Edmund Purdom

Edmund Purdom

Date of Birth:

Dec 20, 1924

Place of Birth:

Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, UK

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.

filmography:

Das große Wunschkonzert Das große Wunschkonzert

1960

Deep Thoughts Deep Thoughts

1980

Witchcraft '70 Witchcraft '70

1970

Sophia Loren: Her Own Story Sophia Loren: Her Own Story

1980

Concorde Affair Concorde Affair

1979

Big Pot Big Pot

1976

Fifteen Year Old Captain Fifteen Year Old Captain

1974

Knights of the Quest Knights of the Quest

2001

The Queer ... The Erotic The Queer ... The Erotic

1969

Thomas Thomas

1970

Ambush in Tangier Ambush in Tangier

1957

Wages of Sin Wages of Sin

1969

Naked England Naked England

1969

Amok Amok

1983

The Night They Killed Rasputin The Night They Killed Rasputin

1960

A Bear Called Arthur A Bear Called Arthur

1992

Chrysanthemums for a Bunch of Swine Chrysanthemums for a Bunch of Swine

1968

Texas Jim Texas Jim

1965

Lafayette Lafayette

1962

From the Archives of the Criminal Police From the Archives of the Criminal Police

1973

The Suspects The Suspects

1974

The Scarlet and the Black The Scarlet and the Black

1983

Absurd Absurd

1981

Julius Caesar Julius Caesar

1953

The Making of a Horror Film The Making of a Horror Film

1984

Excuse Me, Do You Like Sex? Excuse Me, Do You Like Sex?

1968

Sweden: Heaven and Hell Sweden: Heaven and Hell

1968

Titanic Titanic

1953

The Devil's Lover The Devil's Lover

1972

Karzan, Jungle Lord Karzan, Jungle Lord

1972

L'altra donna L'altra donna

1980

Povero Cristo Povero Cristo

1976

Killer vs Killers Killer vs Killers

1985

7 Signs of Christ's Return 7 Signs of Christ's Return

1997

The Comedy Man The Comedy Man

1964

Lo scoiattolo Lo scoiattolo

1979

The Loves of Salammbo The Loves of Salammbo

1960

The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff

1973

White Slave Ship White Slave Ship

1961

Pieces Pieces

1982

The Yellow Rolls-Royce The Yellow Rolls-Royce

1964

Rulers of the City Rulers of the City

1976

The Student Prince The Student Prince

1954

The Last of the Vikings The Last of the Vikings

1961

Don't Open Till Christmas Don't Open Till Christmas

1984

Invaders of the Lost Gold Invaders of the Lost Gold

1982

Blackie the Pirate Blackie the Pirate

1971

The Fifth Cord The Fifth Cord

1971

The Rift The Rift

1990

Who Is Afraid Of Dracula? Who Is Afraid Of Dracula?

1985

The Last Ride to Santa Cruz The Last Ride to Santa Cruz

1964

Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks

1974

Naked and Violent Naked and Violent

1970

2019: After the Fall of New York 2019: After the Fall of New York

1983

Ator, the Fighting Eagle Ator, the Fighting Eagle

1982

The Night Child The Night Child

1975

The Egyptian The Egyptian

1954

Nefertiti, Queen of the Nile Nefertiti, Queen of the Nile

1961

The King's Thief The King's Thief

1955

The Beauty Jungle The Beauty Jungle

1964

Don Bosco Don Bosco

1988

Herod the Great Herod the Great

1959

Suleiman the Conqueror Suleiman the Conqueror

1961

The New Godfathers The New Godfathers

1979

The Cossacks The Cossacks

1960

The Assisi Underground The Assisi Underground

1985

The Big Family The Big Family

1973

Champagne in paradiso Champagne in paradiso

1983

Fury of the Pagans Fury of the Pagans

1960

Assault on Fort Texan Assault on Fort Texan

1965

Strange Intruder Strange Intruder

1956

Athena Athena

1954

Gun Shy Piluk Gun Shy Piluk

1968

The Prodigal The Prodigal

1955

The Man Who Laughs The Man Who Laughs

1966

Moment of Danger Moment of Danger

1960

The Diary of Anne Frank The Diary of Anne Frank

1959

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