Edmund Purdom

Edmund Purdom

Date of Birth:

Dec 20, 1924

Place of Birth:

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:

Amok Amok

1983

Thomas Thomas

1970

Absurd Absurd

1981

Big Pot Big Pot

1976

Lafayette Lafayette

1962

Pieces Pieces

1982

The Rift The Rift

1990

Texas Jim Texas Jim

1965

Don Bosco Don Bosco

1988

Athena Athena

1954

Titanic Titanic

1953

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