Edmund Purdom
Age: N/A | From: Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Edmund Anthony Cutlar Purdom , Edmond Purdom , Edmund Purdon
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, UK
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Movie Involvements: 70
TV Involvements: 2
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Titanic
(1953) Second Officer Lightoller (uncredited)
Julius Caesar
(1953) Strato
The Seventh Scroll
(1999) Pharaoh Mamose
The Diary of Anne Frank
(1959) British Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Don't Open Till Christmas
(1984) Inspector Harris
The Egyptian
(1954) Sinuhe
Pieces
(1982) The Dean
The Rift
(1990) CEO SteenslandActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Ugo di Clarendon | |
| 1999 | Pharaoh Mamose | |
| 1997 | Host | |
| 1992 | N/A | |
| 1990 | CEO Steensland | |
| 1989 | Groves | |
| 1988 | Urbano Rattazzi | |
| 1985 | Count Vlad | |
| Cardinal Della Costa | ||
| His Excelency | ||
| 1984 | Inspector Harris | |
| Self | ||
| 1983 | Paola's Father | |
| President of the Pan American Confederacy | ||
| Jaarsveld | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1982 | Griba | |
| Rex Larson | ||
| The Dean | ||
| 1981 | Father | |
| 1980 | Vittorio de Sica | |
| Phillip | ||
| The Pianist | ||
| 1979 | Robert Sincap | |
| Secret Service Chief | ||
| Danker | ||
| 1976 | Luigi Cherico | |
| Professor Vanderberg | ||
| Man in Tuxedo | ||
| 1975 | Doctor | |
| 1974 | Le journaliste américain | |
| Admiral Marlowe | ||
| Prefect Ewing | ||
| 1973 | Teddy Webbs | |
| Giovanni Lutture | ||
| Inspector Crosby | ||
| 1972 | Lord Carter (voice) (uncredited) | |
| Gunther | ||
| 1971 | Edouard Vermont | |
| The Viceroy | ||
| 1970 | Marcus | |
| Narrator (voice): English version | ||
| Narrator (voice) (English version) | ||
| 1969 | Narrator | |
| Narrator (English version) | ||
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| 1968 | Narrator of English version | |
| Narrator (English version) | ||
| Piluk | ||
| Padre | ||
| 1966 | Cesare Borgia | |
| 1965 | Tom Jameson / Jim James | |
| Major 'Sugar' Patterson | ||
| 1964 | Fane | |
| Julian Baxter | ||
| Rex Carrick | ||
| Sheriff Kelly | ||
| 1962 | Silas Deane | |
| 1961 | Ibrahim Pascià | |
| Dr. Bradley | ||
| Tumos | ||
| King Sveno | ||
| 1960 | Harry Mell | |
| Toryok | ||
| Rasputin | ||
| Narr Havas | ||
| Shamil, the Sheik | ||
| Peter Carran | ||
| 1959 | British Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited) | |
| Erode | ||
| 1957 | John Milwood | |
| 1956 | Paul Quentin | |
| 1955 | Michael Dermott | |
| Micah | ||
| 1954 | Adam Calhorn Shaw | |
| Sinuhe | ||
| Prince Karl Franz | ||
| 1953 | Strato | |
| Second Officer Lightoller (uncredited) | ||
| 1948 | Self | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |