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