Edmund Breese
Acting • Born 1871-06-17 – Died 1936-04-06
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
117 credits
Duck Soup
Movie • 1933
Zander
Finders Keepers
Movie • 1928
Hastings
Burning Daylight
Movie • 1928
John Dossett
Platinum Blonde
Movie • 1931
Conroy
Sonny Boy
Movie • 1929
Thorpe
Young Sinners
Movie • 1931
Trent
Paradise for Two
Movie • 1927
Uncle Howard
Return of the Terror
Movie • 1934
Editor
The Perfect Crime
Movie • 1928
Wilmot
The Hurricane Express
Movie • 1932
The Secretary's Father
Fighting With Kit Carson
Movie • 1933
Matt Fargo
Trying Out Torchy
Movie • 1933
Mr. Ellins
Broadway Bill
Movie • 1934
Presiding Judge
An Honorable Cad
Movie • 1919
The Match King
Movie • 1932
Olaf Christofsen
The Weakness of Strength
Movie • 1916
Daniel Gaynor
Cross-Examination
Movie • 1932
Dwight Simpson
Millie
Movie • 1931
Defense Attorney
Chinatown After Dark
Movie • 1931
Le Fong
The Hatchet Man
Movie • 1932
Yu Chang
Luck
Movie • 1923
Alan Crosby
Lost in the Stratosphere
Movie • 1934
Col. Brooks
Womanhandled
Movie • 1925
Uncle Lester
The Reckoning
Movie • 1932
Doc
Morals for Women
Movie • 1931
Mr. Hutson
The Wright Idea
Movie • 1928
Mr. Filbert
Damaged Hearts
Movie • 1924
Innkeeper
Torchy Raises the Auntie
Movie • 1932
Mr. Ellins
Torchy Passes the Buck
Movie • 1931
Mr. Ellins
Torchy Turns the Trick
Movie • 1932
Hickory Ellins
Torchy's Night Cap
Movie • 1932
Hickory Ellins
Torchy
Movie • 1931
Hickory Ellins
Torchy's Two Toots
Movie • 1932
Hickory Ellins
Torchy's Busy Day
Movie • 1932
Hickory Ellins
Torchy's Kitty Coup
Movie • 1933
Edward (Hickory) Ellins
Torchy Rolls His Own
Movie • 1932
Mr. Ellins
Torchy Turns Turtle
Movie • 1933
Mr. Ellins
Alias Mary Smith
Movie • 1932
Mr. Hayes
The Good Bad Girl
Movie • 1931
J.P. Henderson
Young Bride
Movie • 1932
Mr. C. B. Chadwick the Broker
Drifting Souls
Movie • 1932
Brad Martin
Laughing at Life
Movie • 1933
Cabinet Officer
Women Won't Tell
Movie • 1932
Attorney for the Defense
Kismet
Movie • 1930
Jawan
The Sea Bat
Movie • 1930
Maddocks
A Man of Sentiment
Movie • 1933
John Russell Sr.
Defenders of the Law
Movie • 1931
Capt. Bill Houston
The Painted Desert
Movie • 1931
Judge Matthews
Above the Clouds
Movie • 1933
Crusty
The Cabin in the Cotton
Movie • 1932
Holmes Scott
The Brown Derby
Movie • 1926
John J. Caldwell
Treasure Island
Movie • 1934
Pirate of the Spanish Main
The Live Wire
Movie • 1925
Sawdust Sam
Dancing Man
Movie • 1934
J.C. Trevor
Top Speed
Movie • 1930
Spencer Colgate
Bright Lights
Movie • 1930
Franklin Harris
Tol'able David
Movie • 1930
Hunter Kinemon
The Public Defender
Movie • 1931
Frank Wells
Playboy of Paris
Movie • 1930
General de Karodek
Back to Liberty
Movie • 1927
Tom Devon
The Early Bird
Movie • 1925
The Great La Tour
Chiselers of Hollywood
Movie • 1930
Madame Butterfly
Movie • 1932
Cho-Cho's Grandfather
In the Headlines
Movie • 1929
Eddy
The Hottentot
Movie • 1929
Ollie
The Sixth Commandment
Movie • 1924
Col. Saunders
Police Court
Movie • 1932
Judge Robert Webster
International House
Movie • 1933
Doctor Wong
Rough Waters
Movie • 1930
Captain Thomas
Love Bound
Movie • 1932
J.B. 'Lucky' Morrison
All Quiet on the Western Front
Movie • 1930
Herr Meyer
On Trial
Movie • 1928
Judge
Fancy Baggage
Movie • 1929
John Hardin
Conquest
Movie • 1928
William Holden
Come On, Marines!
Movie • 1934
General Cabot
Hold Everything
Movie • 1930
Pop O'Keefe
Mata Hari
Movie • 1931
Warden
Burn 'Em Up Barnes
Movie • 1921
King Cole
Beyond the Rainbow
Movie • 1922
Insp. Richardson
Stepping Along
Movie • 1926
Prince Ferdinand Darowitsky
Girl Overboard
Movie • 1929
Jim Keefe
How to Break 90 #6: Fine Points
Movie • 1933
Himself
As You Desire Me
Movie • 1932
Friar
The Speed Spook
Movie • 1924
Chuck Brady
The Highbinders
Movie • 1926
Mike Harrigan
The Czar of Broadway
Movie • 1930
The Haunted House
Movie • 1928
Uncle Herbert
Only Yesterday
Movie • 1933
Investor (Uncredited)
The Billion Dollar Scandal
Movie • 1933
Mr. Haddock
The Golden West
Movie • 1932
Sam Lynch
Bright Lights of Broadway
Movie • 1923
Reverend Graham Drake
The She-Wolf
Movie • 1931
The Song of the Wage Slave
Movie • 1915
Female
Movie • 1933
Board Member (Uncredited)
Beloved
Movie • 1934
Maj. Tarrant
Three O'Clock in the Morning
Movie • 1923
Mr. Winthrop
Restless Wives
Movie • 1924
Hobart Richards
On Your Guard
Movie • 1933
Prison Warden
Chains of Evidence
Movie • 1920
Judge Frank Sturgis
Someone Must Pay
Movie • 1919
Charles Bryant
The Lure of Heart's Desire
Movie • 1916
Jim Carew
The Spell of the Yukon
Movie • 1916
Jim Carson
The Master Crook
Movie • 1918
Jacqueline, or Blazing Barriers
Movie • 1923
Edmund MacDonald
Two Lips and Juleps; or, Southern Love and Northern Exposure
Movie • 1932
Colonel Shelby
Sure-Fire Flint
Movie • 1922
Johnny Jetts
Those Who Judge
Movie • 1924
Henry Dawson
The Master Mind
Movie • 1914
Richard Allen
Marriage Morals
Movie • 1923
Harry's Father
A Common Level
Movie • 1920
Matthew Ryan
Home Made
Movie • 1927
Mr. Tilford
Ladies Must Love
Movie • 1933
Thomas Van Dyne
The Fair Cheat
Movie • 1923
Morgan Van Dam
The Marriage Bargain
Movie • 1935
Judge Robert Stanhope
His Temporary Wife
Movie • 1920
Judge Laton
Girls Gone Wild
Movie • 1929
Judge Elliott
The Curse of Drink
Movie • 1922
John Rand