Edmund Purdom
ActingAlso Known As
Edmund Anthony Cutlar Purdom, Edmond Purdom, Edmund Purdon
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.
Movies
(78 total)
The Diary of Anne Frank
as British Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Pieces
as The Dean
Julius Caesar
as Strato
Who's Afraid of Dracula?
as Count Vlad
Titanic
as Second Officer Lightoller (uncredited)
Absurd
as Father
The Egyptian
as Sinuhe
2019: After the Fall of New York
as President of the Pan American Confederacy
Ator, the Fighting Eagle
as Griba
The Rift
as CEO Steensland
Blackie the Pirate
as The Viceroy
The Fifth Cord
as Edouard Vermont
Don't Open Till Christmas
as Inspector Harris
Rulers of the City
as Luigi Cherico
The Night Child
as Doctor
Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks
as Prefect Ewing
Knights Of The Quest
as Ugo di Clarendon
TV Shows
(5 total)
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
The Seventh Scroll
as Pharaoh Mamose
Theatre 625
as Weislingen