Edmund Purdom
Acting
1924-12-20 · 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.
Filmography
Knights of the Quest
2001 · Movie
The Seventh Scroll
1999 · Series
7 Signs of Christ's Return
1997 · Movie
A Bear Called Arthur
1992 · Movie
The Rift
1990 · Movie
Appointment in Trieste
1989 · Series
Don Bosco
1988 · Movie
Who's Afraid of Dracula?
1985 · Movie
The Assisi Underground
1985 · Movie
Killer vs Killers
1985 · Movie
Don't Open Till Christmas
1984 · Movie
The Making of a Horror Film
1984 · Movie
Champagne in paradiso
1983 · Movie
2019: After the Fall of New York
1983 · Movie
Amok
1983 · Movie
The Winds of War
1983 · Series
The Scarlet and the Black
1983 · Movie
Ator, the Fighting Eagle
1982 · Movie
Invaders of the Lost Gold
1982 · Movie
Pieces
1982 · Movie
Absurd
1981 · Movie
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
1980 · Movie
Deep Thoughts
1980 · Movie
L'altra donna
1980 · Movie
The Squirrel
1979 · Movie
The New Godfathers
1979 · Movie
Concorde Affair
1979 · Movie
Rulers of the City
1976 · Movie
The Jackpot
1976 · Movie
Povero Cristo
1976 · Movie
Malù
1976 · Movie
The Night Child
1975 · Movie
The Suspects
1974 · Movie
Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks
1974 · Movie
From the Archives of the Criminal Police
1973 · Movie
Fifteen Year Old Captain
1973 · Movie
The Big Family
1973 · Movie
The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff
1973 · Movie
Karzan, Jungle Lord
1972 · Movie
The Devil's Lover
1972 · Movie
The Fifth Cord
1971 · Movie
Blackie the Pirate
1971 · Movie
Thomas
1970 · Movie
Naked and Violent
1970 · Movie
Wages of Sin
1969 · Movie
Witchcraft '70
1969 · Movie
Naked England
1969 · Movie
The Queer ... The Erotic
1969 · Movie
Excuse Me, Do You Like Sex?
1968 · Movie
Sweden: Heaven and Hell
1968 · Movie
Gun Shy Piluk
1968 · Movie
Chrysanthemums for a Bunch of Swine
1968 · Movie
The Man Who Laughs
1966 · Movie
Texas Jim
1965 · Movie
Assault on Fort Texan
1965 · Movie
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
1964 · Movie
Thursday Theatre
1964 · Series
The Comedy Man
1964 · Movie
The Beauty Jungle
1964 · Movie
Theatre 625
1964 · Series
The Last Ride to Santa Cruz
1964 · Movie
Lafayette
1962 · Movie
Suleiman the Conqueror
1961 · Movie
White Slave Ship
1961 · Movie
Nefertiti, Queen of the Nile
1961 · Movie
The Last of the Vikings
1961 · Movie
Das große Wunschkonzert
1960 · Movie
Fury of the Pagans
1960 · Movie
The Night They Killed Rasputin
1960 · Movie
The Loves of Salammbo
1960 · Movie
The Cossacks
1960 · Movie
Moment of Danger
1960 · Movie
The Diary of Anne Frank
1959 · Movie
Herod the Great
1959 · Movie
Ambush in Tangier
1957 · Movie
Strange Intruder
1956 · Movie
The King's Thief
1955 · Movie
The Prodigal
1955 · Movie
Athena
1954 · Movie
The Egyptian
1954 · Movie
The Student Prince
1954 · Movie
Great Lady Has an Interview
1954 · Movie
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
1953 · Series
Julius Caesar
1953 · Movie
Titanic
1953 · Movie
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Series