
as Sinuhe
The Student Prince
as Prince Karl Franz
Athena
as Adam Calhorn Shaw
Great Lady Has an Interview
as Reporter (uncredited)
Julius Caesar
as Strato
Titanic
as Second Officer Lightoller (uncredited)