Edmund Purdom
Acting
- Born:
- 1924-12-20
- Died:
- 2009-01-01
- Place of birth:
- Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, UK
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
Filmography
Knights of the Quest
The Seventh Scroll
7 Signs of Christ's Return
A Bear Called Arthur
The Rift
Appointment in Trieste
Don Bosco
Who's Afraid of Dracula?
The Assisi Underground
Killer vs Killers
Don't Open Till Christmas
The Making of a Horror Film
Champagne in paradiso
2019: After the Fall of New York
Amok
The Winds of War
The Scarlet and the Black
Ator, the Fighting Eagle
Invaders of the Lost Gold
Pieces
Absurd
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
Deep Thoughts
L'altra donna
The Squirrel
The New Godfathers
Concorde Affair
Rulers of the City
The Jackpot
Povero Cristo
Malù
The Night Child
The Suspects
Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks
From the Archives of the Criminal Police
Fifteen Year Old Captain
The Big Family
The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff
Karzan, Jungle Lord
The Devil's Lover
The Fifth Cord
Blackie the Pirate
Thomas
Naked and Violent
Wages of Sin
Witchcraft '70
Naked England
The Queer ... The Erotic
Excuse Me, Do You Like Sex?
Sweden: Heaven and Hell
Gun Shy Piluk
Chrysanthemums for a Bunch of Swine
The Man Who Laughs
Texas Jim
Assault on Fort Texan
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
Thursday Theatre
The Comedy Man
The Beauty Jungle
Theatre 625
The Last Ride to Santa Cruz
Lafayette
Suleiman the Conqueror
White Slave Ship
Nefertiti, Queen of the Nile
The Last of the Vikings
Das große Wunschkonzert
Fury of the Pagans
The Night They Killed Rasputin
The Loves of Salammbo
The Cossacks
Moment of Danger
The Diary of Anne Frank
Herod the Great
Ambush in Tangier
Strange Intruder
The King's Thief
The Prodigal
Athena
The Egyptian
The Student Prince
Great Lady Has an Interview
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
Julius Caesar
Titanic
The Ed Sullivan Show