Edmund Purdom
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 20, 1924
- Place of birth
- Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, UK
- Died
- January 1, 2009
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.
Movies with Edmund Purdom
- The Diary of Anne Frank 1959 · ★ 7.2
- Pieces 1982 · ★ 5.9
- Julius Caesar 1953 · ★ 7.1
- Who's Afraid of Dracula? 1985 · ★ 6.1
- Titanic 1953 · ★ 6.6
- Absurd 1981 · ★ 5.5
- The Egyptian 1954 · ★ 6.5
- 2019: After the Fall of New York 1983 · ★ 5.4
- Ator, the Fighting Eagle 1982 · ★ 4.0
- The Rift 1990 · ★ 4.7
- Blackie the Pirate 1971 · ★ 5.8
- The Fifth Cord 1971 · ★ 6.6
- Don't Open Till Christmas 1984 · ★ 4.9
- The Scarlet and the Black 1983 · ★ 7.1
- The Yellow Rolls-Royce 1964 · ★ 6.1
- Rulers of the City 1976 · ★ 6.4
- Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks 1974 · ★ 4.3
- The Night Child 1975 · ★ 5.7
- Knights of the Quest 2001 · ★ 4.9
- Nefertiti, Queen of the Nile 1961 · ★ 5.7
- Concorde Affair 1979 · ★ 6.4
- Invaders of the Lost Gold 1982 · ★ 3.8
- The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff 1973 · ★ 4.4
- The Suspects 1974 · ★ 5.4
- The Student Prince 1954 · ★ 6.3
- The Devil's Lover 1972 · ★ 4.7
- Sweden: Heaven and Hell 1968 · ★ 5.7
- The King's Thief 1955 · ★ 6.2
- The Beauty Jungle 1964 · ★ 5.3
- Witchcraft '70 1969 · ★ 5.4
- Sophia Loren: Her Own Story 1980 · ★ 5.5
- The Prodigal 1955 · ★ 4.6
- The New Godfathers 1979 · ★ 6.9
- The Assisi Underground 1985 · ★ 4.8
- The Loves of Salammbo 1960 · ★ 4.8
- Athena 1954 · ★ 5.8
- The Man Who Laughs 1966 · ★ 5.4
- Don Bosco 1988 · ★ 6.5
- Lafayette 1962 · ★ 5.6
- The Comedy Man 1964 · ★ 7.1
Movies directed by Edmund Purdom
- Don't Open Till Christmas 1984 · ★ 4.9