Edmund Purdom
Actor
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.
As Director
Filmography
The Diary of Anne Frank
as British Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited) 1959
Pieces
as The Dean 1982
Julius Caesar
as Strato 1953
Who's Afraid of Dracula?
as Count Vlad 1985
Titanic
as Second Officer Lightoller (uncredited) 1953
Absurd
as Father 1981
The Egyptian
as Sinuhe 1954
2019: After the Fall of New York
as President of the Pan American Confederacy 1983
Ator, the Fighting Eagle
as Griba 1982
The Rift
as CEO Steensland 1990
Blackie the Pirate
as The Viceroy 1971
The Fifth Cord
as Edouard Vermont 1971
Don't Open Till Christmas
as Inspector Harris 1984
The Scarlet and the Black
1983
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
as Fane 1964
Rulers of the City
as Luigi Cherico 1976
The Night Child
as Doctor 1975