Edmund Purdom

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

81

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

  • The Egyptian

    The Egyptian

  • Herod the Great

    Herod the Great

  • Champagne in paradiso

    Champagne in paradiso

  • Don Bosco

    Don Bosco

  • Titanic

    Titanic

  • White Slave Ship

    White Slave Ship

  • The Diary of Anne Frank

    The Diary of Anne Frank

  • Nefertiti, Queen of the Nile

    Nefertiti, Queen of the Nile

  • A Bear Called Arthur

    A Bear Called Arthur

  • Who's Afraid of Dracula?

    Who's Afraid of Dracula?

  • The Scarlet and the Black

    The Scarlet and the Black

  • The Yellow Rolls-Royce

    The Yellow Rolls-Royce

  • The Beauty Jungle

    The Beauty Jungle

  • The Suspects

    The Suspects

  • The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff

    The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff

  • Texas Jim

    Texas Jim

  • Absurd

    Absurd

  • Great Lady Has an Interview

    Great Lady Has an Interview

  • The Cossacks

    The Cossacks

  • The Devil's Lover

    The Devil's Lover

  • Julius Caesar

    Julius Caesar

  • Ator, the Fighting Eagle

    Ator, the Fighting Eagle

  • Naked England

    Naked England

  • Excuse Me, Do You Like Sex?

    Excuse Me, Do You Like Sex?

  • From the Archives of the Criminal Police

    From the Archives of the Criminal Police

  • Killer vs Killers

    Killer vs Killers

  • The Man Who Laughs

    The Man Who Laughs

  • Gun Shy Piluk

    Gun Shy Piluk

  • The Assisi Underground

    The Assisi Underground

  • The Fifth Cord

    The Fifth Cord

  • Amok

    Amok

  • Invaders of the Lost Gold

    Invaders of the Lost Gold

  • The Prodigal

    The Prodigal

  • The Rift

    The Rift

  • Blackie the Pirate

    Blackie the Pirate

  • Sweden: Heaven and Hell

    Sweden: Heaven and Hell

  • The New Godfathers

    The New Godfathers

  • The Seventh Scroll

    The Seventh Scroll

  • Ambush in Tangier

    Ambush in Tangier

  • Athena

    Athena

  • The Night They Killed Rasputin

    The Night They Killed Rasputin

  • Pieces

    Pieces

  • Don't Open Till Christmas

    Don't Open Till Christmas

  • Sophia Loren: Her Own Story

    Sophia Loren: Her Own Story

  • Appointment in Trieste

    Appointment in Trieste

  • Big Pot

    Big Pot

  • Das große Wunschkonzert

    Das große Wunschkonzert

  • The Big Family

    The Big Family

  • Moment of Danger

    Moment of Danger

  • Povero Cristo

    Povero Cristo

  • The Last Ride to Santa Cruz

    The Last Ride to Santa Cruz

  • The Comedy Man

    The Comedy Man

  • Deep Thoughts

    Deep Thoughts

  • L'altra donna

    L'altra donna

  • Concorde Affair

    Concorde Affair

  • The Loves of Salammbo

    The Loves of Salammbo

  • Fifteen Year Old Captain

    Fifteen Year Old Captain

  • 2019: After the Fall of New York

    2019: After the Fall of New York

  • The Student Prince

    The Student Prince

  • Thomas

    Thomas

  • The Last of the Vikings

    The Last of the Vikings

  • Fury of the Pagans

    Fury of the Pagans

  • Karzan, Jungle Lord

    Karzan, Jungle Lord

  • The Night Child

    The Night Child

  • Lafayette

    Lafayette

  • Knights of the Quest

    Knights of the Quest

  • The Queer ... The Erotic

    The Queer ... The Erotic

  • Assault on Fort Texan

    Assault on Fort Texan

  • Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks

    Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks

  • Rulers of the City

    Rulers of the City

  • Naked and Violent

    Naked and Violent

  • Lo scoiattolo

    Lo scoiattolo

  • 7 Signs of Christ's Return

    7 Signs of Christ's Return

  • The King's Thief

    The King's Thief

  • Strange Intruder

    Strange Intruder

  • The Making of a Horror Film

    The Making of a Horror Film

  • Suleiman the Conqueror

    Suleiman the Conqueror

  • Wages of Sin

    Wages of Sin

  • Witchcraft '70

    Witchcraft '70

  • Chrysanthemums for a Bunch of Swine

    Chrysanthemums for a Bunch of Swine