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Edmund Purdom

Acting

Born December 20, 1924 · Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Died January 1, 2009

Also known as Edmund Anthony Cutlar Purdom · Edmond Purdom · Edmund Purdon

Biography

Edmund Anthony Cutlar Purdom was an English actor, voice artist, and director. He worked first on stage in Britain, performing various works by Shakespeare, then in the United States on Broadway and in Hollywood, and eventually in Italy. He is perhaps best known for his starring role in the 1954 films The Egyptian and The Student Prince.

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Filmography29 titles

7 Signs of Christ's Return

1997as Host

The Diary of Anne Frank

1959as British Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

Julius Caesar

1953as Strato

The Scarlet and the Black

1983

Assault on Fort Texan

1965as Major 'Sugar' Patterson

The New Godfathers

1979as Secret Service Chief

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948as Self

The Fifth Cord

1971as Edouard Vermont

Titanic

1953as Second Officer Lightoller (uncredited)

The Egyptian

1954as Sinuhe

Rulers of the City

1976as Luigi Cherico

Herod the Great

1959as Erode

The Student Prince

1954as Prince Karl Franz

The King's Thief

1955as Michael Dermott

The Yellow Rolls-Royce

1964as Fane

Pieces

1982as The Dean

Athena

1954as Adam Calhorn Shaw

Blackie the Pirate

1971as The Viceroy

Absurd

1981as Father

Sophia Loren: Her Own Story

1980as Vittorio de Sica

Nefertiti, Queen of the Nile

1961as Tumos

2019: After the Fall of New York

1983as President of the Pan American Confederacy

Witchcraft '70

1969as Narrator (voice) (English version)

The Assisi Underground

1985as Cardinal Della Costa

The Last of the Vikings

1961as King Sveno

Don't Open Till Christmas

1984as Inspector Harris

The Rift

1990as CEO Steensland

Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks

1974as Prefect Ewing

Ator: The Fighting Eagle

1982as Griba