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
Come On, Marines! as General Cabot
Beloved as Maj. Tarrant
Dancing Man as J.C. Trevor
Lost in the Stratosphere as Col. Brooks

1933

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

1932

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

1931

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

1930

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

1929

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

1928

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

1927

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

1926

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

1925

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

1924

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

1923

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

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

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