Edmund Purdom
Born December 20, 1924 (Age: 101)
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Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, UK
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.
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.
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Filmography
7 Signs of Christ's Return
1997
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as Host
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Age: 72
A Bear Called Arthur
1992
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as
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Age: 67
The Rift
1990
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as CEO Steensland
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Age: 65
Don Bosco
1988
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as Urbano Rattazzi
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Age: 63
Who's Afraid of Dracula?
1985
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as Count Vlad
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Age: 61
The Assisi Underground
1985
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as Cardinal Della Costa
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Age: 60
Killer vs Killers
1985
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as His Excelency
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Age: 60
No Image
The Making of a Horror Film
1984
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as Self
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Age: 59
Pieces
1982
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as The Dean
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Age: 57
Absurd
1981
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as Father
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Age: 56
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
1980
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as Vittorio de Sica
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Age: 55
Deep Thoughts
1980
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as The Pianist
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Age: 55
L'altra donna
1980
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as Phillip
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Age: 55
The Suspects
1974
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as American journalist
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Age: 49
Fifteen Year Old Captain
1974
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as Admiral Marlowe
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Age: 49
Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks
1974
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as Prefect Ewing
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Age: 49
From the Archives of the Criminal Police
1973
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as Teddy Webbs
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Age: 48
The Big Family
1973
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as Giovanni Lutture
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Age: 48
The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff
1973
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as Inspector Crosby
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Age: 48
Karzan, Jungle Lord
1972
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as Lord Carter (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 47
The Devil's Lover
1972
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as Gunther
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Age: 47
Wages of Sin
1969
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as Narrator
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Age: 44
Naked England
1969
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as Narrator (English version)
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Age: 44
The Queer ... The Erotic
1969
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 44
Texas Jim
1965
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as Tom Jameson / Jim James
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Age: 40
Assault on Fort Texan
1965
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as Major 'Sugar' Patterson
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Age: 40
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
1964
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as Fane
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Age: 40
The Comedy Man
1964
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as Julian Baxter
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Age: 39
The Beauty Jungle
1964
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as Rex Carrick
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Age: 39
The Last Ride to Santa Cruz
1964
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as Sheriff Kelly
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Age: 39
Lafayette
1962
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as Silas Deane
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Age: 37
Suleiman the Conqueror
1961
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as Ibrahim Pascià
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Age: 36
White Slave Ship
1961
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as Dr. Bradley
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Age: 36
Nefertiti, Queen of the Nile
1961
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as Tumos
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Age: 36
The Last of the Vikings
1961
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as King Sveno
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Age: 36
Das große Wunschkonzert
1960
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as Harry Mell
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Age: 35
Fury of the Pagans
1960
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as Toryok
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Age: 35
The Night They Killed Rasputin
1960
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as Rasputin
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Age: 35
The Loves of Salammbo
1960
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as Narr Havas
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Age: 35
The Cossacks
1960
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as Shamil, the Sheik
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Age: 35
Moment of Danger
1960
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as Peter Carran
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Age: 35
The Diary of Anne Frank
1959
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as British Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 34
Herod the Great
1959
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as Erode
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Age: 34
Strange Intruder
1956
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as Paul Quentin
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Age: 31
The King's Thief
1955
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as Michael Dermott
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Age: 30
The Prodigal
1955
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as Micah
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Age: 30
Athena
1954
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as Adam Calhorn Shaw
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Age: 29
The Egyptian
1954
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as Sinuhe
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Age: 29
The Student Prince
1954
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as Prince Karl Franz
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Age: 29
Great Lady Has an Interview
1954
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as Reporter (uncredited)
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Age: 29
Julius Caesar
1953
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as Strato
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Age: 28
Titanic
1953
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as Second Officer Lightoller (uncredited)
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Age: 28