Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1924-12-20
- Day of Death2009-01-01 (84 years)
- Place of BirthWelwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, UK
- Also Known AsEdmund Anthony Cutlar PurdomEdmond PurdomEdmund Purdon
Edmund Purdom
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...Read More
Known For
Acting Career
- 2001
Knights of the Quest
As: Ugo di Clarendon
- 1999
The Seventh Scroll
As: Pharaoh Mamose
- 1997
7 Signs of Christ's Return
As: Host
- 1990
The Rift
As: CEO Steensland
- 1988
Don Bosco
As: Urbano Rattazzi
- 1985
Who's Afraid of Dracula?
As: Count Vlad
- 1985
The Assisi Underground
As: Cardinal Della Costa
- 1985
Killer vs Killers
As: His Excelency
- 1984
Don't Open Till Christmas
As: Inspector Harris
- 1983
Champagne in paradiso
As: Paola's Father
- 1983
2019: After the Fall of New York
As: President of the Pan American Confederacy
- 1983
Amok
As: Jaarsveld
- 1982
Ator, the Fighting Eagle
As: Griba
- 1982
Invaders of the Lost Gold
As: Rex Larson
- 1982
Pieces
As: The Dean
- 1981
Absurd
As: Father
- 1980
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
As: Vittorio de Sica
- 1980
Deep Thoughts
As: The Pianist
- 1980
L'altra donna
As: Phillip
- 1979
Lo scoiattolo
As: Robert Sincap
- 1979
The New Godfathers
As: Secret Service Chief
- 1979
Concorde Affair
As: Danker
- 1976
Rulers of the City
As: Luigi Cherico
- 1976
Big Pot
As: Professor Vanderberg
- 1976
Povero Cristo
As: Man in Tuxedo / Satan
- 1975
The Night Child
As: Doctor
- 1974
The Suspects
As: American journalist
- 1974
Fifteen Year Old Captain
As: Admiral Marlowe
- 1974
Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks
As: Prefect Ewing
- 1973
From the Archives of the Criminal Police
As: Teddy Webbs
- 1973
The Big Family
As: Giovanni Lutture
- 1973
The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff
As: Inspector Crosby
- 1972
Karzan, Jungle Lord
As: Lord Carter (voice) (uncredited)
- 1972
The Devil's Lover
As: Gunther
- 1971
The Fifth Cord
As: Edouard Vermont
- 1971
Blackie the Pirate
As: The Viceroy
- 1970
Thomas
As: Marcus
- 1970
Naked and Violent
As: Narrator (voice): English version
- 1970
Witchcraft '70
As: Narrator (voice) (English version)
- 1969
Wages of Sin
As: Narrator
- 1969
Naked England
As: Narrator (English version)
- 1969
The Queer ... The Erotic
As: Narrator (voice)
- 1968
Excuse Me, Do You Like Sex?
As: Narrator of English version
- 1968
Sweden: Heaven and Hell
As: Narrator (English version)
- 1968
Gun Shy Piluk
As: Piluk
- 1966
The Man Who Laughs
As: Cesare Borgia
- 1965
Texas Jim
As: Tom Jameson / Jim James
- 1965
Assault on Fort Texan
As: Major 'Sugar' Patterson
- 1964
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
As: Fane
- 1964
The Comedy Man
As: Julian Baxter
- 1964
The Beauty Jungle
As: Rex Carrick
- 1964
The Last Ride to Santa Cruz
As: Sheriff Kelly
- 1962
Lafayette
As: Silas Deane
- 1961
Suleiman the Conqueror
As: Ibrahim Pascià
- 1961
White Slave Ship
As: Dr. Bradley
- 1961
Nefertiti, Queen of the Nile
As: Tumos
- 1961
The Last of the Vikings
As: King Sveno
- 1960
Das große Wunschkonzert
As: Harry Mell
- 1960
Fury of the Pagans
As: Toryok
- 1960
The Night They Killed Rasputin
As: Rasputin
- 1960
The Loves of Salammbo
As: Narr Havas
- 1960
The Cossacks
As: Shamil, the Sheik
- 1960
Moment of Danger
As: Peter Carran
- 1959
The Diary of Anne Frank
As: British Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
- 1959
Herod the Great
As: Erode
- 1957
Ambush in Tangier
As: John Milwood
- 1956
Strange Intruder
As: Paul Quentin
- 1955
The King's Thief
As: Michael Dermott
- 1955
The Prodigal
As: Micah
- 1954
Athena
As: Adam Calhorn Shaw
- 1954
The Egyptian
As: Sinuhe
- 1954
The Student Prince
As: Prince Karl Franz
- 1954
Great Lady Has an Interview
As: Reporter (uncredited)
- 1953
Julius Caesar
As: Strato
- 1953
Titanic
As: Second Officer Lightoller (uncredited)