Edmund Purdom

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Edmund Purdom, 1962

Edmund Anthony Cutlar Purdom (born December 19, 1924 in Welwyn Garden City , Hertfordshire , England , † January 1, 2009 in Rome , Italy ) was a British actor and voice actor .

Life

Purdom was raised by Jesuits at St. Ignatius College and by Benedictines before beginning his film career . Enthusiastic about the theater at an early age, he began his acting career in 1945 in plays by William Shakespeare and Molière . Due to his good looks Hollywood producers were aware of him, and Purdom was through his work mainly in historical films Hollywood shear stamping temporarily to a heartthrob. He had his most important role as the main actor in the historical monumental film Sinuhe the Egyptians by Michael Curtiz , in which he replaced Marlon Brando , who had temporarily withdrawn from the project. Both MGM and 20th Century Fox gave him a contract.

After his career in Hollywood had stalled, he shifted his focus of work back to Europe from 1957, where he was seen in numerous genre productions , including sandal films mainly produced in Italy , later in spaghetti westerns and then in horror films . The quality of his films often left a lot to be desired.

Purdom was married four times and divorced three times. His first wife, Anita Philips, is the mother of his children. It was followed by Linda Christian , the ex-wife of actor Tyrone Power ; his third wife was Alicia Darr. In 2000 he married Vivienne Purdom.

Purdom last lived in Rome. In Italy he appeared in around 60 B-films produced there and for many years he was a spokesperson for the English dubbing of Italian films. He also worked as a film producer.

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Commons : Edmund Purdom  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ guardian.co.uk
  2. ^ Enrico Lancia, Fabio Melilli: Dizionario del cinema italiano, Gli attori stranieri del nostro cinema . Gremese 2006, pp. 150/151
personal data
SURNAME Purdom, Edmund
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Purdom, Edmund Anthony Cutlar (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British actor and voice actor
DATE OF BIRTH December 19, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Welwyn Garden City , Hertfordshire , England
DATE OF DEATH January 1, 2009
Place of death Rome , Italy