Edmund Anthony Cutlar Purdom, known as Edmund Purdom is an English actor and voice actor. He was born on December 19, 1924 in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England. Wikipedia
Son of an artist/critic; he attended Douai, St. Ignatius and Downside schools in England, UK. Won the lead role in The Student Prince (1954) after Mario Lanza's weight gain forced him out of the part; won the lead role in The Egyptian (1954) after Marlon www.imdb.com/name/nm0700803/
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It is obviously prudent for an actor to have a second string to his bow in such an uncertain profession, and it would seem that, if my contention is correct, Purdom must have attained a very high standard in his secondary calling if RCA chose to use him f www.britmovie.co.uk/forums/actors-actresses/4600-edmund-p...
