Edmund Purdom
Acting
Born December 20, 1924 · 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 regul…
Known For · 40 titles
Theatre 625
The Ed Sullivan Show
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
Thursday Theatre
The Winds of War
Ator, the Fighting Eagle
Julius Caesar
The Diary of Anne Frank
Titanic
Wages of Sin
Deep Thoughts
The Scarlet and the Black
Lafayette
Pieces
The Egyptian
The Seventh Scroll
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
Blackie the Pirate
Absurd
Athena
The Rift
Ambush in Tangier
The New Godfathers
Rulers of the City
Malù
The Loves of Salammbo
Nefertiti, Queen of the Nile
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
The Prodigal
The Last of the Vikings
The Fifth Cord
Appointment in Trieste
2019: After the Fall of New York
The Assisi Underground
The Man Who Laughs
The King's Thief
The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff
The Queer ... The Erotic
Don't Open Till Christmas
The Comedy Man