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Edmund Purdom
Actor, Director
Died January 1, 2009 (84 years)
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.
Movies & Shows on Plex
Known For
Filmography
| 2001 | The Knights of the Quest · as Ugo Di Clarendon |
| 2000 | Titanic: The Legend Goes On... · as Jeremy Mcflannel |
| 1999 | The Seventh Scroll (TV Series) · as Pharaoh Mamose |
| 1997 | Seven Signs of Christ's Return · as Host |
| 1997 | Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years · as Actor 'the Egyptian' |
| 1992 | |
| 1990 | The Rift · as Ceo Steensland |
| 1989 | Classe di Ferro (TV Series) · as Generale Jerome Thompson |
| 1988 | Don Bosco · as Urbano Rattazzi |
| 1987 | Funny Boy · as Samuel |
| 1985 | Fracchia Vs. Dracula · as Count Vlad |
| 1985 | The Assisi Underground · as Cardinal Della Costa |
| 1985 | Death Commando · as His Excelency |
| 1984 | Don't Open Till Christmas · as Inspector Harris |
| 1984 | Champagne in paradiso · as Paola's Father |
| 1983 | The Blade Master · as Griba |
| 1983 | 2019: After the Fall of New York · as President Of The Pan American Confederacy |
| 1983 | The Winds of War (TV Series) · as Luigi Gianelli |
| 1983 | |
| 1982 | The Life of Verdi (TV Series) · as Verdi |
| 1982 | Ator: The Fighting Eagle · as Griba |
| 1982 | Invaders of the Lost Gold · as Rex Larson |
| 1982 | |
| 1981 | Monster Hunter · as Father |
| 1980 | Sophia Loren: Her Own Story · as Vittorio De Sica |
| 1979 | I contrabbandieri di Santa Lucia · as Secret Service Chief |
| 1979 | Concorde Affaire '79 · as Danker |
| 1976 | Rulers of the City · as Luigi Cherico |
| 1976 | A Matter of Time · as Nina's Rich Friend |
| 1975 | Together Forever · as Doctor |
| 1974 | The Suspects · as Le Journaliste Américain |
| 1974 | Beyond the Door · as Devil |
| 1974 | Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks · as Prefect Ewing |
| 1973 | Fifteen Year Old Captain · as Admiral Marlowe |
| 1973 | The Big Family · as Giovanni Lutture |
| 1973 | The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff · as Inspector Crosby |
| 1972 | Karzan, Master of the Jungle · as Lord Carter (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1972 | The Devil's Lover · as Gunther |
| 1971 | The Fifth Cord · as Edouard Vermont |
| 1971 | Blackie the Pirate · as The Viceroy |
| 1970 | Thomas and the Bewitched · as Marcus |
| 1970 | Naked and Violent · as Narrator (voice): English Version |
| 1969 | Wages of Sin · as Narrator |
| 1969 | Witchcraft '70 · as Narrator (voice) (english Version) |
| 1969 | Naked England · as Narrator (english Version) |
| 1969 | The Queer... The Erotic · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1968 | Sweden: Heaven and Hell · as Narrator (english Version) |
| 1968 | It Takes a Thief (TV Series) · as Ferdie |
| 1966 | L'uomo che ride · as Cesare Borgia |
| 1964 | The Yellow Rolls-Royce · as Fane |
| 1964 | Assault on Fort Texan · as Major 'sugar' Patterson |
| 1964 | The Comedy Man · as Julian Baxter |
| 1964 | Contest Girl · as Rex Carrick |
| 1964 | The Last Ride to Santa Cruz · as Sheriff Kelly |
| 1962 | Lafayette · as Silas Deane |
| 1961 | White Slave Ship · as Dr. Bradley |
| 1961 | Queen of the Nile · as Tumos |
| 1961 | The Last of the Vikings · as King Sveno |
| 1960 | Das große Wunschkonzert · as Harry Mell |
| 1960 | Fury of the Barbarians · as Toryok |
| 1960 | Malaga · as Peter Carran |
| 1960 | The Night They Killed Rasputin · as Rasputin |
| 1960 | The Loves of Salammbo · as Narr Havas |
| 1960 | The Cossacks · as Shamil, The Sheik |
| 1960 | BBC Sunday-Night Play (TV Series) · as Harvey Morrison |
| 1959 | Tales of the Vikings (TV Series) · as Egil |
| 1959 | The Diary of Anne Frank · as British Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1959 | Herod the Great · as Erode |
| 1957 | Agguato a Tangeri · as John Milwood |
| 1956 | Strange Intruder · as Paul Quentin |
| 1955 | ITV Play of the Week (TV Series) · as Mark Wheeler |
| 1955 | ITV Television Playhouse (TV Series) · as Jimmy Saunders |
| 1955 | The King's Thief · as Michael Dermott |
| 1955 | The Prodigal · as Micah |
| 1954 | The Egyptian · as Sinuhe |
| 1954 | Athena · as Adam Calhorn Shaw |
| 1954 | The Student Prince · as Prince Karl Franz |
| 1953 | The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (TV Series) · as Tom Rutherford |
| 1953 | Titanic · as Second Officer Lightoller (uncredited) |
| 1953 | Julius Caesar · as Strato |
| 1951 | Goodyear Television Playhouse (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre (TV Series) · as Metellus Cimber |