Edmund Breese
Biography
From Wikipedia Edmund Breese (June 18, 1871 – April 6, 1936) was an American stage and film actor of the silent era. Long on the stage with a varied Broadway career before entering movies he appeared with James O'Neill in The Count of Monte Cristo (1893), The Lion and the Mouse (1906) with Richard Bennett, The Third Degree (1909) with Helen Ware, The Master Mind (1913) with Elliott Dexter, the popular World War I era play Why Marry? (1917) with Estelle Winwood & Nat C. Goodwin and So This Is London (1922) with Donald Gallaher. He appeared in 129 films between 1914 and 1935. He is best remembered as the advice-giving German businessman at the beginning of the war film All Quiet on the Western Front. His final role was on stage in Night of January 16th from September 1935 to April 1936. Just before the play ended its run, Breese developed peritonitis, which he died from on April 6, 1936.
Known For
Zander
Duck Soup
Hastings
Finders Keepers
John Dossett
Burning Daylight
Conroy
Platinum Blonde
Thorpe
Sonny Boy
Trent
Young Sinners
Uncle Howard
Paradise for Two
Editor
Return of the Terror
Wilmot
The Perfect Crime
The Secretary's Father
The Hurricane Express
Matt Fargo
Fighting With Kit Carson
Mr. Ellins
Trying Out Torchy
Presiding Judge
Broadway Bill
An Honorable Cad
Olaf Christofsen
The Match King
Daniel Gaynor
The Weakness of Strength
Dwight Simpson
Cross-Examination
Defense Attorney
Millie
Le Fong
Chinatown After Dark
Yu Chang
The Hatchet Man
Alan Crosby
Luck
Col. Brooks
Lost in the Stratosphere
Uncle Lester
Womanhandled
Doc
The Reckoning
Mr. Hutson
Morals for Women
Mr. Filbert
The Wright Idea
Innkeeper
Damaged Hearts
Hickory Ellins
Torchy
Mr. Ellins
Torchy Passes the Buck
Hickory Ellins
Torchy Turns the Trick
Hickory Ellins
Torchy's Night Cap
Mr. Ellins
Torchy Raises the Auntie
Hickory Ellins
Torchy's Two Toots
Hickory Ellins
Torchy's Busy Day
Mr. Ellins
Torchy Rolls His Own
Edward (Hickory) Ellins
Torchy's Kitty Coup
Mr. Ellins
Torchy Turns Turtle
Mr. Hayes
Alias Mary Smith
J.P. Henderson
The Good Bad Girl
Mr. C. B. Chadwick the Broker
Young Bride
Brad Martin
Drifting Souls
Cabinet Officer
Laughing at Life
Attorney for the Defense
Women Won't Tell
Jawan
Kismet
Maddocks
The Sea Bat
John Russell Sr.
A Man of Sentiment
Judge Matthews
The Painted Desert
Capt. Bill Houston
Defenders of the Law
Crusty
Above the Clouds
Holmes Scott
The Cabin in the Cotton
John J. Caldwell
The Brown Derby
Pirate of the Spanish Main
Treasure Island
Sawdust Sam
The Live Wire
J.C. Trevor
Dancing Man
Spencer Colgate
Top Speed
Franklin Harris
Bright Lights
Hunter Kinemon
Tol'able David
Frank Wells
The Public Defender
General de Karodek
Playboy of Paris
Tom Devon
Back to Liberty
The Great La Tour
The Early Bird
Chiselers of Hollywood
Cho-Cho's Grandfather
Madame Butterfly
Ollie
The Hottentot
Eddy
In the Headlines
Col. Saunders
The Sixth Commandment
Judge Robert Webster
Police Court
Doctor Wong
International House
Captain Thomas
Rough Waters
J.B. 'Lucky' Morrison
Love Bound
Herr Meyer
All Quiet on the Western Front
Judge
On Trial
William Holden
Conquest
John Hardin
Fancy Baggage
General Cabot
Come On, Marines!
Pop O'Keefe
Hold Everything
Warden
Mata Hari
King Cole
Burn 'Em Up Barnes
Insp. Richardson
Beyond the Rainbow
Prince Ferdinand Darowitsky
Stepping Along
Jim Keefe
Girl Overboard
Himself
How to Break 90 #6: Fine Points
Friar
As You Desire Me
Chuck Brady
The Speed Spook
Mike Harrigan
The Highbinders
The Czar of Broadway
Uncle Herbert
The Haunted House
Investor (Uncredited)
Only Yesterday
Mr. Haddock
The Billion Dollar Scandal
Sam Lynch
The Golden West
Reverend Graham Drake
Bright Lights of Broadway
The She-Wolf
The Song of the Wage Slave
Board Member (Uncredited)
Female
Maj. Tarrant
Beloved
Mr. Winthrop
Three O'Clock in the Morning
Hobart Richards
Restless Wives
Prison Warden
On Your Guard
Judge Frank Sturgis
Chains of Evidence
Charles Bryant
Someone Must Pay
Jim Carew
The Lure of Heart's Desire
Jim Carson
The Spell of the Yukon
The Master Crook
Edmund MacDonald
Jacqueline, or Blazing Barriers
Colonel Shelby
Two Lips and Juleps; or, Southern Love and Northern Exposure
Johnny Jetts
Sure-Fire Flint
Henry Dawson
Those Who Judge
Richard Allen
The Master Mind
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
108
Gender
Male
Birthday
1871-06-17
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
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