Edmund Breese
Acting
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.
Known for
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The Marriage Bargain
1935
Judge Robert Stanhope
movieBroadway Bill
1934
Presiding Judge
movieLost in the Stratosphere
1934
Col. Brooks
movieTreasure Island
1934
Pirate of the Spanish Main
movieCome On, Marines!
1934
General Cabot
movieDancing Man
1934
J.C. Trevor
movieBeloved
1934
Maj. Tarrant
movieDuck Soup
1933
Zander
movieFemale
1933
Board Member (Uncredited)
movieOnly Yesterday
1933
Investor (Uncredited)
movieLadies Must Love
1933
Thomas Van Dyne
movieA Man of Sentiment
1933
John Russell Sr.
movieLaughing at Life
1933
Cabinet Officer
movieFighting With Kit Carson
1933
Matt Fargo
movieInternational House
1933
Doctor Wong
movieOn Your Guard
1933
Prison Warden
Torchy's Kitty Coup
1933
Edward (Hickory) Ellins
movieThe Billion Dollar Scandal
1933
Mr. Haddock
movieThe Match King
1932
Olaf Christofsen
movieMadame Butterfly
1932
Cho-cho San's Grandfather
movieWomen Won't Tell
1932
Attorney for the Defense
movieThe Golden West
1932
Sam Lynch
Torchy's Busy Day
1932
Hickory Ellins
movieThe Cabin in the Cotton
1932
Holmes Scott
movieDrifting Souls
1932
Brad Martin
movieThe Hurricane Express
1932
The Secretary's Father
movieAlias Mary Smith
1932
Mr. Hayes
Torchy's Two Toots
1932
Hickory Ellins
movieYoung Bride
1932
Mr. C. B. Chadwick the Broker
Torchy's Night Cap
1932
Hickory Ellins
movieLove Bound
1932
J.B. 'Lucky' Morrison
moviePolice Court
1932
Judge Robert Webster
movieCross-Examination
1932
Dwight Simpson
Torchy Turns the Trick
1932
Hickory Ellins
movieThe Hatchet Man
1932
Yu Chang
movieMata Hari
1931
Warden
moviePlatinum Blonde
1931
Conroy
movieMorals for Women
1931
Mr. Hutson
Torchy
1931
Hickory Ellins
movieThe Public Defender
1931
Frank Wells
movieDefenders of the Law
1931
Capt. Bill Houston
movieThe Good Bad Girl
1931
J.P. Henderson
movieMillie
1931
Defense Attorney
movieThe Painted Desert
1931
Judge Matthews
movieTol'able David
1930
Hunter Kinemon
movieKismet
1930
Jawan
moviePlayboy of Paris
1930
General de Karodek
movieBright Lights
1930
Franklin Harris
movieTop Speed
1930
Spencer Colgate
movieThe Sea Bat
1930
Maddocks
movieRough Waters
1930
Captain Thomas
movieAll Quiet on the Western Front
1930
Herr Meyer
movieHold Everything
1930
Pop O'Keefe
movieGirl Overboard
1929
Jim Keefe
movieSonny Boy
1929
Thorpe
movieGirls Gone Wild
1929
Judge Elliott
movieFancy Baggage
1929
John Hardin
movieConquest
1928
William Holden
movieOn Trial
1928
Judge
movieThe Haunted House
1928
Uncle Herbert
movieThe Wright Idea
1928
Mr. Filbert
movieBurning Daylight
1928
John Dossett
movieFinders Keepers
1928
Hastings
movieHome Made
1927
Mr. Tilford
movieBack to Liberty
1927
Tom Devon
movieParadise for Two
1927
Uncle Howard
movieStepping Along
1926
Prince Ferdinand Darowitsky
movieThe Brown Derby
1926
John J. Caldwell
The Highbinders
1926
Mike Harrigan
movieWomanhandled
1925
Uncle Lester
movieThe Live Wire
1925
Sawdust Sam
Wildfire
1925
Sen. Woodhurst
The Early Bird
1925
The Great La Tour
movieThose Who Judge
1924
Henry Dawson
movieThe Speed Spook
1924
Chuck Brady
movieThe Sixth Commandment
1924
Col. Saunders
movieDamaged Hearts
1924
Innkeeper
Restless Wives
1924
Hobart Richards
movieThree O'Clock in the Morning
1923
Mr. Winthrop
movieThe Fair Cheat
1923
Morgan Van Dam
movieMarriage Morals
1923
Harry's Father
movieBright Lights of Broadway
1923
Reverend Graham Drake
movieJacqueline, or Blazing Barriers
1923
Edmund MacDonald
movieLuck
1923
Alan Crosby
movieThe Curse of Drink
1922
John Rand
movieSure-Fire Flint
1922
Johnny Jetts
movieBeyond the Rainbow
1922
Insp. Richardson
movieBurn 'Em Up Barnes
1921
King Cole
movieA Common Level
1920
Matthew Ryan
movieChains of Evidence
1920
Judge Frank Sturgis
movieHis Temporary Wife
1920
Judge Laton
movieSomeone Must Pay
1919
Charles Bryant
movieThe Weakness of Strength
1916
Daniel Gaynor
movieThe Spell of the Yukon
1916
Jim Carson
movieThe Lure of Heart's Desire
1916
Jim Carew
movieThe Master Mind
1914
Richard Allen
Writing1
movieA Man's Home
1921
Theatre Play