Edmund Purdom
77 movies · 6 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Dec 20, 1924
- Died
- Jan 1, 2009 (age 84)
- Place of birth
- Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, UK
- Also known as
- Edmund Anthony Cutlar Purdom · Edmond Purdom · Edmund Purdon
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.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
Edmund Purdom: movies and TV shows
Acting (83)
- 2001 Knights of the Quest
as Ugo di Clarendon
- 1999
- 1992
- 1990 The Rift
as CEO Steensland
- 1989
- 1988 Don Bosco
as Urbano Rattazzi
- 1985 Who's Afraid of Dracula?
as Count Vlad
- 1985 The Assisi Underground
as Cardinal Della Costa
- 1985 Killer vs Killers
as His Excelency
- 1984 Don't Open Till Christmas
as Inspector Harris
- 1983 Champagne in paradiso
as Paola's Father
- 1983 2019: After the Fall of New York
as President of the Pan American Confederacy
- 1983 Amok
as Jaarsveld
- 1983
- 1983
- 1982 Ator, the Fighting Eagle
as Griba
- 1982 Invaders of the Lost Gold
as Rex Larson
- 1982 Pieces
as The Dean
- 1981 Absurd
as Father
- 1980 Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
as Vittorio de Sica
- 1980 Deep Thoughts
as The Pianist
- 1980 L'altra donna
as Phillip
- 1979 The Squirrel
as Robert Sincap
- 1979 The New Godfathers
as Secret Service Chief
- 1979 Concorde Affair
as Danker
- 1976 Rulers of the City
as Luigi Cherico
- 1976 The Jackpot
as Professor Vanderberg
- 1976 Povero Cristo
as Man in Tuxedo / Satan
- 1976
- 1975 The Night Child
as Doctor
- 1974 The Suspects
as American journalist
- 1974 Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks
as Prefect Ewing
- 1973 From the Archives of the Criminal Police
as Teddy Webbs
- 1973 Fifteen Year Old Captain
as Admiral Marlowe
- 1973 The Big Family
as Giovanni Lutture
- 1973 The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff
as Inspector Crosby
- 1972 Karzan, Jungle Lord
as Lord Carter (voice) (uncredited)
- 1972 The Devil's Lover
as Gunther
- 1971 The Fifth Cord
as Edouard Vermont
- 1971 Blackie the Pirate
as The Viceroy
- 1970 Thomas
as Marcus
- 1970 Naked and Violent
as Narrator (voice): English version
- 1969 Wages of Sin
as Narrator
- 1969 Witchcraft '70
as Narrator (voice) (English version)
- 1969 Naked England
as Narrator (English version)
- 1969 The Queer ... The Erotic
as Narrator (voice)
- 1968 Excuse Me, Do You Like Sex?
as Narrator of English version
- 1968 Sweden: Heaven and Hell
as Narrator (English version)
- 1968 Gun Shy Piluk
as Piluk
- 1968 Chrysanthemums for a Bunch of Swine
as Padre
- 1966 The Man Who Laughs
as Cesare Borgia
- 1965 Texas Jim
as Tom Jameson / Jim James
- 1965 Assault on Fort Texan
as Major 'Sugar' Patterson
- 1964 The Yellow Rolls-Royce
as Fane
- 1964
- 1964 The Comedy Man
as Julian Baxter
- 1964 The Beauty Jungle
as Rex Carrick
- 1964
- 1964 The Last Ride to Santa Cruz
as Sheriff Kelly
- 1962 Lafayette
as Silas Deane
- 1961 Suleiman the Conqueror
as Ibrahim Pascià
- 1961 White Slave Ship
as Dr. Bradley
- 1961 Nefertiti, Queen of the Nile
as Tumos
- 1961 The Last of the Vikings
as King Sveno
- 1960 Das große Wunschkonzert
as Harry Mell
- 1960 Fury of the Pagans
as Toryok
- 1960 The Night They Killed Rasputin
as Rasputin
- 1960 The Loves of Salammbo
as Narr Havas
- 1960 The Cossacks
as Shamil, the Sheik
- 1960 Moment of Danger
as Peter Carran
- 1959 The Diary of Anne Frank
as British Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
- 1959 Herod the Great
as Erode
- 1957 Ambush in Tangier
as John Milwood
- 1956 Strange Intruder
as Paul Quentin
- 1955 The King's Thief
as Michael Dermott
- 1955 The Prodigal
as Micah
- 1954 Athena
as Adam Calhorn Shaw
- 1954 The Egyptian
as Sinuhe
- 1954 The Student Prince
as Prince Karl Franz
- 1954 Great Lady Has an Interview
as Reporter (uncredited)
- 1953
- 1953 Julius Caesar
as Strato
- 1953 Titanic
as Second Officer Lightoller (uncredited)
Behind the camera (1)
- 1984 Don't Open Till Christmas
Director
Talk shows and appearances (3)
- 1997
- 1984
- 1948 The Ed Sullivan Show
1 episode