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

Theatre 625

The Winds of War

Julius Caesar

Titanic

Absurd

The Egyptian

The Seventh Scroll

All Movies (79)

• Knights Of The Quest2001 · as Ugo di Clarendon
• 7 Signs of Christ's Return1997 · as Host
• A Bear Called Arthur1992
• The Rift1990 · as CEO Steensland
• Don Bosco1988 · as Urbano Rattazzi
• Who's Afraid of Dracula?1985 · as Count Vlad
• The Assisi Underground1985 · as Cardinal Della Costa
• Killer vs Killers1985 · as His Excelency
• Don't Open Till Christmas1984 · as Inspector Harris
• The Making of a Horror Film1984 · as Self
• Champagne in paradiso1983 · as Paola's Father
• 2019: After the Fall of New York1983 · as President of the Pan American Confederacy
• Amok1983 · as Jaarsveld
• The Scarlet and the Black1983
• Ator, the Fighting Eagle1982 · as Griba
• Invaders of the Lost Gold1982 · as Rex Larson
• Pieces1982 · as The Dean
• Absurd1981 · as Father
• Sophia Loren: Her Own Story1980 · as Vittorio de Sica
• Deep Thoughts1980 · as The Pianist
• L'altra donna1980 · as Phillip
• The Squirrel1979 · as Robert Sincap
• The New Godfathers1979 · as Secret Service Chief
• Concorde Affair1979 · as Danker
• Rulers of the City1976 · as Luigi Cherico
• The Jackpot1976 · as Professor Vanderberg
• Povero Cristo1976 · as Man in Tuxedo / Satan
• Malù1976
• The Night Child1975 · as Doctor
• The Suspects1974 · as American journalist
• Fifteen Year Old Captain1974 · as Admiral Marlowe
• Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks1974 · as Prefect Ewing
• From the Archives of the Criminal Police1973 · as Teddy Webbs
• The Big Family1973 · as Giovanni Lutture
• The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff1973 · as Inspector Crosby
• Karzan, Jungle Lord1972 · as Lord Carter (voice) (uncredited)
• The Devil's Lover1972 · as Gunther
• The Fifth Cord1971 · as Edouard Vermont
• Blackie the Pirate1971 · as The Viceroy
• Thomas1970 · as Marcus
• Naked and Violent1970 · as Narrator (voice): English version
• Wages of Sin1969 · as Narrator
• Witchcraft '701969 · as Narrator (voice) (English version)
• Naked England1969 · as Narrator (English version)
• The Queer ... The Erotic1969 · as Narrator (voice)
• Excuse Me, Do You Like Sex?1968 · as Narrator of English version
• Sweden: Heaven and Hell1968 · as Narrator (English version)
• Gun Shy Piluk1968 · as Piluk
• Chrysanthemums for a Bunch of Swine1968 · as Padre
• The Man Who Laughs1966 · as Cesare Borgia
• Texas Jim1965 · as Tom Jameson / Jim James
• Assault on Fort Texan1965 · as Major 'Sugar' Patterson
• The Yellow Rolls-Royce1964 · as Fane
• The Comedy Man1964 · as Julian Baxter
• The Beauty Jungle1964 · as Rex Carrick
• The Last Ride to Santa Cruz1964 · as Sheriff Kelly
• Lafayette1962 · as Silas Deane
• Suleiman the Conqueror1961 · as Ibrahim Pascià
• White Slave Ship1961 · as Dr. Bradley
• Nefertiti, Queen of the Nile1961 · as Tumos
• The Last of the Vikings1961 · as King Sveno
• Das große Wunschkonzert1960 · as Harry Mell
• Fury of the Pagans1960 · as Toryok
• The Night They Killed Rasputin1960 · as Rasputin
• The Loves of Salammbo1960 · as Narr Havas
• The Cossacks1960 · as Shamil, the Sheik
• Moment of Danger1960 · as Peter Carran
• The Diary of Anne Frank1959 · as British Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
• Herod the Great1959 · as Erode
• Ambush in Tangier1957 · as John Milwood
• Strange Intruder1956 · as Paul Quentin
• The King's Thief1955 · as Michael Dermott
• The Prodigal1955 · as Micah
• Athena1954 · as Adam Calhorn Shaw
• The Egyptian1954 · as Sinuhe
• The Student Prince1954 · as Prince Karl Franz
• Great Lady Has an Interview1954 · as Reporter (uncredited)
• Julius Caesar1953 · as Strato
• Titanic1953 · as Second Officer Lightoller (uncredited)

All TV Shows (7)

• The Seventh Scroll1999 · as Pharaoh Mamose
• Appointment in Trieste1989 · as Groves
• The Winds of War1983 · as Luigi Gianelli
• Thursday Theatre1964 · as Merton Denver
• Theatre 6251964 · as Weislingen
• The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse1953 · as Tom Rutherford
• The Ed Sullivan Show1948 · as Self