
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.

Theatre 625
TV • 1964

The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948

The King's Thief
MOVIE • 1955

Titanic
MOVIE • 1953

The Egyptian
MOVIE • 1954

The Seventh Scroll
TV • 1999

The Loves of Salammbo
MOVIE • 1960

The Diary of Anne Frank
MOVIE • 1959

The Scarlet and the Black
MOVIE • 1983

Athena
MOVIE • 1954

Julius Caesar
MOVIE • 1953

Deep Thoughts
MOVIE • 1980

Lafayette
MOVIE • 1962

The New Godfathers
MOVIE • 1979

The Rift
MOVIE • 1990

2019: After the Fall of New York
MOVIE • 1983

Big Pot
MOVIE • 1976

The Yellow Rolls-Royce
MOVIE • 1964