Edmund Purdom
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.
Acting
Movie
The Diary of Anne Frank
as British Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
1959
Movie
Pieces
as The Dean
1982
Movie
Julius Caesar
as Strato
1953
Movie
Who's Afraid of Dracula?
as Count Vlad
1985
Movie
Titanic
as Second Officer Lightoller (uncredited)
1953
Movie
Absurd
as Father
1981
Movie
The Egyptian
as Sinuhe
1954
Movie
2019: After the Fall of New York
as President of the Pan American Confederacy
1983
Movie
Ator, the Fighting Eagle
as Griba
1982
Movie
Blackie the Pirate
as The Viceroy
1971
Movie
The Rift
as CEO Steensland
1990
Movie
The Fifth Cord
as Edouard Vermont
1971
Movie
Don't Open Till Christmas
as Inspector Harris
1984
Movie
The Scarlet and the Black
1983
Movie
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
as Fane
1964
TV
The Winds of War
as Luigi Gianelli
1983
Movie
Rulers of the City
as Luigi Cherico
1976
Movie
The Night Child
as Doctor
1975
Movie
Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks
as Prefect Ewing
1974
Movie
Knights Of The Quest
as Ugo di Clarendon
2001
Movie
Nefertiti, Queen of the Nile
as Tumos
1961
TV
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
Movie
Concorde Affair
as Danker
1979
Movie
Invaders of the Lost Gold
as Rex Larson
1982