Edmund Purdom
AKA: Edmund Anthony Cutlar Purdom
Birthday: 1924-12-20
Died: 2009-01-01
Birthplace: Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, UK
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
Character: British Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Narrator (voice): English version
Character: President of the Pan American Confederacy
Character: CEO Steensland
Character: Edouard Vermont
Character: Prince Karl Franz
Character: Inspector Harris
Character: Michael Dermott
Character: Adam Calhorn Shaw
Character: Major 'Sugar' Patterson
Character: Paola's Father
Character: Urbano Rattazzi
Character: Ibrahim Pascià
Character: Secret Service Chief
Character: Giovanni Lutture
Character: Cardinal Della Costa
Character: Shamil, the Sheik
Character: Inspector Crosby
Character: Narrator (English version)
Character: Tom Jameson / Jim James
Character: Narrator (voice) (English version)
Character: Narrator (voice)
Character: Vittorio de Sica
Character: Ugo di Clarendon
Character: Admiral Marlowe
Character: Professor Vanderberg
Character: Lord Carter (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Le journaliste américain
Character: Second Officer Lightoller (uncredited)
Character: Narrator (English version)
Character: Narrator of English version