Portrait of Edmund Breese

Edmund Breese

Acting

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.

Born: June 17, 1871

Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, USA

Filmography

1934
Broadway Bill

as Presiding Judge

1934
1934
Treasure Island

as Pirate of the Spanish Main

1934
Come On, Marines!

as General Cabot

1934
Dancing Man

as J.C. Trevor

1934
Beloved

as Maj. Tarrant

1933
1933
Duck Soup

as Zander

1933
Female

as Board Member (Uncredited)

1933
Only Yesterday

as Investor (Uncredited)

1933
Ladies Must Love

as Thomas Van Dyne

1933
A Man of Sentiment

as John Russell Sr.

1933
Laughing at Life

as Cabinet Officer

1933
1933
International House

as Doctor Wong

1933
On Your Guard

as Prison Warden

1933
1932
The Match King

as Olaf Christofsen

1932
Madame Butterfly

as Cho-Cho's Grandfather

1932
Women Won't Tell

as Attorney for the Defense

1932
The Golden West

as Sam Lynch

1932
1932
Drifting Souls

as Brad Martin

1932
The Hurricane Express

as The Secretary's Father

1932
Alias Mary Smith

as Mr. Hayes

1932
1932
Young Bride

as Mr. C. B. Chadwick the Broker

1932
Love Bound

as J.B. 'Lucky' Morrison

1932
Police Court

as Judge Robert Webster

1932
1932
Cross-Examination

as Dwight Simpson

1932
The Hatchet Man

as Yu Chang

1931
Mata Hari

as Warden

1931
1931
Morals for Women

as Mr. Hutson

1931
1931
The Public Defender

as Frank Wells

1931
Defenders of the Law

as Capt. Bill Houston

1931
The Good Bad Girl

as J.P. Henderson

1931
1931
Millie

as Defense Attorney

1931
The Painted Desert

as Judge Matthews

1930
Tol'able David

as Hunter Kinemon

1930
Kismet

as Jawan

1930
Playboy of Paris

as General de Karodek

1930
Bright Lights

as Franklin Harris

1930
Top Speed

as Spencer Colgate

1930
The Sea Bat

as Maddocks

1930
Rough Waters

as Captain Thomas

1930
Hold Everything

as Pop O'Keefe

1929
1929
1929
Girl Overboard

as Jim Keefe

1929
Sonny Boy

as Thorpe

1929
Fancy Baggage

as John Hardin

1928
Conquest

as William Holden

1928
On Trial

as Judge

1928
The Haunted House

as Uncle Herbert

1928
The Wright Idea

as Mr. Filbert

1928
1928
Burning Daylight

as John Dossett

1928
Finders Keepers

as Hastings

1927
Home Made

as Mr. Tilford

1927
Back to Liberty

as Tom Devon

1927
Paradise for Two

as Uncle Howard

1926
Stepping Along

as Prince Ferdinand Darowitsky

1926
The Brown Derby

as John J. Caldwell

1925
Womanhandled

as Uncle Lester

1925
The Live Wire

as Sawdust Sam

1924
Those Who Judge

as Henry Dawson

1924
The Speed Spook

as Chuck Brady

1924
The Sixth Commandment

as Col. Saunders

1924
Damaged Hearts

as Innkeeper

1923
1923
The Fair Cheat

as Morgan Van Dam

1923
Marriage Morals

as Harry's Father

1923
Bright Lights of Broadway

as Reverend Graham Drake

1923
1923
Luck

as Alan Crosby

1922
Sure-Fire Flint

as Johnny Jetts

1922
Beyond the Rainbow

as Insp. Richardson

1921
Burn 'Em Up Barnes

as King Cole

1920
A Common Level

as Matthew Ryan

1920
Chains of Evidence

as Judge Frank Sturgis

1919
Someone Must Pay

as Charles Bryant

1916
The Weakness of Strength

as Daniel Gaynor

1916
1914
The Master Mind

as Richard Allen