Edmund Breese
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 17, 1871
- Died
- April 6, 1936 (aged 64)
- Birthplace
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
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.
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Filmography
The Marriage Bargain
Movie · as Judge Robert Stanhope
Return of the Terror
Movie · as Editor
Broadway Bill
Movie · as Presiding Judge
Lost in the Stratosphere
Movie · as Col. Brooks
Treasure Island
Movie · as Pirate of the Spanish Main
Dancing Man
Movie · as J.C. Trevor
Come On, Marines!
Movie · as General Cabot
Beloved
Movie · as Maj. Tarrant
Duck Soup
Movie · as Zander
Fighting With Kit Carson
Movie · as Matt Fargo
Trying Out Torchy
Movie · as Mr. Ellins
Torchy's Kitty Coup
Movie · as Edward (Hickory) Ellins
Torchy Turns Turtle
Movie · as Mr. Ellins
Laughing at Life
Movie · as Cabinet Officer
A Man of Sentiment
Movie · as John Russell Sr.
Above the Clouds
Movie · as Crusty
International House
Movie · as Doctor Wong
How to Break 90 #6: Fine Points
Movie · as Himself
Only Yesterday
Movie · as Investor (Uncredited)
The Billion Dollar Scandal
Movie · as Mr. Haddock
Female
Movie · as Board Member (Uncredited)
On Your Guard
Movie · as Prison Warden
Ladies Must Love
Movie · as Thomas Van Dyne
The Hurricane Express
Movie · as The Secretary's Father
The Match King
Movie · as Olaf Christofsen
Cross-Examination
Movie · as Dwight Simpson
The Hatchet Man
Movie · as Yu Chang
The Reckoning
Movie · as Doc
Torchy Turns the Trick
Movie · as Hickory Ellins
Torchy's Night Cap
Movie · as Hickory Ellins
Torchy Raises the Auntie
Movie · as Mr. Ellins
Torchy's Two Toots
Movie · as Hickory Ellins
Torchy's Busy Day
Movie · as Hickory Ellins
Torchy Rolls His Own
Movie · as Mr. Ellins
Alias Mary Smith
Movie · as Mr. Hayes
Young Bride
Movie · as Mr. C. B. Chadwick the Broker
Drifting Souls
Movie · as Brad Martin
Women Won't Tell
Movie · as Attorney for the Defense
The Cabin in the Cotton
Movie · as Holmes Scott
Madame Butterfly
Movie · as Cho-cho San's Grandfather
Police Court
Movie · as Judge Robert Webster
Love Bound
Movie · as J.B. 'Lucky' Morrison
As You Desire Me
Movie · as Friar
The Golden West
Movie · as Sam Lynch
Two Lips and Juleps; or, Southern Love and Northern Exposure
Movie · as Colonel Shelby
Platinum Blonde
Movie · as Conroy
Young Sinners
Movie · as Trent
Millie
Movie · as Defense Attorney
Chinatown After Dark
Movie · as Le Fong
Morals for Women
Movie · as Mr. Hutson
Torchy
Movie · as Hickory Ellins
Torchy Passes the Buck
Movie · as Mr. Ellins
The Good Bad Girl
Movie · as J.P. Henderson
The Painted Desert
Movie · as Judge Matthews
Defenders of the Law
Movie · as Capt. Bill Houston
The Public Defender
Movie · as Frank Wells
Mata Hari
Movie · as Warden
The She-Wolf
Movie
Kismet
Movie · as Jawan
The Sea Bat
Movie · as Maddocks
Top Speed
Movie · as Spencer Colgate
Bright Lights
Movie · as Franklin Harris
Tol'able David
Movie · as Hunter Kinemon
Playboy of Paris
Movie · as General de Karodek
Chiselers of Hollywood
Movie
Rough Waters
Movie · as Captain Thomas
All Quiet on the Western Front
Movie · as Herr Meyer
Hold Everything
Movie · as Pop O'Keefe
The Czar of Broadway
Movie
Sonny Boy
Movie · as Thorpe
The Hottentot
Movie · as Ollie
In the Headlines
Movie · as Eddy
Fancy Baggage
Movie · as John Hardin
Girl Overboard
Movie · as Jim Keefe
Girls Gone Wild
Movie · as Judge Elliott
Finders Keepers
Movie · as Hastings
Burning Daylight
Movie · as John Dossett
The Perfect Crime
Movie · as Wilmot
The Wright Idea
Movie · as Mr. Filbert
On Trial
Movie · as Judge
Conquest
Movie · as William Holden
The Haunted House
Movie · as Uncle Herbert
Paradise for Two
Movie · as Uncle Howard
Back to Liberty
Movie · as Tom Devon
Home Made
Movie · as Mr. Tilford
The Brown Derby
Movie · as John J. Caldwell
Stepping Along
Movie · as Prince Ferdinand Darowitsky
The Highbinders
Movie · as Mike Harrigan
Womanhandled
Movie · as Uncle Lester
The Live Wire
Movie · as Sawdust Sam
The Early Bird
Movie · as The Great La Tour
Wildfire
Movie · as Sen. Woodhurst
Damaged Hearts
Movie · as Innkeeper
The Sixth Commandment
Movie · as Col. Saunders
The Speed Spook
Movie · as Chuck Brady
Restless Wives
Movie · as Hobart Richards
Those Who Judge
Movie · as Henry Dawson
Luck
Movie · as Alan Crosby
Bright Lights of Broadway
Movie · as Reverend Graham Drake
Three O'Clock in the Morning
Movie · as Mr. Winthrop
Jacqueline, or Blazing Barriers
Movie · as Edmund MacDonald
Marriage Morals
Movie · as Harry's Father
The Fair Cheat
Movie · as Morgan Van Dam
Beyond the Rainbow
Movie · as Insp. Richardson
Sure-Fire Flint
Movie · as Johnny Jetts
The Curse of Drink
Movie · as John Rand
Burn 'Em Up Barnes
Movie · as King Cole
Chains of Evidence
Movie · as Judge Frank Sturgis
A Common Level
Movie · as Matthew Ryan
His Temporary Wife
Movie · as Judge Laton
An Honorable Cad
Movie
Someone Must Pay
Movie · as Charles Bryant
The Master Crook
Movie
The Weakness of Strength
Movie · as Daniel Gaynor
The Lure of Heart's Desire
Movie · as Jim Carew
The Spell of the Yukon
Movie · as Jim Carson
The Song of the Wage Slave
Movie
The Master Mind
Movie · as Richard Allen