Edmund Breese
Known for Acting ยท 118 credits
- Born
- 1871-06-17
- Died
- 1936-04-06
- Place of birth
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia
Edmund Breese (June 18, 1871 โ 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
Movies (118)
All Quiet on the Western Front
1930
as Herr Meyer
Duck Soup
1933
as Zander
Mata Hari
1931
as Warden
Treasure Island
1934
as Pirate of the Spanish Main
Madame Butterfly
1932
as Cho-Cho's Grandfather
Platinum Blonde
1931
as Conroy
Millie
1931
as Defense Attorney
Police Court
1932
as Judge Robert Webster
Burning Daylight
1928
as John Dossett
Torchy Turns the Trick
1932
as Hickory Ellins
The Hurricane Express
1932
as The Secretary's Father
The Sea Bat
1930
as Maddocks
Only Yesterday
1933
as Investor (Uncredited)
Young Bride
1932
as Mr. C. B. Chadwick the Broker
Top Speed
1930
as Spencer Colgate
International House
1933
as Doctor Wong
Bright Lights
1930
as Franklin Harris
Beloved
1934
as Maj. Tarrant
Kismet
1930
as Jawan
Cross-Examination
1932
as Dwight Simpson
The Painted Desert
1931
as Judge Matthews
Conquest
1928
as William Holden
The Cabin in the Cotton
1932
as Holmes Scott
Young Sinners
1931
as Trent
Broadway Bill
1934
as Presiding Judge
The Hottentot
1929
as Ollie
As You Desire Me
1932
as Friar
Burn 'Em Up Barnes
1921
as King Cole
The Match King
1932
as Olaf Christofsen
The Brown Derby
1926
as John J. Caldwell
Drifting Souls
1932
as Brad Martin
Morals for Women
1931
as Mr. Hutson
Female
1933
as Board Member (Uncredited)
Return of the Terror
1934
as Editor
The Highbinders
1926
as Mike Harrigan
The Public Defender
1931
as Frank Wells
Finders Keepers
1928
as Hastings
Beyond the Rainbow
1922
as Insp. Richardson
Fancy Baggage
1929
as John Hardin
Fighting With Kit Carson
1933
as Matt Fargo
The Billion Dollar Scandal
1933
as Mr. Haddock
Laughing at Life
1933
as Cabinet Officer
Above the Clouds
1933
as Crusty
Lost in the Stratosphere
1934
as Col. Brooks
Alias Mary Smith
1932
as Mr. Hayes
The Golden West
1932
as Sam Lynch
The Good Bad Girl
1931
as J.P. Henderson
On Trial
1928
as Judge
Bright Lights of Broadway
1923
as Reverend Graham Drake
Paradise for Two
1927
as Uncle Howard
Three O'Clock in the Morning
1923
as Mr. Winthrop
Luck
1923
as Alan Crosby
Hold Everything
1930
as Pop O'Keefe
The Marriage Bargain
1935
as Judge Robert Stanhope
Tol'able David
1930
as Hunter Kinemon
Come On, Marines!
1934
as General Cabot
The Hatchet Man
1932
as Yu Chang
Women Won't Tell
1932
as Attorney for the Defense
Chinatown After Dark
1931
as Le Fong
Defenders of the Law
1931
as Capt. Bill Houston
Playboy of Paris
1930
as General de Karodek
Stepping Along
1926
as Prince Ferdinand Darowitsky
The Curse of Drink
1922
as John Rand
Wildfire
1925
as Sen. Woodhurst
The Lure of Heart's Desire
1916
as Jim Carew
Damaged Hearts
1924
as Innkeeper
Jacqueline, or Blazing Barriers
1923
as Edmund MacDonald
Ladies Must Love
1933
as Thomas Van Dyne
Those Who Judge
1924
as Henry Dawson
The Sixth Commandment
1924
as Col. Saunders
On Your Guard
1933
as Prison Warden
The Reckoning
1932
as Doc
The Perfect Crime
1928
as Wilmot
The Early Bird
1925
as The Great La Tour
The Master Mind
1914
as Richard Allen
The Weakness of Strength
1916
as Daniel Gaynor
Rough Waters
1930
as Captain Thomas
Love Bound
1932
as J.B. 'Lucky' Morrison
Torchy's Busy Day
1932
as Hickory Ellins
A Common Level
1920
as Matthew Ryan
Dancing Man
1934
as J.C. Trevor
The Spell of the Yukon
1916
as Jim Carson
Chiselers of Hollywood
1930
The Haunted House
1928
as Uncle Herbert
In the Headlines
1929
as Eddy
Torchy's Kitty Coup
1933
as Edward (Hickory) Ellins
Girl Overboard
1929
as Jim Keefe
A Man of Sentiment
1933
as John Russell Sr.
Sonny Boy
1929
as Thorpe
The Speed Spook
1924
as Chuck Brady
How to Break 90 #6: Fine Points
1933
as Himself
The She-Wolf
1931
Torchy's Two Toots
1932
as Hickory Ellins
Torchy Raises the Auntie
1932
as Mr. Ellins
Girls Gone Wild
1929
as Judge Elliott
Someone Must Pay
1919
as Charles Bryant
Torchy Turns Turtle
1933
as Mr. Ellins
Torchy Passes the Buck
1931
as Mr. Ellins
Two Lips and Juleps; or, Southern Love and Northern Exposure
1932
as Colonel Shelby
Womanhandled
1925
as Uncle Lester
Chains of Evidence
1920
as Judge Frank Sturgis
Restless Wives
1924
as Hobart Richards
Marriage Morals
1923
as Harry's Father
Torchy Rolls His Own
1932
as Mr. Ellins
The Live Wire
1925
as Sawdust Sam
Back to Liberty
1927
as Tom Devon
His Temporary Wife
1920
as Judge Laton
The Czar of Broadway
1930
Torchy's Night Cap
1932
as Hickory Ellins
Home Made
1927
as Mr. Tilford
An Honorable Cad
1919
The Fair Cheat
1923
as Morgan Van Dam
Torchy
1931
as Hickory Ellins
Sure-Fire Flint
1922
as Johnny Jetts
The Wright Idea
1928
as Mr. Filbert
The Master Crook
1918
The Song of the Wage Slave
1915
Trying Out Torchy
1933
as Mr. Ellins
About Edmund Breese
From Wikipedia Edmund Breese (June 18, 1871 โ 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 1โฆ With 118 credits spanning from 1914 to 1935, Edmund Breese has appeared in 118 films and 0 TV shows.
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Most Popular Edmund Breese Movies
- All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) โ as Herr Meyer
- Duck Soup (1933) โ as Zander
- Mata Hari (1931) โ as Warden
- Treasure Island (1934) โ as Pirate of the Spanish Main
- Madame Butterfly (1932) โ as Cho-Cho's Grandfather
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