Edmund Purdom

About

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.

Known for

Theatre 625Series • 1964The Winds of WarSeries • 1983The Diary of Anne FrankMovie • 1959TitanicMovie • 1953The EgyptianMovie • 1954Julius CaesarMovie • 1953PiecesMovie • 1982The Scarlet and the BlackMovie • 19832019: After the Fall of New YorkMovie • 1983The RiftMovie • 1990The Yellow Rolls-RoyceMovie • 1964AbsurdMovie • 1981The Fifth CordMovie • 1971Blackie the PirateMovie • 1971Nefertiti, Queen of the NileMovie • 1961Rulers of the CityMovie • 1976Ator, the Fighting EagleMovie • 1982Don't Open Till ChristmasMovie • 1984Frankenstein's Castle of FreaksMovie • 1974Invaders of the Lost GoldMovie • 1982Who's Afraid of Dracula?Movie • 1985The Night ChildMovie • 1975Knights of the QuestMovie • 2001Concorde AffairMovie • 1979