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Edmund Purdom
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…
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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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2001
Knights of the Quest
Movie Ugo di Clarendon
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1999
The Seventh Scroll
TV show Pharaoh Mamose
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1997
7 Signs of Christ's Return
Movie Host
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1992
A Bear Called Arthur
Movie
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1990
The Rift
Movie CEO Steensland
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1989
Appointment in Trieste
TV show Groves
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1988
Don Bosco
Movie Urbano Rattazzi
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1985
Who's Afraid of Dracula?
Movie Count Vlad
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1985
The Assisi Underground
Movie Cardinal Della Costa
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1985
Killer vs Killers
Movie His Excelency
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1984
Don't Open Till Christmas
Movie Inspector Harris
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1984
The Making of a Horror Film
Movie Self
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1983
Champagne in paradiso
Movie Paola's Father
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1983
2019: After the Fall of New York
Movie President of the Pan American Confederacy
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1983
Amok
Movie Jaarsveld
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1983
The Winds of War
TV show Luigi Gianelli
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- 1983
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1982
Ator, the Fighting Eagle
Movie Griba
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1982
Invaders of the Lost Gold
Movie Rex Larson
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1982
Pieces
Movie The Dean
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1981
Absurd
Movie Father
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1980
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
Movie Vittorio de Sica
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1980
Deep Thoughts
Movie The Pianist
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1980
L'altra donna
Movie Phillip
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1979
The Squirrel
Movie Robert Sincap
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1979
The New Godfathers
Movie Secret Service Chief
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1979
Concorde Affair
Movie Danker
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1976
Rulers of the City
Movie Luigi Cherico
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1976
The Jackpot
Movie Professor Vanderberg
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1976
Povero Cristo
Movie Man in Tuxedo / Satan
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1976
Malù
Movie
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1975
The Night Child
Movie Doctor
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1974
The Suspects
Movie American journalist
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1974
Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks
Movie Prefect Ewing
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1973
From the Archives of the Criminal Police
Movie Teddy Webbs
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1973
Fifteen Year Old Captain
Movie Admiral Marlowe
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1973
The Big Family
Movie Giovanni Lutture
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1973
The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff
Movie Inspector Crosby
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1972
Karzan, Jungle Lord
Movie Lord Carter (voice) (uncredited)
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1972
The Devil's Lover
Movie Gunther
