Edmund Purdom
Acting
Born December 20, 1924 · 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.
Directed (1)
Acting (78)
Knights Of The Quest
2001
7 Signs of Christ's Return
1997
A Bear Called Arthur
1992
The Rift
1990
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 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
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
Julius Caesar
1953
Titanic
1953