Acting · Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, UK · Born December 20, 1924
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.
MovieKnights Of The Quest
2001
as Ugo di Clarendon
TVThe Seventh Scroll
1999
as Pharaoh Mamose
Movie7 Signs of Christ's Return
1997
as Host
MovieA Bear Called Arthur
1992
MovieThe Rift
1990
as CEO Steensland
Appointment in Trieste
1989
as Groves
MovieDon Bosco
1988
as Urbano Rattazzi
MovieWho's Afraid of Dracula?
1985
as Count Vlad
MovieThe Assisi Underground
1985
as Cardinal Della Costa
MovieKiller vs Killers
1985
as His Excelency
MovieDon't Open Till Christmas
1984
as Inspector Harris
The Making of a Horror Film
1984
as Self
MovieChampagne in paradiso
1983
as Paola's Father
Movie2019: After the Fall of New York
1983
as President of the Pan American Confederacy
MovieAmok
1983
as Jaarsveld
TVThe Winds of War
1983
as Luigi Gianelli
MovieThe Scarlet and the Black
1983
MovieAtor, the Fighting Eagle
1982
as Griba
MovieInvaders of the Lost Gold
1982
as Rex Larson
MoviePieces
1982
as The Dean
MovieAbsurd
1981
as Father
MovieSophia Loren: Her Own Story
1980
as Vittorio de Sica
MovieDeep Thoughts
1980
as The Pianist
MovieL'altra donna
1980
as Phillip
MovieThe Squirrel
1979
as Robert Sincap
MovieThe New Godfathers
1979
as Secret Service Chief
MovieConcorde Affair
1979
as Danker
MovieRulers of the City
1976
as Luigi Cherico
MovieThe Jackpot
1976
as Professor Vanderberg
MoviePovero Cristo
1976
as Man in Tuxedo / Satan
MovieMalù
1976
MovieThe Night Child
1975
as Doctor
MovieThe Suspects
1974
as American journalist
MovieFifteen Year Old Captain
1974
as Admiral Marlowe
MovieFrankenstein's Castle of Freaks
1974
as Prefect Ewing
MovieFrom the Archives of the Criminal Police
1973
as Teddy Webbs
MovieThe Big Family
1973
as Giovanni Lutture
MovieThe Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff
1973
as Inspector Crosby
MovieKarzan, Jungle Lord
1972
as Lord Carter (voice) (uncredited)
MovieThe Devil's Lover
1972
as Gunther
MovieThe Fifth Cord
1971
as Edouard Vermont
MovieBlackie the Pirate
1971
as The Viceroy
MovieThomas
1970
as Marcus
MovieNaked and Violent
1970
as Narrator (voice): English version
MovieWages of Sin
1969
as Narrator
MovieWitchcraft '70
1969
as Narrator (voice) (English version)
MovieNaked England
1969
as Narrator (English version)
MovieThe Queer ... The Erotic
1969
as Narrator (voice)
MovieExcuse Me, Do You Like Sex?
1968
as Narrator of English version
MovieSweden: Heaven and Hell
1968
as Narrator (English version)
MovieGun Shy Piluk
1968
as Piluk
MovieChrysanthemums for a Bunch of Swine
1968
as Padre
MovieThe Man Who Laughs
1966
as Cesare Borgia
MovieTexas Jim
1965
as Tom Jameson / Jim James
MovieAssault on Fort Texan
1965
as Major 'Sugar' Patterson
MovieThe Yellow Rolls-Royce
1964
as Fane
Thursday Theatre
1964
as Merton Denver
MovieThe Comedy Man
1964
as Julian Baxter
MovieThe Beauty Jungle
1964
as Rex Carrick
TVTheatre 625
1964
as Weislingen
MovieThe Last Ride to Santa Cruz
1964
as Sheriff Kelly
MovieLafayette
1962
as Silas Deane
MovieSuleiman the Conqueror
1961
as Ibrahim Pascià
MovieWhite Slave Ship
1961
as Dr. Bradley
MovieNefertiti, Queen of the Nile
1961
as Tumos
MovieThe Last of the Vikings
1961
as King Sveno
MovieDas große Wunschkonzert
1960
as Harry Mell
MovieFury of the Pagans
1960
as Toryok
MovieThe Night They Killed Rasputin
1960
as Rasputin
MovieThe Loves of Salammbo
1960
as Narr Havas
MovieThe Cossacks
1960
as Shamil, the Sheik
MovieMoment of Danger
1960
as Peter Carran
MovieThe Diary of Anne Frank
1959
as British Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
MovieHerod the Great
1959
as Erode
MovieAmbush in Tangier
1957
as John Milwood
MovieStrange Intruder
1956
as Paul Quentin
MovieThe King's Thief
1955
as Michael Dermott
MovieThe Prodigal
1955
as Micah
MovieAthena
1954
as Adam Calhorn Shaw
MovieThe Egyptian
1954
as Sinuhe
MovieThe Student Prince
1954
as Prince Karl Franz
MovieGreat Lady Has an Interview
1954
as Reporter (uncredited)
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
1953
as Tom Rutherford
MovieJulius Caesar
1953
as Strato
MovieTitanic
1953
as Second Officer Lightoller (uncredited)
TVThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
