
Edmund Purdom
Where to watch Edmund Purdom in United States. On screen since 1948. Licensed apps only — 24 titles we track below.
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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The Diary of Anne Frank
British Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited) · 1959

Pieces
The Dean · 1982

Julius Caesar
Strato · 1953

Who's Afraid of Dracula?
Count Vlad · 1985

Titanic
Second Officer Lightoller (uncredited) · 1953

The Egyptian
Sinuhe · 1954

Absurd
Father · 1981

2019: After the Fall of New York
President of the Pan American Confederacy · 1983

Ator, the Fighting Eagle
Griba · 1982

Blackie the Pirate
The Viceroy · 1971

The Rift
CEO Steensland · 1990

The Fifth Cord
Edouard Vermont · 1971

Don't Open Till Christmas
Inspector Harris · 1984

The Scarlet and the Black
1983

The Yellow Rolls-Royce
Fane · 1964

The Winds of War
Luigi Gianelli · 1983

Rulers of the City
Luigi Cherico · 1976

The Night Child
Doctor · 1975

Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks
Prefect Ewing · 1974

Knights of the Quest
Ugo di Clarendon · 2001

Nefertiti, Queen of the Nile
Tumos · 1961

The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · 1948

Concorde Affair
Danker · 1979

Invaders of the Lost Gold
Rex Larson · 1982