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Edmund Purdom
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Edmund Purdom

1924 – 2009 · Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, UK · Active 1948–2001

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 regul...

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Karzan, Jungle Lord

Karzan, Jungle Lord

1972 ★ 3.2
as Lord Carter (voice) (uncredited)

An expedition, financed by Lord Carter and led by Captain Fox, have as a goal to find and capture a jungle-man who lives in Africa.

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Filmography

85 credits
2000s 1 credit
2001
Knights Of The Quest as Ugo di Clarendon
Movie ★ 4.7
1990s 4 credits
1999
The Seventh Scroll as Pharaoh Mamose
TV ★ 5.6
1997
Movie ★ 6.0
1990
The Rift as CEO Steensland
Movie ★ 4.7
1980s 19 credits
1989
TV
1988
Don Bosco as Urbano Rattazzi
Movie ★ 6.0
1985
Movie ★ 6.1
1985
The Assisi Underground as Cardinal Della Costa
Movie ★ 5.2
1985
Killer vs Killers as His Excelency
Movie ★ 4.0
1984
Don't Open Till Christmas as Inspector Harris
Movie ★ 4.8
1983
2019: After the Fall of New York as President of the Pan American Confederacy
Movie ★ 5.4
1983
Champagne in paradiso as Paola's Father
Movie ★ 4.0
1983
Amok as Jaarsveld
Movie
1983
Movie ★ 7.0
1983
The Winds of War as Luigi Gianelli
TV ★ 7.3
1982
Movie ★ 3.9
1982
Pieces as The Dean
Movie ★ 5.9
1982
Movie ★ 3.8
1981
Absurd as Father
Movie ★ 5.5
1980
Deep Thoughts as The Pianist
Movie ★ 3.5
1980
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story as Vittorio de Sica
Movie ★ 5.2
1980
L'altra donna as Phillip
Movie
1970s 20 credits
1979
The New Godfathers as Secret Service Chief
Movie ★ 6.9
1979
Movie ★ 6.3
1979
Lo scoiattolo as Robert Sincap
Movie ★ 4.0
1976
Rulers of the City as Luigi Cherico
Movie ★ 6.3
1976
Big Pot as Professor Vanderberg
Movie
1976
Povero Cristo as Man in Tuxedo / Satan
Movie ★ 7.0
1975
Movie ★ 5.6
1974
Movie ★ 4.2
1974
Fifteen Year Old Captain as Admiral Marlowe
Movie ★ 5.0
1974
The Suspects as American journalist
Movie ★ 5.2
1973
The Big Family as Giovanni Lutture
Movie ★ 5.8
1973
Movie ★ 4.2
1973
Movie ★ 4.0
1972
Karzan, Jungle Lord as Lord Carter (voice) (uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.5
1972
Movie ★ 4.5
1971
The Fifth Cord as Edouard Vermont
Movie ★ 6.5
1971
Movie ★ 5.7
1970
Naked and Violent as Narrator (voice): English version
Movie ★ 1.0
1970
Thomas as Marcus
Movie ★ 7.7
1970
Witchcraft '70 as Narrator (voice) (English version)
Movie ★ 4.9
1960s 26 credits
1969
Naked England as Narrator (English version)
Movie ★ 2.0
1969
Wages of Sin as Narrator
Movie ★ 5.0
1969
The Queer ... The Erotic as Narrator (voice)
Movie
1968
Movie ★ 4.5
1968
Sweden: Heaven and Hell as Narrator (English version)
Movie ★ 5.5
1968
Excuse Me, Do You Like Sex? as Narrator of English version
Movie ★ 2.0
1966
The Man Who Laughs as Cesare Borgia
Movie ★ 5.0
1965
Assault on Fort Texan as Major 'Sugar' Patterson
Movie ★ 7.0
1965
Texas Jim as Tom Jameson / Jim James
Movie ★ 8.0
1964
Movie ★ 6.2
1964
Movie ★ 6.1
1964
The Beauty Jungle as Rex Carrick
Movie ★ 4.8
1964
The Comedy Man as Julian Baxter
Movie ★ 6.9
1964
Theatre 625 as Weislingen
TV ★ 7.2
1962
Lafayette as Silas Deane
Movie ★ 5.2
1961
Movie ★ 4.5
1961
Movie ★ 5.4
1961
Suleiman the Conqueror as Ibrahim Pascià
Movie
1961
White Slave Ship as Dr. Bradley
Movie ★ 4.0
1960
Moment of Danger as Peter Carran
Movie
1960
Movie
1960
The Cossacks as Shamil, the Sheik
Movie ★ 5.0
1960
Movie ★ 4.0
1960
Movie
1960
Movie ★ 4.2
1950s 13 credits
1959
The Diary of Anne Frank as British Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.2
1959
Movie ★ 5.5
1957
Ambush in Tangier as John Milwood
Movie ★ 6.0
1956
Strange Intruder as Paul Quentin
Movie ★ 5.6
1955
The King's Thief as Michael Dermott
Movie ★ 6.2
1955
Movie ★ 4.0
1954
The Egyptian as Sinuhe
Movie ★ 6.4
1954
The Student Prince as Prince Karl Franz
Movie ★ 6.1
1954
Athena as Adam Calhorn Shaw
Movie ★ 5.6
1954
Great Lady Has an Interview as Reporter (uncredited)
Movie ★ 2.0
1953
Movie ★ 7.1
1953
Titanic as Second Officer Lightoller (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.6
1953
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse as Tom Rutherford
TV ★ 7.0
1940s 1 credit
1948
TV ★ 6.8
Crew Credits
1980s 1 credit
1984
Movie ★ 4.8