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Edmund Purdom
Actor

Edmund Purdom

20 Dec 1924Born
1 Jan 2009Died
84Age at death
84Credits

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".

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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

The 80 most recent of 84 credits.

  1. 2001Knights of the QuestFilm: Ugo di Clarendon
  2. 1999The Seventh ScrollSeries: Pharaoh Mamose (2 episodes)
  3. 19977 Signs of Christ's ReturnFilm: Host
  4. 1992A Bear Called ArthurFilm
  5. 1990The RiftFilm: CEO Steensland
  6. 1989Appointment in TriesteSeries: Groves (3 episodes)
  7. 1988Don BoscoFilm: Urbano Rattazzi
  8. 1985Who's Afraid of Dracula?Film: Count Vlad
  9. 1985The Assisi UndergroundFilm: Cardinal Della Costa
  10. 1985Killer vs KillersFilm: His Excelency
  11. 1984Don't Open Till ChristmasFilm: Inspector Harris, Director
  12. 1983Champagne in paradisoFilm: Paola's Father
  13. 19832019: After the Fall of New YorkFilm: President of the Pan American Confederacy
  14. 1983AmokFilm: Jaarsveld
  15. 1983The Winds of WarSeries: Luigi Gianelli (2 episodes)
  16. 1983The Scarlet and the BlackFilm
  17. 1982Ator, the Fighting EagleFilm: Griba
  18. 1982Invaders of the Lost GoldFilm: Rex Larson
  19. 1982PiecesFilm: The Dean
  20. 1981AbsurdFilm: Father
  21. 1980Sophia Loren: Her Own StoryFilm: Vittorio de Sica
  22. 1980Deep ThoughtsFilm: The Pianist
  23. 1980L'altra donnaFilm: Phillip
  24. 1979The SquirrelFilm: Robert Sincap
  25. 1979The New GodfathersFilm: Secret Service Chief
  26. 1979Concorde AffairFilm: Danker
  27. 1976Rulers of the CityFilm: Luigi Cherico
  28. 1976The JackpotFilm: Professor Vanderberg
  29. 1976Povero CristoFilm: Man in Tuxedo / Satan
  30. 1976MalùFilm
  31. 1975The Night ChildFilm: Doctor
  32. 1974The SuspectsFilm: American journalist
  33. 1974Frankenstein's Castle of FreaksFilm: Prefect Ewing
  34. 1973From the Archives of the Criminal PoliceFilm: Teddy Webbs
  35. 1973Fifteen Year Old CaptainFilm: Admiral Marlowe
  36. 1973The Big FamilyFilm: Giovanni Lutture
  37. 1973The Sinister Eyes of Dr. OrloffFilm: Inspector Crosby
  38. 1972Karzan, Jungle LordFilm: Lord Carter (voice) (uncredited)
  39. 1972The Devil's LoverFilm: Gunther
  40. 1971The Fifth CordFilm: Edouard Vermont
  41. 1971Blackie the PirateFilm: The Viceroy
  42. 1970ThomasFilm: Marcus
  43. 1970Naked and ViolentFilm: Narrator (voice): English version
  44. 1969Wages of SinFilm: Narrator
  45. 1969Witchcraft '70Film: Narrator (voice) (English version)
  46. 1969Naked EnglandFilm: Narrator (English version)
  47. 1969The Queer ... The EroticFilm: Narrator (voice)
  48. 1968Excuse Me, Do You Like Sex?Film: Narrator of English version
  49. 1968Sweden: Heaven and HellFilm: Narrator (English version)
  50. 1968Gun Shy PilukFilm: Piluk
  51. 1968Chrysanthemums for a Bunch of SwineFilm: Padre
  52. 1966The Man Who LaughsFilm: Cesare Borgia
  53. 1965Texas JimFilm: Tom Jameson / Jim James
  54. 1965Assault on Fort TexanFilm: Major 'Sugar' Patterson
  55. 1964The Yellow Rolls-RoyceFilm: Fane
  56. 1964Thursday TheatreSeries: Merton Denver (1 episode)
  57. 1964The Comedy ManFilm: Julian Baxter
  58. 1964The Beauty JungleFilm: Rex Carrick
  59. 1964Theatre 625Series: Weislingen (1 episode)
  60. 1964The Last Ride to Santa CruzFilm: Sheriff Kelly
  61. 1962LafayetteFilm: Silas Deane
  62. 1961Suleiman the ConquerorFilm: Ibrahim Pascià
  63. 1961White Slave ShipFilm: Dr. Bradley
  64. 1961Nefertiti, Queen of the NileFilm: Tumos
  65. 1961The Last of the VikingsFilm: King Sveno
  66. 1960Das große WunschkonzertFilm: Harry Mell
  67. 1960Fury of the PagansFilm: Toryok
  68. 1960The Night They Killed RasputinFilm: Rasputin
  69. 1960The Loves of SalammboFilm: Narr Havas
  70. 1960The CossacksFilm: Shamil, the Sheik
  71. 1960Moment of DangerFilm: Peter Carran
  72. 1959The Diary of Anne FrankFilm: British Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
  73. 1959Herod the GreatFilm: Erode
  74. 1957Ambush in TangierFilm: John Milwood
  75. 1956Strange IntruderFilm: Paul Quentin
  76. 1955The King's ThiefFilm: Michael Dermott
  77. 1955The ProdigalFilm: Micah
  78. 1954AthenaFilm: Adam Calhorn Shaw
  79. 1954The EgyptianFilm: Sinuhe
  80. 1954The Student PrinceFilm: Prince Karl Franz

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