Edmund Purdom
b. 1924 — d. 2009 (aged 85)
Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Actor
Director
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
Filmography
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★ 5.4
The Knights of the Quest
2001 Actor
Ugo di Clarendon
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★ 5.7
The Seventh Scroll
1999 Actor
Pharaoh Mamose
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★ 5.2
A Bear Named Arthur
1992 Actor
Academy Awards Presenter
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★ 5.0
Appuntamento a Trieste
1989 Actor
Groves
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Nature by Profession
1989 Self
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Diritto di vivere
1989 Actor
L'ingegnere Palmieri
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★ 6.6
Don Bosco
1988 Actor
Urbano Rattazzi
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Sei delitti per padre Brown
1988 Actor
Generale Outran
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★ 5.8
Fracchia Vs. Dracula
1985 Actor
Count Dracula
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★ 5.1
Death Commando
1985 Actor
His Excelency
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★ 4.7
Don't Open Till Christmas
1984 Actor
Director
Chief Inspector Harris
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★ 5.3
Champagne in paradiso
1984 Actor
Paola's Father
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★ 6.5
The Making of a Horror Film
1984 Self
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★ 5.5
2019: After the Fall of New York
1983 Actor
President of the Pan American Confederacy
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★ 6.0
Amok
1983 Actor
Jaarsveld
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★ 6.0
Pieces
1982 Actor
The Dean
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★ 3.3
Ator: The Fighting Eagle
1982 Actor
Griba
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★ 3.4
Invaders of the Lost Gold
1982 Actor
Rex Larson
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★ 5.3
Absurd
1981 Actor
Father
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A grande richiesta
1981 Actor
Organizzatore
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L'assassino ha le ore contate
1981 Actor
Il capoccia della Scientifica
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★ 6.5
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
1980 Actor
Vittorio de Sica
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★ 6.5
L'altra donna
1980 Actor
Phillip
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Storia della Repubblica di San Marino
1980 Self
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★ 5.5
Concorde Affaire '79
1979 Actor
Danker
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★ 5.7
The New Godfathers
1979 Actor
Narcotics Division Chief
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★ 6.1
Mücevher Hirsizlari
1979 Actor
Robert Sincap
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★ 6.1
Rulers of the City
1976 Actor
Luigi Cerchio
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★ 5.4
This Violent World
1976 Actor
Narrator
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★ 5.8
Together Forever
1975 Actor
Doctor
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★ 6.2
Povero Cristo
1975 Actor
Uomo in frac
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★ 3.9
Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks
1974 Actor
Prefect
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★ 4.9
The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff
1973 Actor
Inspector Crosby
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★ 5.4
Fifteen Year Old Captain
1973 Actor
Admiral Marlowe
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★ 7.0
The Big Family
1973 Actor
Giovanni Lutture
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★ 4.5
Dagli archivi della polizia criminale
1973 Actor
Teddy Webbs
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Fifty Years of Thorns and Roses
1973 Self
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★ 4.2
The Devil's Lover
1972 Actor
Gunther
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★ 6.6
The Fifth Cord
1971 Actor
Edouard Vermont
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★ 5.9
Thomas and the Bewitched
1970 Actor
Marcus
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★ 4.4
Naked and Violent
1970 Actor
Voice: narration: English version
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★ 5.2
Witchcraft '70
1969 Actor
Narrator (English language version)
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★ 4.0
Wages of Sin
1969 Actor
Narrator
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★ 4.6
Naked England
1969 Actor
Narrator
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★ 3.2
The Queer... The Erotic
1969 Actor
Narrator (English Version)
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★ 5.6
Sweden: Heaven and Hell
1968 Actor
Narrator (English version)
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★ 5.1
Piluk, the Timid One
1968 Actor
Sheriff Roger Brown
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★ 5.7
Scusi, lei conosce il sesso?
1968 Actor
Narrator of English version
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★ 5.0
Chrysanthemums for a Bunch of Swine
1968 Actor
Padre
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★ 4.5
The Man Who Laughs
1966 Actor
Cesare Borgia
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★ 4.8
Shoot to Kill
1965 Actor
Jim James
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★ 6.4
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
1964 Actor
Fane
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★ 6.8
The Comedy Man
1964 Actor
Julian Baxter
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★ 6.0
Contest Girl
1964 Actor
Rex Carrick
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★ 4.6
The Last Ride to Santa Cruz
1964 Actor
Rex Kelly
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★ 4.6
Assault on Fort Texan
1964 Actor
Major 'Sugar' Patterson
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★ 6.0
Lafayette
1962 Actor
Silas Deane
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★ 5.3
Queen of the Nile
1961 Actor
Tumos
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★ 4.8
The Last of the Vikings
1961 Actor
King Sveno
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★ 4.9
White Slave Ship
1961 Actor
Il dottor Robert Bradley
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★ 4.5
Suleiman the Conqueror
1961 Actor
Ibrahim Pascià
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★ 6.6
Moment of Danger
1960 Actor
Peter Carran
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★ 5.0
The Loves of Salammbo
1960 Actor
Narr Havas
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★ 6.2
The Cossacks
1960 Actor
Shamil, the Sheik
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★ 5.9
The Night They Killed Rasputin
1960 Actor
Rasputin
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★ 4.9
Fury of the Barbarians
1960 Actor
Toryok
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★ 6.0
Das große Wunschkonzert
1960 Actor
Harry Mell
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★ 4.8
Herod the Great
1959 Actor
Erode
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The Anne Shelton Show
1958 Actor
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★ 7.2
Sword of Freedom
1957 Actor
Marco del Monte
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★ 5.7
Agguato a Tangeri
1957 Actor
John Milwood
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★ 5.6
Strange Intruder
1956 Actor
Paul Quentin
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★ 5.2
The Prodigal
1955 Actor
Micah
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★ 5.8
The King's Thief
1955 Actor
Michael Dermott
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★ 6.5
The Egyptian
1954 Actor
Sinuhe
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★ 6.5
The Student Prince
1954 Actor
Prince Karl
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★ 5.9
Athena
1954 Actor
Adam Calhorn Shaw
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★ 5.8
Great Lady Has an Interview: Lana Turner
1954 Actor
Reporter