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.
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Knights Of The Quest
Character:Ugo di Clarendon
Release Date:06/04/2001
7 Signs of Christ's Return
Character:Host
Release Date:08/09/1997
A Bear Called Arthur
Character:
Release Date:14/02/1992
The Rift
Character:CEO Steensland
Release Date:09/03/1990
Don Bosco
Character:Urbano Rattazzi
Release Date:31/01/1988
Who's Afraid of Dracula?
Character:Count Vlad
Release Date:20/12/1985
The Assisi Underground
Character:Cardinal Della Costa
Release Date:03/05/1985
Killer vs Killers
Character:His Excelency
Release Date:01/01/1985
Don't Open Till Christmas
Character:Inspector Harris
Release Date:07/12/1984
The Making of a Horror Film
Character:Self
Release Date:01/09/1984
Champagne in paradiso
Character:Paola's Father
Release Date:28/07/1983
2019: After the Fall of New York
Character:President of the Pan American Confederacy
Release Date:22/07/1983
Amok
Character:Jaarsveld
Release Date:01/04/1983
The Scarlet and the Black
Character:
Release Date:02/02/1983
Ator, the Fighting Eagle
Character:Griba
Release Date:07/10/1982
Invaders of the Lost Gold
Character:Rex Larson
Release Date:20/09/1982
Pieces
Character:The Dean
Release Date:23/08/1982
Absurd
Character:Father
Release Date:01/10/1981
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
Character:Vittorio de Sica
Release Date:26/10/1980
Deep Thoughts
Character:The Pianist
Release Date:01/01/1980
L'altra donna
Character:Phillip
Release Date:01/01/1980
Lo scoiattolo
Character:Robert Sincap
Release Date:01/10/1979
The New Godfathers
Character:Secret Service Chief
Release Date:24/08/1979
Concorde Affair
Character:Danker
Release Date:23/03/1979
Rulers of the City
Character:Luigi Cherico
Release Date:03/12/1976
Big Pot
Character:Professor Vanderberg
Release Date:15/06/1976
Povero Cristo
Character:Man in Tuxedo / Satan
Release Date:03/01/1976
The Night Child
Character:Doctor
Release Date:22/04/1975
The Suspects
Character:American journalist
Release Date:27/11/1974
Fifteen Year Old Captain
Character:Admiral Marlowe
Release Date:07/07/1974
Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks
Character:Prefect Ewing
Release Date:19/02/1974
From the Archives of the Criminal Police
Character:Teddy Webbs
Release Date:18/12/1973
The Big Family
Character:Giovanni Lutture
Release Date:03/03/1973
The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff
Character:Inspector Crosby
Release Date:01/01/1973
Karzan, Jungle Lord
Character:Lord Carter (voice) (uncredited)
Release Date:19/02/1972
The Devil's Lover
Character:Gunther
Release Date:26/01/1972
The Fifth Cord
Character:Edouard Vermont
Release Date:17/08/1971
Blackie the Pirate
Character:The Viceroy
Release Date:12/03/1971
Thomas
Character:Marcus
Release Date:28/09/1970
Naked and Violent
Character:Narrator (voice): English version
Release Date:29/07/1970
Witchcraft '70
Character:Narrator (voice) (English version)
Release Date:07/02/1970
Wages of Sin
Character:Narrator
Release Date:07/10/1969
Naked England
Character:Narrator (English version)
Release Date:05/04/1969
The Queer ... The Erotic
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:06/03/1969
Excuse Me, Do You Like Sex?
Character:Narrator of English version
Release Date:31/12/1968
Sweden: Heaven and Hell
Character:Narrator (English version)
Release Date:04/09/1968
Gun Shy Piluk
Character:Piluk
Release Date:07/03/1968
Chrysanthemums for a Bunch of Swine
Character:Padre
Release Date:01/01/1968
The Man Who Laughs
Character:Cesare Borgia
Release Date:20/08/1966
Texas Jim
Character:Tom Jameson / Jim James
Release Date:24/05/1965
Assault on Fort Texan
Character:Major 'Sugar' Patterson
Release Date:01/01/1965
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
Character:Fane
Release Date:31/12/1964
The Comedy Man
Character:Julian Baxter
Release Date:03/09/1964
The Beauty Jungle
Character:Rex Carrick
Release Date:25/08/1964
The Last Ride to Santa Cruz
Character:Sheriff Kelly
Release Date:28/03/1964
Lafayette
Character:Silas Deane
Release Date:16/02/1962
Suleiman the Conqueror
Character:Ibrahim Pascià
Release Date:07/12/1961
White Slave Ship
Character:Dr. Bradley
Release Date:01/12/1961
Nefertiti, Queen of the Nile
Character:Tumos
Release Date:20/09/1961
The Last of the Vikings
Character:King Sveno
Release Date:08/02/1961
Das große Wunschkonzert
Character:Harry Mell
Release Date:19/12/1960
Fury of the Pagans
Character:Toryok
Release Date:26/10/1960
The Night They Killed Rasputin
Character:Rasputin
Release Date:11/05/1960
The Loves of Salammbo
Character:Narr Havas
Release Date:24/03/1960
The Cossacks
Character:Shamil, the Sheik
Release Date:04/02/1960
Moment of Danger
Character:Peter Carran
Release Date:26/01/1960
The Diary of Anne Frank
Character:British Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Release Date:18/03/1959
Herod the Great
Character:Erode
Release Date:01/01/1959
Ambush in Tangier
Character:John Milwood
Release Date:01/01/1957
Strange Intruder
Character:Paul Quentin
Release Date:02/09/1956
The King's Thief
Character:Michael Dermott
Release Date:05/08/1955
The Prodigal
Character:Micah
Release Date:06/05/1955
Athena
Character:Adam Calhorn Shaw
Release Date:04/11/1954
The Egyptian
Character:Sinuhe
Release Date:25/08/1954
The Student Prince
Character:Prince Karl Franz
Release Date:15/06/1954
Great Lady Has an Interview
Character:Reporter (uncredited)
Release Date:14/02/1954
Julius Caesar
Character:Strato
Release Date:04/06/1953
Titanic
Character:Second Officer Lightoller (uncredited)
Release Date:11/04/1953
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