Edmund Purdom
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 20, 1924
- Died
- January 1, 2009
- Birthplace
- 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
as Ugo di Clarendon
7 Signs of Christ's Return 1997
as Host
A Bear Called Arthur 1992
Actor
The Rift 1990
as CEO Steensland
Don Bosco 1988
as Urbano Rattazzi
Who's 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, Director
- The Making of a Horror Film
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
Actor
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
L'altra donna 1980
as Phillip
Deep Thoughts 1980
as The Pianist
The Squirrel 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
The Jackpot 1976
as Professor Vanderberg
Povero Cristo 1976
as Man in Tuxedo / Satan
Malù 1976
Actor
The Night Child 1975
as Doctor
The Suspects 1974
as American journalist
Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks 1974
as Prefect Ewing
From the Archives of the Criminal Police 1973
as Teddy Webbs
Fifteen Year Old Captain 1973
as Admiral Marlowe
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
Wages of Sin 1969
as Narrator
Witchcraft '70 1969
as Narrator (voice) (English version)
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)
Credits from TMDB.