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

  • Titanic

    Titanic

  • The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

  • Theatre 625

    Theatre 625

  • Athena

    Athena

  • Big Pot

    Big Pot

  • Absurd

    Absurd

  • Amok

    Amok

  • Ator, the Fighting Eagle

    Ator, the Fighting Eagle

  • The Loves of Salammbo

    The Loves of Salammbo

  • The New Godfathers

    The New Godfathers

  • The Prodigal

    The Prodigal

  • The Queer ... The Erotic

    The Queer ... The Erotic

  • L'altra donna

    L'altra donna

  • The Rift

    The Rift

  • Rulers of the City

    Rulers of the City

  • White Slave Ship

    White Slave Ship

  • Lafayette

    Lafayette

  • The Last of the Vikings

    The Last of the Vikings

  • Ambush in Tangier

    Ambush in Tangier

  • The Diary of Anne Frank

    The Diary of Anne Frank

  • The Big Family

    The Big Family

  • Julius Caesar

    Julius Caesar

  • Moment of Danger

    Moment of Danger

  • The Egyptian

    The Egyptian

  • The Seventh Scroll

    The Seventh Scroll

  • Deep Thoughts

    Deep Thoughts

  • Pieces

    Pieces

  • Blackie the Pirate

    Blackie the Pirate

  • The Scarlet and the Black

    The Scarlet and the Black

  • Excuse Me, Do You Like Sex?

    Excuse Me, Do You Like Sex?

  • The Beauty Jungle

    The Beauty Jungle

  • The King's Thief

    The King's Thief

  • 2019: After the Fall of New York

    2019: After the Fall of New York

  • The Cossacks

    The Cossacks

  • Wages of Sin

    Wages of Sin

  • Witchcraft '70

    Witchcraft '70

  • Nefertiti, Queen of the Nile

    Nefertiti, Queen of the Nile

  • The Yellow Rolls-Royce

    The Yellow Rolls-Royce

  • Concorde Affair

    Concorde Affair

  • Don Bosco

    Don Bosco

  • Invaders of the Lost Gold

    Invaders of the Lost Gold

  • The Man Who Laughs

    The Man Who Laughs

  • The Night Child

    The Night Child

  • Who's Afraid of Dracula?

    Who's Afraid of Dracula?

  • The Assisi Underground

    The Assisi Underground

  • Herod the Great

    Herod the Great

  • Fifteen Year Old Captain

    Fifteen Year Old Captain

  • The Fifth Cord

    The Fifth Cord

  • The Student Prince

    The Student Prince

  • The Comedy Man

    The Comedy Man

  • Knights Of The Quest

    Knights Of The Quest

  • Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks

    Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks

  • Texas Jim

    Texas Jim

  • Appointment in Trieste

    Appointment in Trieste

  • The Suspects

    The Suspects

  • Fury of the Pagans

    Fury of the Pagans

  • Don't Open Till Christmas

    Don't Open Till Christmas

  • Suleiman the Conqueror

    Suleiman the Conqueror

  • Sophia Loren: Her Own Story

    Sophia Loren: Her Own Story

  • Strange Intruder

    Strange Intruder

  • The Last Ride to Santa Cruz

    The Last Ride to Santa Cruz

  • The Devil's Lover

    The Devil's Lover

  • Povero Cristo

    Povero Cristo

  • The Night They Killed Rasputin

    The Night They Killed Rasputin

  • The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff

    The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff

  • The Making of a Horror Film

    The Making of a Horror Film

  • Karzan, Jungle Lord

    Karzan, Jungle Lord

  • Gun Shy Piluk

    Gun Shy Piluk

  • Assault on Fort Texan

    Assault on Fort Texan

  • Naked England

    Naked England

  • Thomas

    Thomas

  • Killer vs Killers

    Killer vs Killers

  • Sweden: Heaven and Hell

    Sweden: Heaven and Hell

  • Champagne in paradiso

    Champagne in paradiso

  • Naked and Violent

    Naked and Violent

  • Lo scoiattolo

    Lo scoiattolo

  • Great Lady Has an Interview

    Great Lady Has an Interview

  • 7 Signs of Christ's Return

    7 Signs of Christ's Return

  • A Bear Called Arthur

    A Bear Called Arthur

  • Chrysanthemums for a Bunch of Swine

    Chrysanthemums for a Bunch of Swine

  • From the Archives of the Criminal Police

    From the Archives of the Criminal Police

  • Das große Wunschkonzert

    Das große Wunschkonzert