Edmund Purdom
Known for: Acting
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
Series
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Series
Theatre 625
Weislingen
1964
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
Tom Rutherford
1953
Series
The Winds of War
Luigi Gianelli
1983
Film
Julius Caesar
Strato
1953
Film
Titanic
Second Officer Lightoller (uncredited)
1953
Film
The Diary of Anne Frank
British Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
1959
Film
The Rift
CEO Steensland
1990
Series
The Seventh Scroll
Pharaoh Mamose
1999
Thursday Theatre
Merton Denver
1964
Film
The Egyptian
Sinuhe
1954
Film
Lafayette
Silas Deane
1962
Film
The Scarlet and the Black
1983
Film
Povero Cristo
Man in Tuxedo / Satan
1976
Film
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
Fane
1964
Film
Absurd
Father
1981
Film
Blackie the Pirate
The Viceroy
1971
Film
Pieces
The Dean
1982
Film
The Prodigal
Micah
1955
Film
Athena
Adam Calhorn Shaw
1954
Film
Deep Thoughts
The Pianist
1980
Film
Big Pot
Professor Vanderberg
1976
Film
Ator, the Fighting Eagle
Griba
1982
Film
Nefertiti, Queen of the Nile
Tumos
1961
Film
The Suspects
American journalist
1974
Film
Knights Of The Quest
Ugo di Clarendon
2001
Film
The Last of the Vikings
King Sveno
1961
Film
2019: After the Fall of New York
President of the Pan American Confederacy
1983
Film
The Comedy Man
Julian Baxter
1964
Film
Concorde Affair
Danker
1979
Film
Don Bosco
Urbano Rattazzi
1988
Film
Invaders of the Lost Gold
Rex Larson
1982
Appointment in Trieste
Groves
1989
Film
Rulers of the City
Luigi Cherico
1976
Film
Who's Afraid of Dracula?
Count Vlad
1985
Film
The King's Thief
Michael Dermott
1955
Film
Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks
Prefect Ewing
1974
Film
The Loves of Salammbo
Narr Havas
1960
Film
The Fifth Cord
Edouard Vermont
1971
Film
Moment of Danger
Peter Carran
1960
Film
Killer vs Killers
His Excelency
1985
Film
The Man Who Laughs
Cesare Borgia
1966
Film
Suleiman the Conqueror
Ibrahim Pascià
1961
Film
The Cossacks
Shamil, the Sheik
1960
Film
The New Godfathers
Secret Service Chief
1979
Film
Ambush in Tangier
John Milwood
1957
Film
Don't Open Till Christmas
Inspector Harris
1984
Film
The Last Ride to Santa Cruz
Sheriff Kelly
1964
Film
The Big Family
Giovanni Lutture
1973
Film
The Assisi Underground
Cardinal Della Costa
1985
Film
Fifteen Year Old Captain
Admiral Marlowe
1974
Film
The Student Prince
Prince Karl Franz
1954
Film
The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff
Inspector Crosby
1973
Film
Herod the Great
Erode
1959
Film
The Devil's Lover
Gunther
1972
Film
Texas Jim
Tom Jameson / Jim James
1965
Film
Thomas
Marcus
1970
Film
The Night Child
Doctor
1975
Film
Karzan, Jungle Lord
Lord Carter (voice) (uncredited)
1972
Film
The Beauty Jungle
Rex Carrick
1964
Film
Witchcraft '70
Narrator (voice) (English version)
1969
Film
Wages of Sin
Narrator
1969
Film
White Slave Ship
Dr. Bradley
1961
Film
From the Archives of the Criminal Police
Teddy Webbs
1973
Film
Sweden: Heaven and Hell
Narrator (English version)
1968
Film
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
Vittorio de Sica
1980
Film
Amok
Jaarsveld
1983
Film
Fury of the Pagans
Toryok
1960
Film
The Night They Killed Rasputin
Rasputin
1960
Film
Strange Intruder
Paul Quentin
1956
Film
Excuse Me, Do You Like Sex?
Narrator of English version
1968
Film
Champagne in paradiso
Paola's Father
1983
Film
A Bear Called Arthur
1992
Film
The Squirrel
Robert Sincap
1979
Film
Great Lady Has an Interview
Reporter (uncredited)
1954
Film
Assault on Fort Texan
Major 'Sugar' Patterson
1965
Film
Gun Shy Piluk
Piluk
1968
Film
Naked and Violent
Narrator (voice): English version
1970
Film
Naked England
Narrator (English version)
1969
Film
Chrysanthemums for a Bunch of Swine
Padre
1968
Film
Das große Wunschkonzert
Harry Mell
1960
Film
Malù
1976
Film
The Queer ... The Erotic
Narrator (voice)
1969
The Making of a Horror Film
Self
1984
Film
7 Signs of Christ's Return
Host
1997
Film
L'altra donna
Phillip
1980