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Edmund Purdom
Edmund Purdom

Edmund Purdom

ActingBorn December 20, 1924Died January 1, 2009 (age 84)Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, UK

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.

Filmography

2001
Knights Of The Quest

as Ugo di Clarendon

Movie
1999
The Seventh Scroll

as Pharaoh Mamose

TV
1990
The Rift

as CEO Steensland

Movie
1989TV
1988
Don Bosco

as Urbano Rattazzi

Movie
1985Movie
1985
The Assisi Underground

as Cardinal Della Costa

Movie
1985
Killer vs Killers

as His Excelency

Movie
1984
Don't Open Till Christmas

as Inspector Harris

Movie
1983
Champagne in paradiso

as Paola's Father

Movie
1983
2019: After the Fall of New York

as President of the Pan American Confederacy

Movie
1983
Amok

as Jaarsveld

Movie
1983
The Winds of War

as Luigi Gianelli

TV
1982Movie
1982Movie
1982
Pieces

as The Dean

Movie
1981
Absurd

as Father

Movie
1980
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story

as Vittorio de Sica

Movie
1980
Deep Thoughts

as The Pianist

Movie
1980
L'altra donna

as Phillip

Movie
1979
The Squirrel

as Robert Sincap

Movie
1979
The New Godfathers

as Secret Service Chief

Movie
1979Movie
1976
Rulers of the City

as Luigi Cherico

Movie
1976
The Jackpot

as Professor Vanderberg

Movie
1976
Povero Cristo

as Man in Tuxedo / Satan

Movie
1976Movie
1975Movie
1974
The Suspects

as American journalist

Movie
1974
Fifteen Year Old Captain

as Admiral Marlowe

Movie
1974Movie
1973
The Big Family

as Giovanni Lutture

Movie
1973Movie
1972
Karzan, Jungle Lord

as Lord Carter (voice) (uncredited)

Movie
1972Movie
1971
The Fifth Cord

as Edouard Vermont

Movie
1971
Blackie the Pirate

as The Viceroy

Movie
1970
Thomas

as Marcus

Movie
1970
Naked and Violent

as Narrator (voice): English version

Movie
1969
Wages of Sin

as Narrator

Movie
1969
Witchcraft '70

as Narrator (voice) (English version)

Movie
1969
Naked England

as Narrator (English version)

Movie
1969
The Queer ... The Erotic

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
1968
Excuse Me, Do You Like Sex?

as Narrator of English version

Movie
1968
Sweden: Heaven and Hell

as Narrator (English version)

Movie
1968Movie
1966
The Man Who Laughs

as Cesare Borgia

Movie
1965
Texas Jim

as Tom Jameson / Jim James

Movie
1965
Assault on Fort Texan

as Major 'Sugar' Patterson

Movie
1964Movie
1964
Thursday Theatre

as Merton Denver

TV
1964
The Comedy Man

as Julian Baxter

Movie
1964
The Beauty Jungle

as Rex Carrick

Movie
1964
Theatre 625

as Weislingen

TV
1964Movie
1962
Lafayette

as Silas Deane

Movie
1961
Suleiman the Conqueror

as Ibrahim Pascià

Movie
1961
White Slave Ship

as Dr. Bradley

Movie
1961Movie
1960Movie
1960Movie
1960Movie
1960Movie
1960
The Cossacks

as Shamil, the Sheik

Movie
1960
Moment of Danger

as Peter Carran

Movie
1959
The Diary of Anne Frank

as British Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

Movie
1959Movie
1957
Ambush in Tangier

as John Milwood

Movie
1956
Strange Intruder

as Paul Quentin

Movie
1955
The King's Thief

as Michael Dermott

Movie
1955
The Prodigal

as Micah

Movie
1954
Athena

as Adam Calhorn Shaw

Movie
1954
The Egyptian

as Sinuhe

Movie
1954
The Student Prince

as Prince Karl Franz

Movie
1954
Great Lady Has an Interview

as Reporter (uncredited)

Movie
1953
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse

as Tom Rutherford

TV
1953
Julius Caesar

as Strato

Movie
1953
Titanic

as Second Officer Lightoller (uncredited)

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayDecember 20, 1924
Day of DeathJanuary 1, 2009
Place of BirthWelwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Popularity0.6
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