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
all 81
Movies 77
Narrator 5
TV Shows 4
self 3
Voice 3
Ugo di Clarendon
Knights of the Quest (2001)
Movie
Pharaoh Mamose
The Seventh Scroll (1999)
TV
Self - Host
7 Signs of Christ's Return (1997)
Movie
A Bear Called Arthur (1992)
Movie
CEO Steensland
The Rift (1990)
Movie
Groves
Appointment in Trieste (1989)
TV
Urbano Rattazzi
Don Bosco (1988)
Movie
Count Dracula
Who Is Afraid Of Dracula? (1985)
Movie
1
Cardinal Della Costa
The Assisi Underground (1985)
Movie
His Excelency
Killer vs Killers (1985)
Movie
Chief Inspector Harris
Don't Open Till Christmas (1984)
Movie
Self - Director / Actor
The Making of a Horror Film (1984)
Movie
Paola's Father
Champagne in paradiso (1983)
Movie
President of the Pan American Confederacy
2019: After the Fall of New York (1983)
Movie
Jaarsveld
Amok (1983)
Movie
The Scarlet and the Black (1983)
Movie
Griba
Ator, the Fighting Eagle (1982)
Movie
4.6
Rex Larson
Invaders of the Lost Gold (1982)
Movie
The Dean
Pieces (1982)
Movie
Father
Absurd (1981)
Movie
Vittorio de Sica
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story (1980)
Movie
Phillip
L'altra donna (1980)
Movie
The Pianist
Deep Thoughts (1980)
Movie
Robert Sincap
Lo scoiattolo (1979)
Movie
Secret Service Chief
The New Godfathers (1979)
Movie
Danker
Concorde Affair (1979)
Movie
Luigi Cherico
Rulers of the City (1976)
Movie
6
Professor Vanderberg
Big Pot (1976)
Movie
Uomo in frac
Povero Cristo (1976)
Movie
Doctor
The Night Child (1975)
Movie
Le journaliste américain
The Suspects (1974)
Movie
Admiral Marlowe
Fifteen Year Old Captain (1974)
Movie
Prefect
Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks (1974)
Movie
6
Teddy Webbs
From the Archives of the Criminal Police (1973)
Movie
Giovanni Lutture
The Big Family (1973)
Movie
Inspector Crosby
The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff (1973)
Movie
Lord Carter (voice) (uncredited)
Karzan, Jungle Lord (1972)
Movie
Gunther
The Devil's Lover (1972)
Movie
Edouard Vermont
The Fifth Cord (1971)
Movie
The Viceroy
Blackie the Pirate (1971)
Movie
Marcus
Thomas (1970)
Movie
Voice: narration: English version
Naked and Violent (1970)
Movie
Narrator (voice) (English version)
Witchcraft '70 (1970)
Movie
Narrator
Wages of Sin (1969)
Movie
Narrator
Naked England (1969)
Movie
Narrator (English Version)
The Queer ... The Erotic (1969)
Movie
Narrator of English version
Excuse Me, Do You Like Sex? (1968)
Movie
Narrator (English version)
Sweden: Heaven and Hell (1968)
Movie
Sheriff Roger Brown
Gun Shy Piluk (1968)
Movie
Padre
Chrysanthemums for a Bunch of Swine (1968)
Movie
Cesare Borgia
The Man Who Laughs (1966)
Movie
Jim James
Texas Jim (1965)
Movie
Major 'Sugar' Patterson
Assault on Fort Texan (1965)
Movie
Fane
The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964)
Movie
Julian Baxter
The Comedy Man (1964)
Movie
Rex Carrick
The Beauty Jungle (1964)
Movie
Rex Kelly
The Last Ride to Santa Cruz (1964)
Movie
Silas Deane
Lafayette (1962)
Movie
Ibrahim Pascià
Suleiman the Conqueror (1961)
Movie
Dr. Bradley
White Slave Ship (1961)
Movie
Tumos, Scultore
Nefertiti, Queen of the Nile (1961)
Movie
King Sveno
The Last of the Vikings (1961)
Movie
Harry Mell
Das große Wunschkonzert (1960)
Movie
Toryok
Fury of the Pagans (1960)
Movie
Rasputin
The Night They Killed Rasputin (1960)
Movie
Narr Havas
The Loves of Salammbo (1960)
Movie
Shamil, the Sheik
The Cossacks (1960)
Movie
Peter Carran
Moment of Danger (1960)
Movie
British Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)
Movie
Erode / Herodes
Herod the Great (1959)
Movie
Marco del Monte
Sword of Freedom (1958)
TV
John Milwood
Ambush in Tangier (1957)
Movie
Paul Quentin
Strange Intruder (1956)
Movie
Michael Dermott
The King's Thief (1955)
Movie
Micah
The Prodigal (1955)
Movie
Adam Calhorn Shaw
Athena (1954)
Movie
Sinuhe
The Egyptian (1954)
Movie
Prince Karl Franz
The Student Prince (1954)
Movie
Strato
Julius Caesar (1953)
Movie
Second Officer Lightoller (uncredited)
Titanic (1953)
Movie
Self
The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
TV
6
Ratings
Average 5.04
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1961
1971
1964
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1924-12-19
Deathday2009-01-01 (84 years old)
Birth PlaceWelwyn Garden City, United Kingdom
RelationshipsLinda Christian (1962-01-01 - 1963-01-01)
FatherCharles Purdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
ResidencesRome, Italy
Also Known AsEdmund Anthony Cutlar Purdom, Edmond Purdom, Edmund Purdon
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