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

1933

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

1932

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

1931

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

1930

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

1929

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

1928

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

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

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

1923

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

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