Edmund Purdom

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

82

Gender

Male

Birthday

1924-12-20

Day of death

2009-01-01 (84 years old)

Place of Birth

Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, UK

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.

Known For

  • The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

  • Assault on Fort Texan

    Assault on Fort Texan

  • Theatre 625

    Theatre 625

  • Titanic

    Titanic

  • Naked England

    Naked England

  • White Slave Ship

    White Slave Ship

  • Povero Cristo

    Povero Cristo

  • Invaders of the Lost Gold

    Invaders of the Lost Gold

  • Texas Jim

    Texas Jim

  • Big Pot

    Big Pot

  • The Rift

    The Rift

  • Amok

    Amok

  • Julius Caesar

    Julius Caesar

  • Absurd

    Absurd

  • The Prodigal

    The Prodigal

  • Deep Thoughts

    Deep Thoughts

  • The Diary of Anne Frank

    The Diary of Anne Frank

  • Athena

    Athena

  • Ator, the Fighting Eagle

    Ator, the Fighting Eagle

  • Nefertiti, Queen of the Nile

    Nefertiti, Queen of the Nile

  • Blackie the Pirate

    Blackie the Pirate

  • The Scarlet and the Black

    The Scarlet and the Black

  • Fifteen Year Old Captain

    Fifteen Year Old Captain

  • The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff

    The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff

  • The Student Prince

    The Student Prince

  • Lafayette

    Lafayette

  • The Loves of Salammbo

    The Loves of Salammbo

  • Herod the Great

    Herod the Great

  • Who's Afraid of Dracula?

    Who's Afraid of Dracula?

  • The Man Who Laughs

    The Man Who Laughs

  • The Yellow Rolls-Royce

    The Yellow Rolls-Royce

  • Don't Open Till Christmas

    Don't Open Till Christmas

  • The Devil's Lover

    The Devil's Lover

  • Lo scoiattolo

    Lo scoiattolo

  • Champagne in paradiso

    Champagne in paradiso

  • The Egyptian

    The Egyptian

  • Sweden: Heaven and Hell

    Sweden: Heaven and Hell

  • Pieces

    Pieces

  • The Beauty Jungle

    The Beauty Jungle

  • The Seventh Scroll

    The Seventh Scroll

  • Excuse Me, Do You Like Sex?

    Excuse Me, Do You Like Sex?

  • The Last Ride to Santa Cruz

    The Last Ride to Santa Cruz

  • Concorde Affair

    Concorde Affair

  • Gun Shy Piluk

    Gun Shy Piluk

  • The Fifth Cord

    The Fifth Cord

  • The Assisi Underground

    The Assisi Underground

  • Sophia Loren: Her Own Story

    Sophia Loren: Her Own Story

  • Knights Of The Quest

    Knights Of The Quest

  • 2019: After the Fall of New York

    2019: After the Fall of New York

  • Fury of the Pagans

    Fury of the Pagans

  • The Night Child

    The Night Child

  • 7 Signs of Christ's Return

    7 Signs of Christ's Return

  • The Last of the Vikings

    The Last of the Vikings

  • Don Bosco

    Don Bosco

  • L'altra donna

    L'altra donna

  • The Night They Killed Rasputin

    The Night They Killed Rasputin

  • From the Archives of the Criminal Police

    From the Archives of the Criminal Police

  • The New Godfathers

    The New Godfathers

  • Great Lady Has an Interview

    Great Lady Has an Interview

  • Ambush in Tangier

    Ambush in Tangier

  • Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks

    Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks

  • The Comedy Man

    The Comedy Man

  • Rulers of the City

    Rulers of the City

  • The Queer ... The Erotic

    The Queer ... The Erotic

  • The Big Family

    The Big Family

  • Moment of Danger

    Moment of Danger

  • Das große Wunschkonzert

    Das große Wunschkonzert

  • Karzan, Jungle Lord

    Karzan, Jungle Lord

  • A Bear Called Arthur

    A Bear Called Arthur

  • Killer vs Killers

    Killer vs Killers

  • Witchcraft '70

    Witchcraft '70

  • Naked and Violent

    Naked and Violent

  • The King's Thief

    The King's Thief

  • Wages of Sin

    Wages of Sin

  • The Cossacks

    The Cossacks

  • The Suspects

    The Suspects

  • Appointment in Trieste

    Appointment in Trieste

  • Strange Intruder

    Strange Intruder

  • Thomas

    Thomas

  • Suleiman the Conqueror

    Suleiman the Conqueror

  • Chrysanthemums for a Bunch of Swine

    Chrysanthemums for a Bunch of Swine

  • The Making of a Horror Film

    The Making of a Horror Film