Edmund Purdom
Known for Acting · 85 credits
- Born
- 1924-12-20
- Died
- 2009-01-01
- Place of birth
- Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, UK
- Also known as
- Edmund Anthony Cutlar Purdom · Edmond Purdom · Edmund Purdon
Biography
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
TV Shows (6)
Movies (79)
Titanic
1953
as Second Officer Lightoller (uncredited)
Julius Caesar
1953
as Strato
The Diary of Anne Frank
1959
as British Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
The Egyptian
1954
as Sinuhe
The Scarlet and the Black
1983
2019: After the Fall of New York
1983
as President of the Pan American Confederacy
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
1964
as Fane
Absurd
1981
as Father
Deep Thoughts
1980
as The Pianist
Pieces
1982
as The Dean
The Rift
1990
as CEO Steensland
The Prodigal
1955
as Micah
The Man Who Laughs
1966
as Cesare Borgia
Don Bosco
1988
as Urbano Rattazzi
Ator, the Fighting Eagle
1982
as Griba
The King's Thief
1955
as Michael Dermott
Killer vs Killers
1985
as His Excelency
Rulers of the City
1976
as Luigi Cherico
Concorde Affair
1979
as Danker
The New Godfathers
1979
as Secret Service Chief
Blackie the Pirate
1971
as The Viceroy
Who's Afraid of Dracula?
1985
as Count Vlad
The Loves of Salammbo
1960
as Narr Havas
Lafayette
1962
as Silas Deane
Athena
1954
as Adam Calhorn Shaw
The Assisi Underground
1985
as Cardinal Della Costa
The Cossacks
1960
as Shamil, the Sheik
The Night Child
1975
as Doctor
Invaders of the Lost Gold
1982
as Rex Larson
Assault on Fort Texan
1965
as Major 'Sugar' Patterson
The Comedy Man
1964
as Julian Baxter
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
1980
as Vittorio de Sica
Fifteen Year Old Captain
1974
as Admiral Marlowe
Don't Open Till Christmas
1984
as Inspector Harris
Amok
1983
as Jaarsveld
Nefertiti, Queen of the Nile
1961
as Tumos
Karzan, Jungle Lord
1972
as Lord Carter (voice) (uncredited)
Gun Shy Piluk
1968
as Piluk
The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff
1973
as Inspector Crosby
Big Pot
1976
as Professor Vanderberg
The Student Prince
1954
as Prince Karl Franz
Thomas
1970
as Marcus
The Fifth Cord
1971
as Edouard Vermont
The Big Family
1973
as Giovanni Lutture
Sweden: Heaven and Hell
1968
as Narrator (English version)
Knights Of The Quest
2001
as Ugo di Clarendon
The Last Ride to Santa Cruz
1964
as Sheriff Kelly
Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks
1974
as Prefect Ewing
Suleiman the Conqueror
1961
as Ibrahim Pascià
Herod the Great
1959
as Erode
Witchcraft '70
1970
as Narrator (voice) (English version)
The Suspects
1974
as American journalist
A Bear Called Arthur
1992
Texas Jim
1965
as Tom Jameson / Jim James
Wages of Sin
1969
as Narrator
Champagne in paradiso
1983
as Paola's Father
Strange Intruder
1956
as Paul Quentin
The Last of the Vikings
1961
as King Sveno
Moment of Danger
1960
as Peter Carran
From the Archives of the Criminal Police
1973
as Teddy Webbs
Fury of the Pagans
1960
as Toryok
Povero Cristo
1976
as Man in Tuxedo / Satan
White Slave Ship
1961
as Dr. Bradley
The Squirrel
1979
as Robert Sincap
The Beauty Jungle
1964
as Rex Carrick
Great Lady Has an Interview
1954
as Reporter (uncredited)
The Devil's Lover
1972
as Gunther
The Night They Killed Rasputin
1960
as Rasputin
Das große Wunschkonzert
1960
as Harry Mell
The Queer ... The Erotic
1969
as Narrator (voice)
Excuse Me, Do You Like Sex?
1968
as Narrator of English version
Naked England
1969
as Narrator (English version)
Naked and Violent
1970
as Narrator (voice): English version
The Making of a Horror Film
1984
as Self
Ambush in Tangier
1957
as John Milwood
Malù
1976
7 Signs of Christ's Return
1997
as Host
Chrysanthemums for a Bunch of Swine
1968
as Padre
L'altra donna
1980
as Phillip
About 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 Replaceme… With 85 credits spanning from 1948 to 2001, Edmund Purdom has appeared in 79 films and 6 TV shows.
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- Titanic (1953) — as Second Officer Lightoller (uncredited)
- Julius Caesar (1953) — as Strato
- The Diary of Anne Frank (1959) — as British Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
- The Egyptian (1954) — as Sinuhe
- The Scarlet and the Black (1983)
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