Edmund Purdom
1924-12-20 ( 100 years old ) in 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 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.

Movies

The Rift 1990-03-09
Don Bosco 1988-01-31
Amok 1983-04-01
Pieces 1982-08-23
Absurd 1981-10-01
Deep Thoughts 1980-01-01
L'altra donna 1980-01-01
Lo scoiattolo 1979-10-01
Big Pot 1976-06-15
Povero Cristo 1976-01-03
The Suspects 1974-11-27
The Big Family 1973-03-03
The Fifth Cord 1971-08-17
Thomas 1970-09-28
Witchcraft '70 1970-02-07
Wages of Sin 1969-10-07
Naked England 1969-04-05
Gun Shy Piluk 1968-03-07
Texas Jim 1965-05-24
The Comedy Man 1964-09-03
Lafayette 1962-02-16
The Cossacks 1960-02-04
The Prodigal 1955-05-06
Athena 1954-11-04
The Egyptian 1954-08-25
Julius Caesar 1953-06-04
Titanic 1953-04-11