
Edmund Purdom
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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, Pu...
Known For
Filmography

Knights of the Quest
2001
as Ugo di Clarendon

The Seventh Scroll
1999
as Pharaoh Mamose

7 Signs of Christ's Return
1997
as Host

A Bear Called Arthur
1992

The Rift
1990
as CEO Steensland
Appointment in Trieste
1989
as Groves

Don Bosco
1988
as Urbano Rattazzi

Who's Afraid of Dracula?
1985
as Count Vlad

The Assisi Underground
1985
as Cardinal Della Costa

Killer vs Killers
1985
as His Excelency

Don't Open Till Christmas
1984
as Inspector Harris
The Making of a Horror Film
1984
as Self

2019: After the Fall of New York
1983
as President of the Pan American Confederacy

Champagne in paradiso
1983
as Paola's Father

Amok
1983
as Jaarsveld

The Scarlet and the Black
1983

The Winds of War
1983
as Luigi Gianelli

Ator, the Fighting Eagle
1982
as Griba

Pieces
1982
as The Dean

Invaders of the Lost Gold
1982
as Rex Larson

Absurd
1981
as Father

Deep Thoughts
1980
as The Pianist

Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
1980
as Vittorio de Sica

L'altra donna
1980
as Phillip

The New Godfathers
1979
as Secret Service Chief

Concorde Affair
1979
as Danker

The Squirrel
1979
as Robert Sincap

Rulers of the City
1976
as Luigi Cherico

The Jackpot
1976
as Professor Vanderberg

Povero Cristo
1976
as Man in Tuxedo / Satan

Malù
1976

The Night Child
1975
as Doctor

Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks
1974
as Prefect Ewing

The Suspects
1974
as American journalist

The Big Family
1973
as Giovanni Lutture

The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff
1973
as Inspector Crosby

Fifteen Year Old Captain
1973
as Admiral Marlowe

From the Archives of the Criminal Police
1973
as Teddy Webbs

Karzan, Jungle Lord
1972
as Lord Carter (voice) (uncredited)

The Devil's Lover
1972
as Gunther

The Fifth Cord
1971
as Edouard Vermont

Blackie the Pirate
1971
as The Viceroy

Naked and Violent
1970
as Narrator (voice): English version

Thomas
1970
as Marcus

Naked England
1969
as Narrator (English version)

Wages of Sin
1969
as Narrator

Witchcraft '70
1969
as Narrator (voice) (English version)

The Queer ... The Erotic
1969
as Narrator (voice)

Chrysanthemums for a Bunch of Swine
1968
as Padre

Gun Shy Piluk
1968
as Piluk

Sweden: Heaven and Hell
1968
as Narrator (English version)

Excuse Me, Do You Like Sex?
1968
as Narrator of English version

The Man Who Laughs
1966
as Cesare Borgia

Assault on Fort Texan
1965
as Major 'Sugar' Patterson

Texas Jim
1965
as Tom Jameson / Jim James

The Last Ride to Santa Cruz
1964
as Sheriff Kelly

The Yellow Rolls-Royce
1964
as Fane

The Beauty Jungle
1964
as Rex Carrick

The Comedy Man
1964
as Julian Baxter

Theatre 625
1964
as Weislingen
Thursday Theatre
1964
as Merton Denver

Lafayette
1962
as Silas Deane

The Last of the Vikings
1961
as King Sveno

Nefertiti, Queen of the Nile
1961
as Tumos

Suleiman the Conqueror
1961
as Ibrahim Pascià

White Slave Ship
1961
as Dr. Bradley

Moment of Danger
1960
as Peter Carran

Fury of the Pagans
1960
as Toryok

The Cossacks
1960
as Shamil, the Sheik

The Night They Killed Rasputin
1960
as Rasputin

Das große Wunschkonzert
1960
as Harry Mell

The Loves of Salammbo
1960
as Narr Havas

The Diary of Anne Frank
1959
as British Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

Herod the Great
1959
as Erode

Ambush in Tangier
1957
as John Milwood

Strange Intruder
1956
as Paul Quentin

The King's Thief
1955
as Michael Dermott

The Prodigal
1955
as Micah

The Egyptian
1954
as Sinuhe

The Student Prince
1954
as Prince Karl Franz

Athena
1954
as Adam Calhorn Shaw

Great Lady Has an Interview
1954
as Reporter (uncredited)

Julius Caesar
1953
as Strato

Titanic
1953
as Second Officer Lightoller (uncredited)
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
1953
as Tom Rutherford

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self