Edmund Purdom
Known for Acting · 86 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 (7)
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
Theatre 625
1964
as Weislingen
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
1953
as Tom Rutherford
The Winds of War
1983
as Luigi Gianelli
Thursday Theatre
1964
as Merton Denver
The Seventh Scroll
1999
as Pharaoh Mamose
Appointment in Trieste
1989
as Groves
Movies (79)
Julius Caesar
1953
as Strato
Titanic
1953
as Second Officer Lightoller (uncredited)
The Diary of Anne Frank
1959
as British Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Absurd
1981
as Father
The Egyptian
1954
as Sinuhe
The Rift
1990
as CEO Steensland
Lafayette
1962
as Silas Deane
The Scarlet and the Black
1983
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
1964
as Fane
The Prodigal
1955
as Micah
Pieces
1982
as The Dean
Blackie the Pirate
1971
as The Viceroy
Ator, the Fighting Eagle
1982
as Griba
Povero Cristo
1976
as Man in Tuxedo / Satan
The Suspects
1974
as American journalist
Athena
1954
as Adam Calhorn Shaw
The Last of the Vikings
1961
as King Sveno
Nefertiti, Queen of the Nile
1961
as Tumos
The Devil's Lover
1972
as Gunther
Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks
1974
as Prefect Ewing
Deep Thoughts
1980
as The Pianist
Rulers of the City
1976
as Luigi Cherico
Don Bosco
1988
as Urbano Rattazzi
Invaders of the Lost Gold
1982
as Rex Larson
Knights Of The Quest
2001
as Ugo di Clarendon
Big Pot
1976
as Professor Vanderberg
Who's Afraid of Dracula?
1985
as Count Vlad
The Fifth Cord
1971
as Edouard Vermont
The Comedy Man
1964
as Julian Baxter
The King's Thief
1955
as Michael Dermott
The Loves of Salammbo
1960
as Narr Havas
Fifteen Year Old Captain
1974
as Admiral Marlowe
Moment of Danger
1960
as Peter Carran
Concorde Affair
1979
as Danker
Killer vs Killers
1985
as His Excelency
2019: After the Fall of New York
1983
as President of the Pan American Confederacy
The Man Who Laughs
1966
as Cesare Borgia
The Student Prince
1954
as Prince Karl Franz
Ambush in Tangier
1957
as John Milwood
The Assisi Underground
1985
as Cardinal Della Costa
From the Archives of the Criminal Police
1973
as Teddy Webbs
The New Godfathers
1979
as Secret Service Chief
The Last Ride to Santa Cruz
1964
as Sheriff Kelly
Suleiman the Conqueror
1961
as Ibrahim Pascià
The Cossacks
1960
as Shamil, the Sheik
Thomas
1970
as Marcus
Champagne in paradiso
1983
as Paola's Father
The Beauty Jungle
1964
as Rex Carrick
Fury of the Pagans
1960
as Toryok
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
1980
as Vittorio de Sica
Witchcraft '70
1969
as Narrator (voice) (English version)
Amok
1983
as Jaarsveld
The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff
1973
as Inspector Crosby
The Big Family
1973
as Giovanni Lutture
Don't Open Till Christmas
1984
as Inspector Harris
Herod the Great
1959
as Erode
Texas Jim
1965
as Tom Jameson / Jim James
Wages of Sin
1969
as Narrator
Excuse Me, Do You Like Sex?
1968
as Narrator of English version
The Night Child
1975
as Doctor
Assault on Fort Texan
1965
as Major 'Sugar' Patterson
Karzan, Jungle Lord
1972
as Lord Carter (voice) (uncredited)
Chrysanthemums for a Bunch of Swine
1968
as Padre
The Night They Killed Rasputin
1960
as Rasputin
A Bear Called Arthur
1992
Naked England
1969
as Narrator (English version)
Das große Wunschkonzert
1960
as Harry Mell
Sweden: Heaven and Hell
1968
as Narrator (English version)
The Queer ... The Erotic
1969
as Narrator (voice)
White Slave Ship
1961
as Dr. Bradley
The Squirrel
1979
as Robert Sincap
Strange Intruder
1956
as Paul Quentin
Naked and Violent
1970
as Narrator (voice): English version
Malù
1976
Great Lady Has an Interview
1954
as Reporter (uncredited)
Gun Shy Piluk
1968
as Piluk
7 Signs of Christ's Return
1997
as Host
The Making of a Horror Film
1984
as Self
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 86 credits spanning from 1948 to 2001, Edmund Purdom has appeared in 79 films and 7 TV shows.
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- Julius Caesar (1953) — as Strato
- Titanic (1953) — as Second Officer Lightoller (uncredited)
- The Diary of Anne Frank (1959) — as British Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
- Absurd (1981) — as Father
- The Egyptian (1954) — as Sinuhe
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