Edmund Purdom
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.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.036 |
| Birthday | 1924-12-20 |
| Place of Birth | Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, UK |
| Also Known As | Edmund Anthony Cutlar Purdom, Edmond Purdom, Edmund Purdon, |
1974
Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks
4.1/33
Mad Dr Frankenstein recruits an evil dwarf, a Neanderthal man, and others to help him put a brain in the body of a brute.
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Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks
1964
The Last Ride to Santa Cruz
7/2
A former sheriff begins to persecute the gang led by Pedro Ortiz, after his wife is taken away.
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The Last Ride to Santa Cruz
1959
The Diary of Anne Frank
7.2/352
The true, harrowing story of a young Jewish girl who, with her family and their friends, is forced into hiding in an attic in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam.
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The Diary of Anne Frank
1970
Naked and Violent
1/1
Cult director Sergio Martino, during the most glorious mondo years, delivered Naked and Violent, a documentary which unveils the brutality of the USA....
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Naked and Violent
1953
Julius Caesar
7/216
The assassination of the would-be ruler of Rome at the hands of Brutus and company has tragic consequences for the idealist and for the republic.
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Julius Caesar
1985
Who's Afraid of Dracula?
6.1/210
Fracchia is desperate: he has to sell a house with at least five bathrooms within three days or his boss will fire him. Incredibly, he and his pal Fil...
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Who's Afraid of Dracula?
1983
2019: After the Fall of New York
5.4/94
After a nuclear war society breaks down into two groups, the evil Euraks, and the rebel Federation. A mercenary named Parsifal is hired by the Federat...
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2019: After the Fall of New York
1954
The Egyptian
6.4/93
In eighteenth-dynasty Egypt, Sinuhe, a poor orphan, becomes a brilliant physician and with his friend Horemheb is appointed to the service of the new...
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The Egyptian
1975
The Night Child
5.6/36
The titular medallion is a gift presented to young Nicole Elmi. Once the girl places the gift around her neck, she is possessed by the spirit of a dea...
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The Night Child
1982
Ator, the Fighting Eagle
4/88
The son of Torren learns of his heritage, goes to avenge the deaths of his fellow villagers, and rescue his sister/love interest from the evil Dakkar...
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Ator, the Fighting Eagle
1990
The Rift
4.6/73
An experimental submarine with a very experienced crew, the "Siren II" is sent to find out what happened to the "Siren I" after it mysteriously disapp...
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The Rift
1971
The Fifth Cord
6.6/62
A journalist finds himself on the trail of a murderer who's been targeting people around him, while the police are considering him a suspect in their...
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The Fifth Cord
1976
Rulers of the City
6.4/41
Tony, a mob loan collector, is dissatisfied with his station in life. Though he dreams of one day being rich, he is stuck with the dead-end job of bea...
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Rulers of the City
1982
Pieces
5.9/251
A frustrated Boston detective searches for the maniac responsible for mutilating a number of university coeds.
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Pieces
1964
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
6.1/42
One Rolls-Royce belongs to three vastly different owners, starting with Lord Charles, who buys the car for his wife as an anniversary present. The nex...
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The Yellow Rolls-Royce
1954
The Student Prince
6.3/13
A prince has a romance with a barmaid before he must give up personal happiness for duty.
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The Student Prince
1971
Blackie the Pirate
5.7/69
Rivaling Pirates and Spanish gold are the ingredients for this story. Blackie the pirate is the one who first hears from this shipment of gold when he...
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Blackie the Pirate
1961
The Last of the Vikings
4.5/5
In this historical drama, a Viking prince returns to his homeland only to learn that his father has been murdered by King Sven of Norway. Sven is forc...
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The Last of the Vikings
1982
Invaders of the Lost Gold
3.8/16
Japanese soldiers battle a tribe of cannibals while protecting a gold shipment.
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Invaders of the Lost Gold
1984
Don't Open Till Christmas
4.8/62
It's just days before Christmas in London, but not everyone is full of good cheer - as a maniac with a pathological hatred of Santa Claus stalks the s...
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Don't Open Till Christmas
1961
Nefertiti, Queen of the Nile
5.167/18
Chronicles the rise and fall of the woman who eventually became known as Queen Nefertiti.
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Nefertiti, Queen of the Nile
1955
The King's Thief
6.2/8
An ex-soldier turned highwayman uncovers a plot to take control of England from King Charles II.
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The King's Thief
1953
Titanic
6.6/140
Unhappily married, Julia Sturges decides to go to America with her two children on the Titanic. Her husband, Richard also arranges passage on the luxu...
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Titanic
1954
Athena
5.6/7
A stuffy young lawyer's outlook on life drastically changes when he meets a perky health food enthusiast and her wacky family.
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Athena
1956
Strange Intruder
5.6/5
A Korean War veteran must find his buddy's widow and children to keep a bizarre promise.
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Strange Intruder
1965
Assault on Fort Texan
5.5/2
During the War of Independence, a group of Southern soldiers form an alliance with the Apache Indians for the purpose of hunting down and killing the...
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Assault on Fort Texan
1968
Gun Shy Piluk
4.5/2
A sheriff is killed by the leader of the local bad guys, and the father of the sheriff is not to pleased. The father, Mr. Piluk, is the local undertak...
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Gun Shy Piluk
1968
Chrysanthemums for a Bunch of Swine
0/0
A bandit kidnaps the belle of a village and hides with her and his gang in a monastery. The priest refuses to marry them, and then chases the gang aft...
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Chrysanthemums for a Bunch of Swine
1955
The Prodigal
4/7
A wealthy young Hebrew traveling in Damascus renounces his faith after he is seduced by an alluring pagan priestess and cheated of his fortune by the...
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The Prodigal
1968
Excuse Me, Do You Like Sex?
2/1
Using interviews and filmed reconstructions, the director analyzes eroticism from the period of breastfeeding, in which the newborn feels pleasure fro...
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Excuse Me, Do You Like Sex?
1968
Sweden: Heaven and Hell
6/10
Nine scenes about sexuality and morals in Sweden in the late sixties.
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Sweden: Heaven and Hell
1960
Moment of Danger
0/0
Having been coerced unto helping a criminal pull off a jewellery theft, a locksmith is double crossed by the crook and heads off to Spain with an eye...
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Moment of Danger
1966
The Man Who Laughs
5.4/5
Spectacular adventures of twin brothers, one with a scar which gives him a permanent smile, and their meetings with the Borgias.
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The Man Who Laughs
1965
Texas Jim
8/2
A band of fierce rustlers is ravaging the region of Las Cruces. Appears an outsider who saves the ranch owner "The Spur" of being kidnapped by members...
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Texas Jim
1960
Fury of the Pagans
0/0
In an imaginary northern European country during the High Middle Ages, two leaders of a barbarian village fight to gain power: one is good and right a...
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Fury of the Pagans
1983
Champagne in paradiso
4/2
Musical, in the style of GREASE, with dance numbers and entertainment. Set in a high school, about the ups and downs in the love affair between Paola,...
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Champagne in paradiso
1959
Herod the Great
5/3
Angry at his wife and defeated in battle, the king of Judea is taken prisoner. After being spared by the Romans, King Herod comes to believe he's been...
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Herod the Great
1988
Don Bosco
6/7
This film depicts the life of Saint John Bosco, who dedicated his life to rescuing abandoned and exploited street children in Turin.
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Don Bosco
1964
The Beauty Jungle
5.2/6
A Bristol typist joins the world of beauty contests.
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The Beauty Jungle
1961
Suleiman the Conqueror
0/0
Historical film, telling the story of Turkish Sultan Suleiman's attempts to conquer Vienna. The advance of his army was checked on Yugoslav territory.
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Suleiman the Conqueror
1979
The New Godfathers
6.8/6
A revolution in Iran halts a heroin shipment, but an alliance of crime families is set on getting it to the US. They decide to run the drug through a...
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The New Godfathers
1973
The Big Family
5.7/3
Two mafia bosses, Don Antonio Marchesi and Don Peppino Scalise, battle over building contracts in Palermo.
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The Big Family
1985
The Assisi Underground
5.2/6
This film sheds light on the role of the Catholic Church and the people of Assisi in rescuing Italian Jews from the Nazis in 1943.
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The Assisi Underground
1961
White Slave Ship
4/1
The Albatross travels from England to the New World in 1675, with a number of passengers, a couple of political prisoners along with a dozen other wom...
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White Slave Ship
1960
The Cossacks
5/1
Set in the 1850s in Czar Alexander II's Russia, this drama and adventure film focuses on the strife between the Circassian Muslims, led by Shamil and...
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The Cossacks
1984
The Making of a Horror Film
0/0
Documentary/promotional film on the making of the horror film Don't Open Til Christmas.
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The Making of a Horror Film
1973
The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff
4.6/15
Amid the craggy, dusty hills of southern France, a woman screams in the night. Gorgeous Melissa Comfort, a wealthy heiress confined to a wheelchair si...
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The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff
1969
Naked England
0/1
"Mondo" sort of documentary around English customs.
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Naked England
1957
Ambush in Tangier
6/1
An American police detective's investigation into a series of murders leads him to drug smugglers in North Africa.
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Ambush in Tangier
1969
Wages of Sin
5/1
Documentary that analyzes sexuality during it's so-called "revolution", the late sixties. The film shows some sexual "oddities" brought on by the fall...
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Wages of Sin
1983
Amok
0/0
A rural teacher discovers the harsh realities of his South Africa.
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Amok
1960
The Night They Killed Rasputin
4/2
Rasputin was a lusty steppes peasant, a god revealed, a cunning patriot, all that, or a mystifier? An intriguing biography.
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The Night They Killed Rasputin
1992
A Bear Called Arthur
0/0
A composer rushing to meet a deadline meets a beautiful woman who says she is his biggest fan. However, it turns out that not only is she not a fan, s...
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A Bear Called Arthur
1970
Thomas
8.1/4
A modest theatrical company, soon to debut, organizes a superstitious spiritual session. During the evening the spirit of little Thomas is evoked.
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Thomas
1969
The Queer ... The Erotic
0/0
The documentary shows in succession a ritual of male initiation in an African tribe, a lesson in sexual education in an European country; a travelling...
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The Queer ... The Erotic
1970
Witchcraft '70
5.3/7
Witness devilish rituals from around the globe. Satanism! Voodoo! Majicks Black and White! Shocking Truths, etc.!
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Witchcraft '70
1960
Das große Wunschkonzert
0/0
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Das große Wunschkonzert
1980
Deep Thoughts
4.5/2
An inventive Euro sex film, set in Paris and Rome.
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Deep Thoughts
1980
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
5.7/8
This biopic about actress Sophia Loren covers her life from childhood through international stardom, her marriage to Carlo Ponti following a romantic...
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Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
1979
Concorde Affair
6.6/18
A reporter tries to stop the crash of an aircraft after uncovering an airline's plot to save their business by sabotaging Concorde flights and have th...
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Concorde Affair
2001
Knights of the Quest
4.452/21
In 1271, five young knights journey to Thebes in Greece to recover the Sacred Shroud and deliver it back to France and into the hands of the royal fam...
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Knights of the Quest
1974
Fifteen Year Old Captain
5/2
Dick Sand travels aboard the "Pilgrim" when, following dramatic events, the ship becomes without a captain. Fate has it so that, to keep all sailors i...
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Fifteen Year Old Captain
1976
Big Pot
0/0
A gang of robbers takes possession of a load of diamonds.. Only one of them, Mark Lemmon, is arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment. But before b...
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Big Pot
1973
From the Archives of the Criminal Police
4/2
A corrupt cop steals evidence of a Mafia drug ring with plans to sell it to their rivals, but is hunted by the mafia and government agents.
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From the Archives of the Criminal Police
1962
Lafayette
5.2/5
The story of Lafayette, the 19 year old pacifist who takes the side of the Colonials during the American war of Independence.
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Lafayette
1985
Killer vs Killers
4/2
A businessman recruits some thieves to steal a valuable chemical formula kept in an well guarded industrial site. The raid is successful, but once he...
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Killer vs Killers
1976
Povero Cristo
7/1
A provincial young man with aspirations of becoming a private investigator is approached by a stranger that promises 100 million lire if he provides e...
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Povero Cristo
1980
L'altra donna
0/0
Wealthy woman and her Ethiopian maid form a friendship.
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L'altra donna
1997
7 Signs of Christ's Return
6/1
He promised to return. The scriptures foretell of seven events that will herald the second coming of Jesus Christ. Two are already part of history. So...
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7 Signs of Christ's Return
1964
The Comedy Man
7.1/5
A middle-aged stock actor goes to London to try the big time. After much frustration, he lands a job doing TV commercials, gaining wealth and recognit...
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The Comedy Man
1960
The Loves of Salammbo
4.7/7
During the 3rd century B.C. a horde of barbarians are hired by the Phoenian city of Carthage to fight against the Roman empire, but when the city's ru...
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The Loves of Salammbo
1979
Lo scoiattolo
5/1
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Lo scoiattolo
1972
Karzan, Jungle Lord
3/1
Financed by Lord Carter and led by Captain Fox, an expedition is mounted to find and capture a jungle-man who lives in Africa.
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Karzan, Jungle Lord
1972
The Devil's Lover
4.8/10
When a trio of free-spirited young women insists on spending the night in a castle rumored to be owned by the Devil himself, their cobweb-and-candelab...
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The Devil's Lover
1981
Absurd
5.5/94
A priest-doctor chasing a man with supernatural regenerative abilities, who has recently escaped from a medical lab, reaches a small town where the mu...
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Absurd
1983
The Scarlet and the Black
7/57
Fr. Hugh O'Flaherty is a Vatican official in 1943-45 who has been hiding downed pilots, escaped prisoners of war, and Italian resistance families. His...
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The Scarlet and the Black
1974
The Suspects
5.4/17
When an American tourist is murdered in the south of France, the police must investigate. In this movie, the police inspector re-creates the girl's jo...
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The Suspects
1954
Great Lady Has an Interview
2/1
A brunette Lana Turner stars in this live song and dance performance of "A Great Lady Has An Interview" to celebrate MGM's 30th anniversary on "The Ed...
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