Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1924-12-20
Day of Death
2009-01-01
Place of Birth
Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Edmund Purdom
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.
Filmography (78)
Knights Of The Quest
2001
7 Signs of Christ's Return
1997
A Bear Called Arthur
1992
The Rift
1990
Don Bosco
1988
Who's Afraid of Dracula?
1985
The Assisi Underground
1985
Killer vs Killers
1985
Don't Open Till Christmas
1984The Making of a Horror Film
1984
Champagne in paradiso
1983
2019: After the Fall of New York
1983
Amok
1983
The Scarlet and the Black
1983
