Edmund Breese

Born: 1871-06-17 in Brooklyn, New York, USA

Died: 1936-04-06

Known For: 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.

Filmography

1935

The Marriage Bargain as Judge Robert Stanhope

1934

Treasure Island as Pirate of the Spanish Main
Broadway Bill as Presiding Judge
Return of the Terror as Editor
Lost in the Stratosphere as Col. Brooks
Dancing Man as J.C. Trevor
Come On, Marines! as General Cabot
Beloved as Maj. Tarrant

1933

Duck Soup as Zander
The Billion Dollar Scandal as Mr. Haddock
Female as Board Member (Uncredited)
Only Yesterday as Investor (Uncredited)
Fighting With Kit Carson as Matt Fargo
A Man of Sentiment as John Russell Sr.
Laughing at Life as Cabinet Officer
International House as Doctor Wong
How to Break 90 #6: Fine Points as Himself
Torchy's Kitty Coup as Edward (Hickory) Ellins
Above the Clouds as Crusty
On Your Guard as Prison Warden
Ladies Must Love as Thomas Van Dyne
Trying Out Torchy as Mr. Ellins
Torchy Turns Turtle as Mr. Ellins

1932

As You Desire Me as Friar
The Cabin in the Cotton as Holmes Scott
The Match King as Olaf Christofsen
Love Bound as J.B. 'Lucky' Morrison
The Hurricane Express as The Secretary's Father
Women Won't Tell as Attorney for the Defense
The Hatchet Man as Yu Chang
Madame Butterfly as Cho-cho San's Grandfather
Young Bride as Mr. C. B. Chadwick the Broker
Torchy's Two Toots as Hickory Ellins
Alias Mary Smith as Mr. Hayes
The Golden West as Sam Lynch
Two Lips and Juleps; or, Southern Love and Northern Exposure as Colonel Shelby
Torchy's Busy Day as Hickory Ellins
Torchy Raises the Auntie as Mr. Ellins
Torchy Rolls His Own as Mr. Ellins
Torchy's Night Cap as Hickory Ellins
Drifting Souls as Brad Martin
Police Court as Judge Robert Webster
Torchy Turns the Trick as Hickory Ellins
Cross-Examination as Dwight Simpson
The Reckoning as Doc

1931

Mata Hari as Warden
Platinum Blonde as Conroy
Millie as Defense Attorney
The Good Bad Girl as J.P. Henderson
The Public Defender as Frank Wells
Defenders of the Law as Capt. Bill Houston
The Painted Desert as Judge Matthews
Torchy Passes the Buck as Mr. Ellins
Torchy as Hickory Ellins
Morals for Women as Mr. Hutson
Chinatown After Dark as Le Fong
The She-Wolf
Young Sinners as Trent

1930

All Quiet on the Western Front as Herr Meyer
The Czar of Broadway
Bright Lights as Franklin Harris
Tol'able David as Hunter Kinemon
Kismet as Jawan
Top Speed as Spencer Colgate
The Sea Bat as Maddocks
Playboy of Paris as General de Karodek
Hold Everything as Pop O'Keefe
Chiselers of Hollywood
Rough Waters as Captain Thomas

1929

Girls Gone Wild as Judge Elliott
Fancy Baggage as John Hardin
In the Headlines as Eddy
Sonny Boy as Thorpe
The Hottentot as Ollie
Girl Overboard as Jim Keefe

1928

Finders Keepers as Hastings
The Haunted House as Uncle Herbert
Burning Daylight as John Dossett
Conquest as William Holden
The Perfect Crime as Wilmot
On Trial as Judge
The Wright Idea as Mr. Filbert

1927

Home Made as Mr. Tilford
Paradise for Two as Uncle Howard
Back to Liberty as Tom Devon

1926

The Highbinders as Mike Harrigan
The Brown Derby as John J. Caldwell
Stepping Along as Prince Ferdinand Darowitsky

1925

Wildfire as Sen. Woodhurst
The Live Wire as Sawdust Sam
Womanhandled as Uncle Lester
The Early Bird as The Great La Tour

1924

Restless Wives as Hobart Richards
Those Who Judge as Henry Dawson
The Speed Spook as Chuck Brady
The Sixth Commandment as Col. Saunders
Damaged Hearts as Innkeeper

1923

Marriage Morals as Harry's Father
Jacqueline, or Blazing Barriers as Edmund MacDonald
Bright Lights of Broadway as Reverend Graham Drake
Three O'Clock in the Morning as Mr. Winthrop
The Fair Cheat as Morgan Van Dam
Luck as Alan Crosby

1922

The Curse of Drink as John Rand
Beyond the Rainbow as Insp. Richardson
Sure-Fire Flint as Johnny Jetts

1921

Burn 'Em Up Barnes as King Cole
A Man's Home ... (Theatre Play)

1920

His Temporary Wife as Judge Laton
A Common Level as Matthew Ryan
Chains of Evidence as Judge Frank Sturgis

1914

The Master Mind as Richard Allen