Don't Open Till Christmas
1984 · 4.9/10
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Edmund Purdom
Director & actor · born 20 December 1924 · 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.
Where to start: The Diary of Anne Frank (1959).
As director 1
As actor 77
Knights of the Quest
2001 · 4.9/10
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7 Signs of Christ's Return
1997 · 8.0/10
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A Bear Called Arthur
1992 · 7.0/10
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The Rift
1990 · 4.7/10
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Don Bosco
1988 · 6.5/10
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Who's Afraid of Dracula?
1985 · 6.1/10
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The Assisi Underground
1985 · 4.8/10
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Killer vs Killers
1985 · 6.0/10
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1984 · 4.9/10
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The Making of a Horror Film
1984 · 9.0/10
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Champagne in paradiso
1983 · 5.3/10
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2019: After the Fall of New York
1983 · 5.4/10
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Amok
1983 · 8.0/10
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The Scarlet and the Black
1983 · 7.1/10
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Ator, the Fighting Eagle
1982 · 4.0/10
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Invaders of the Lost Gold
1982 · 3.8/10
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Pieces
1982 · 5.9/10
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Absurd
1981 · 5.5/10
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Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
1980 · 5.5/10
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Deep Thoughts
1980 · 3.5/10
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L'altra donna
1980 · 8.0/10
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The Squirrel
1979 · 5.3/10
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The New Godfathers
1979 · 6.9/10
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Concorde Affair
1979 · 6.4/10
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Rulers of the City
1976 · 6.4/10
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The Jackpot
1976 · 10.0/10
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Povero Cristo
1976 · 7.5/10
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The Night Child
1975 · 5.7/10
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The Suspects
1974 · 5.4/10
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Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks
1974 · 4.3/10
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From the Archives of the Criminal Police
1973 · 5.3/10
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Fifteen Year Old Captain
1973 · 5.8/10
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The Big Family
1973 · 6.6/10
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The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff
1973 · 4.4/10
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Karzan, Jungle Lord
1972 · 7.0/10
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The Devil's Lover
1972 · 4.7/10
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The Fifth Cord
1971 · 6.6/10
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Blackie the Pirate
1971 · 5.8/10
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Thomas
1970 · 7.8/10
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Naked and Violent
1970 · 4.5/10
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Wages of Sin
1969 · 6.0/10
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Witchcraft '70
1969 · 5.4/10
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Naked England
1969 · 3.7/10
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Excuse Me, Do You Like Sex?
1968 · 4.7/10
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Sweden: Heaven and Hell
1968 · 5.7/10
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Gun Shy Piluk
1968 · 6.0/10
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Chrysanthemums for a Bunch of Swine
1968 · 7.0/10
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The Man Who Laughs
1966 · 5.4/10
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Texas Jim
1965 · 7.7/10
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Assault on Fort Texan
1965 · 7.0/10
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The Yellow Rolls-Royce
1964 · 6.1/10
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The Comedy Man
1964 · 7.1/10
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The Beauty Jungle
1964 · 5.3/10
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The Last Ride to Santa Cruz
1964 · 7.0/10
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Lafayette
1962 · 5.6/10
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Suleiman the Conqueror
1961 · 9.0/10
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White Slave Ship
1961 · 6.0/10
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Nefertiti, Queen of the Nile
1961 · 5.7/10
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The Last of the Vikings
1961 · 5.1/10
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Das große Wunschkonzert
1960 · 8.0/10
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Frequently asked questions
What is the best Edmund Purdom movie?
By viewer score, The Diary of Anne Frank (1959) at 7.2/10.
What are Edmund Purdom’s most popular movies?
The Diary of Anne Frank, Pieces, Julius Caesar.
How many movies has Edmund Purdom made?
78 films on TMDB, 1 as director, 77 as actor.