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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
Average
7

Titanic

(1953) Second Officer Lightoller (uncredited)
Julius Caesar
Average
7

Julius Caesar

(1953) Strato
The Seventh Scroll
Average
6

The Seventh Scroll

(1999) Pharaoh Mamose
The Diary of Anne Frank
Average
7

The Diary of Anne Frank

(1959) British Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Don't Open Till Christmas
Average
5

Don't Open Till Christmas

(1984) Inspector Harris
The Egyptian
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6

The Egyptian

(1954) Sinuhe
Pieces
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6

Pieces

(1982) The Dean
The Rift
Average
5

The Rift

(1990) CEO Steensland

Acting

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

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