Edmund Purdom
Born December 20, 1924 (Age: 101)
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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 regular in European genre cinema, working with directors like Juan Piquer Simón, Joe D'Amato, Sergio Martino, Ruggero Deodato.
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.
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Filmography
Pieces
1982
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as The Dean
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Age: 57
Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks
1974
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as Prefect Ewing
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Age: 49
Wages of Sin
1969
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as Narrator
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Age: 44
Naked England
1969
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as Narrator (English version)
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Age: 44
The Queer ... The Erotic
1969
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 44
Suleiman the Conqueror
1961
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as Ibrahim Pascià
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Age: 36
White Slave Ship
1961
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as Dr. Bradley
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Age: 36
Nefertiti, Queen of the Nile
1961
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as Tumos
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Age: 36
The Last of the Vikings
1961
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as King Sveno
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Age: 36
Das große Wunschkonzert
1960
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as Harry Mell
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Age: 35
The Night They Killed Rasputin
1960
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as Rasputin
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Age: 35
The Cossacks
1960
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as Shamil, the Sheik
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Age: 35
The Diary of Anne Frank
1959
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as British Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 34
Herod the Great
1959
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as Erode
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Age: 34
The Egyptian
1954
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as Sinuhe
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Age: 29
Great Lady Has an Interview
1954
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as Reporter (uncredited)
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Age: 29
Julius Caesar
1953
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as Strato
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Age: 28
Titanic
1953
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as Second Officer Lightoller (uncredited)
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Age: 28