Edmund Purdom

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 (84 Appearances)

Knights Of The Quest

2001

The Seventh Scroll

1999

7 Signs of Christ's Return

1997

A Bear Called Arthur

1992

The Rift

1990

Appointment in Trieste

1989

Don Bosco

1988

Who's Afraid of Dracula?

1985

The Assisi Underground

1985

Killer vs Killers

1985

Don't Open Till Christmas

1984

The Making of a Horror Film

1984

Champagne in paradiso

1983

2019: After the Fall of New York

1983

Amok

1983

The Winds of War

1983

The Scarlet and the Black

1983

Ator, the Fighting Eagle

1982

Invaders of the Lost Gold

1982

Pieces

1982

Absurd

1981

Sophia Loren: Her Own Story

1980

Deep Thoughts

1980

L'altra donna

1980

Lo scoiattolo

1979

The New Godfathers

1979

Concorde Affair

1979

Rulers of the City

1976

Big Pot

1976

Povero Cristo

1976

The Night Child

1975

The Suspects

1974

Fifteen Year Old Captain

1974

Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks

1974

From the Archives of the Criminal Police

1973

The Big Family

1973

The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff

1973

Karzan, Jungle Lord

1972

The Devil's Lover

1972

The Fifth Cord

1971

Blackie the Pirate

1971

Thomas

1970

Naked and Violent

1970

Witchcraft '70

1970

Wages of Sin

1969

Naked England

1969

The Queer ... The Erotic

1969

Excuse Me, Do You Like Sex?

1968

Sweden: Heaven and Hell

1968

Gun Shy Piluk

1968

Chrysanthemums for a Bunch of Swine

1968

The Man Who Laughs

1966

Texas Jim

1965

Assault on Fort Texan

1965

The Yellow Rolls-Royce

1964

The Comedy Man

1964

The Beauty Jungle

1964

Theatre 625

1964

The Last Ride to Santa Cruz

1964

Lafayette

1962

Suleiman the Conqueror

1961

White Slave Ship

1961

Nefertiti, Queen of the Nile

1961

The Last of the Vikings

1961

Das große Wunschkonzert

1960

Fury of the Pagans

1960

The Night They Killed Rasputin

1960

The Loves of Salammbo

1960

The Cossacks

1960

Moment of Danger

1960

The Diary of Anne Frank

1959

Herod the Great

1959

Ambush in Tangier

1957

Strange Intruder

1956

The King's Thief

1955

The Prodigal

1955

Athena

1954

The Egyptian

1954

The Student Prince

1954

Great Lady Has an Interview

1954

The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse

1953

Julius Caesar

1953

Titanic

1953 Debut

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948
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