Edmund Purdom
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.
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Movies (48)
Knights Of The Quest
as Ugo di Clarendon
2001
7 Signs of Christ's Return
as Host
1997
A Bear Called Arthur
1992
The Rift
as CEO Steensland
1990
Don Bosco
as Urbano Rattazzi
1988
Who's Afraid of Dracula?
as Count Vlad
1985
The Assisi Underground
as Cardinal Della Costa
1985
Killer vs Killers
as His Excelency
1985
Don't Open Till Christmas
as Inspector Harris
1984
The Making of a Horror Film
as Self
1984
Champagne in paradiso
as Paola's Father
1983
2019: After the Fall of New York
as President of the Pan American Confederacy
1983
Amok
as Jaarsveld
1983
The Scarlet and the Black
1983
Ator, the Fighting Eagle
as Griba
1982
Invaders of the Lost Gold
as Rex Larson
1982
Pieces
as The Dean
1982
Absurd
as Father
1981
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
as Vittorio de Sica
1980
Deep Thoughts
as The Pianist
1980
L'altra donna
as Phillip
1980
Lo scoiattolo
as Robert Sincap
1979
The New Godfathers
as Secret Service Chief
1979
Concorde Affair
as Danker
1979
Rulers of the City
as Luigi Cherico
1976
Big Pot
as Professor Vanderberg
1976
Povero Cristo
as Man in Tuxedo / Satan
1976
The Night Child
as Doctor
1975
The Suspects
as American journalist
1974
Fifteen Year Old Captain
as Admiral Marlowe
1974
Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks
as Prefect Ewing
1974
From the Archives of the Criminal Police
as Teddy Webbs
1973
The Big Family
as Giovanni Lutture
1973
The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff
as Inspector Crosby
1973
Karzan, Jungle Lord
as Lord Carter (voice) (uncredited)
1972
The Devil's Lover
as Gunther
1972
The Fifth Cord
as Edouard Vermont
1971
Blackie the Pirate
as The Viceroy
1971
Thomas
as Marcus
1970
Naked and Violent
as Narrator (voice): English version
1970
Witchcraft '70
as Narrator (voice) (English version)
1970
Wages of Sin
as Narrator
1969
Naked England
as Narrator (English version)
1969
The Queer ... The Erotic
as Narrator (voice)
1969
Excuse Me, Do You Like Sex?
as Narrator of English version
1968
Sweden: Heaven and Hell
as Narrator (English version)
1968
Gun Shy Piluk
as Piluk
1968
Chrysanthemums for a Bunch of Swine
as Padre
1968
