Edmund Purdom, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Edmund Purdom

actor

Date of Birth: 19-Dec-1924

Place of Birth: Welwyn Garden City, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 01-Jan-2009

Profession: stage actor, voice actor, film director, film actor

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

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 His daughter Lilan Purdom became a journalist for French TV Channel TF1.
She is the author of the book "Hollywood Garage" that relates the tumultuous career of her father.
The book is published in English and in French.