Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1924-12-20 (85 years old)
Deathday
2009-01-01
Place of Birth
Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Also known As
Edmund Anthony Cutlar Purdom
Edmond Purdom
Edmund Purdon
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 director...
1974
as Prefect Ewing
1964
as Sheriff Kelly
1959
as British Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
1970
as Narrator (voice): English version
1953
as Strato
1985
as Count Vlad
1983
as President of the Pan American Confederacy
1954
as Sinuhe
1975
as Doctor
1982
as Griba
1990
as CEO Steensland
1971
as Edouard Vermont
1976
as Luigi Cherico
1982
as The Dean
1964
as Fane
1954
as Prince Karl Franz
1971
as The Viceroy
1961
as King Sveno
1982
as Rex Larson
1984
as Inspector Harris
1961
as Tumos
1955
as Michael Dermott
1953
as Second Officer Lightoller (uncredited)
1954
as Adam Calhorn Shaw
1956
as Paul Quentin
1965
as Major 'Sugar' Patterson
1968
1968
as Piluk
1955
as Micah
1968
as Narrator (English version)
1968
as Narrator of English version
1960
as Peter Carran
1966
as Cesare Borgia
1965
as Tom Jameson / Jim James
1960
as Toryok
1983
as Paola's Father
1959
as Erode
1988
as Urbano Rattazzi
1964
as Rex Carrick
1961
as Ibrahim Pascià
1979
as Secret Service Chief
1973
as Giovanni Lutture
1985
as Cardinal Della Costa
1961
as Dr. Bradley
1960
as Shamil, the Sheik
1984
as Self
1973
as Inspector Crosby
1969
as Narrator (English version)
1957
as John Milwood
1969
as Narrator
1983
as Jaarsveld
1960
as Rasputin
1970
as Narrator (voice) (English version)
1970
as Marcus
1969
as Narrator (voice)
1960
as Harry Mell
1980
as The Pianist
1980
as Vittorio de Sica
1979
as Danker
2001
as Ugo di Clarendon
1974
as Admiral Marlowe
1976
as Professor Vanderberg
1973
as Teddy Webbs
1962
as Silas Deane
1985
as His Excelency
1976
as Man in Tuxedo / Satan
1980
as Phillip
1997
as Host
1964
as Julian Baxter
1960
as Narr Havas
1979
as Robert Sincap
1972
as Lord Carter (voice) (uncredited)
1972
as Gunther
1981
as Father
1974
as American journalist
1954
as Reporter (uncredited)
1984
as Director
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