Edmund Breese
118 movies
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jun 17, 1871
- Died
- Apr 6, 1936 (age 64)
- Place of birth
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
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.
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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.
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Known for
Edmund Breese: movies and TV shows
Acting (117)
- 1935 The Marriage Bargain
as Judge Robert Stanhope
- 1934 Broadway Bill
as Presiding Judge
- 1934 Lost in the Stratosphere
as Col. Brooks
- 1934 Treasure Island
as Pirate of the Spanish Main
- 1934 Return of the Terror
as Editor
- 1934 Come On, Marines!
as General Cabot
- 1934 Dancing Man
as J.C. Trevor
- 1934 Beloved
as Maj. Tarrant
- 1933 Above the Clouds
as Crusty
- 1933 Duck Soup
as Zander
- 1933 Female
as Board Member (Uncredited)
- 1933 Only Yesterday
as Investor (Uncredited)
- 1933 Ladies Must Love
as Thomas Van Dyne
- 1933 A Man of Sentiment
as John Russell Sr.
- 1933 Trying Out Torchy
as Mr. Ellins
- 1933 Laughing at Life
as Cabinet Officer
- 1933 Fighting With Kit Carson
as Matt Fargo
- 1933 International House
as Doctor Wong
- 1933 Torchy Turns Turtle
as Mr. Ellins
- 1933 On Your Guard
as Prison Warden
- 1933 Torchy's Kitty Coup
as Edward (Hickory) Ellins
- 1933 The Billion Dollar Scandal
as Mr. Haddock
- 1932 The Match King
as Olaf Christofsen
- 1932 Madame Butterfly
as Cho-cho San's Grandfather
- 1932 Women Won't Tell
as Attorney for the Defense
- 1932 The Golden West
as Sam Lynch
- 1932 Torchy Rolls His Own
as Mr. Ellins
- 1932 Torchy's Busy Day
as Hickory Ellins
- 1932 The Cabin in the Cotton
as Holmes Scott
- 1932 Two Lips and Juleps; or, Southern Love and Northern Exposure
as Colonel Shelby
- 1932 Drifting Souls
as Brad Martin
- 1932 The Hurricane Express
as The Secretary's Father
- 1932 Alias Mary Smith
as Mr. Hayes
- 1932 Torchy's Two Toots
as Hickory Ellins
- 1932 As You Desire Me
as Friar
- 1932 Torchy Raises the Auntie
as Mr. Ellins
- 1932 Young Bride
as Mr. C. B. Chadwick the Broker
- 1932 Torchy's Night Cap
as Hickory Ellins
- 1932 Love Bound
as J.B. 'Lucky' Morrison
- 1932 Police Court
as Judge Robert Webster
- 1932 The Reckoning
as Doc
- 1932 Cross-Examination
as Dwight Simpson
- 1932 Torchy Turns the Trick
as Hickory Ellins
- 1932 The Hatchet Man
as Yu Chang
- 1931 Mata Hari
as Warden
- 1931 Torchy Passes the Buck
as Mr. Ellins
- 1931 Platinum Blonde
as Conroy
- 1931 Morals for Women
as Mr. Hutson
- 1931 Chinatown After Dark
as Le Fong
- 1931 Torchy
as Hickory Ellins
- 1931 The Public Defender
as Frank Wells
- 1931 Defenders of the Law
as Capt. Bill Houston
- 1931 The Good Bad Girl
as J.P. Henderson
- 1931 Young Sinners
as Trent
- 1931
- 1931 Millie
as Defense Attorney
- 1931 The Painted Desert
as Judge Matthews
- 1930
- 1930 Tol'able David
as Hunter Kinemon
- 1930 Kismet
as Jawan
- 1930 Playboy of Paris
as General de Karodek
- 1930 Bright Lights
as Franklin Harris
- 1930 Top Speed
as Spencer Colgate
- 1930 The Sea Bat
as Maddocks
- 1930 Rough Waters
as Captain Thomas
- 1930
- 1930 All Quiet on the Western Front
as Herr Meyer
- 1930 Hold Everything
as Pop O'Keefe
- 1929 In the Headlines
as Eddy
- 1929 The Hottentot
as Ollie
- 1929 Girl Overboard
as Jim Keefe
- 1929 Sonny Boy
as Thorpe
- 1929 Girls Gone Wild
as Judge Elliott
- 1929 Fancy Baggage
as John Hardin
- 1928 Conquest
as William Holden
- 1928 On Trial
as Judge
- 1928 The Haunted House
as Uncle Herbert
- 1928 The Wright Idea
as Mr. Filbert
- 1928 The Perfect Crime
as Wilmot
- 1928 Burning Daylight
as John Dossett
- 1928 Finders Keepers
as Hastings
- 1927 Home Made
as Mr. Tilford
- 1927 Back to Liberty
as Tom Devon
- 1927 Paradise for Two
as Uncle Howard
- 1926 Stepping Along
as Prince Ferdinand Darowitsky
- 1926 The Brown Derby
as John J. Caldwell
- 1926 The Highbinders
as Mike Harrigan
- 1925 Womanhandled
as Uncle Lester
- 1925 The Live Wire
as Sawdust Sam
- 1925 Wildfire
as Sen. Woodhurst
- 1925 The Early Bird
as The Great La Tour
- 1924 Those Who Judge
as Henry Dawson
- 1924 The Speed Spook
as Chuck Brady
- 1924 The Sixth Commandment
as Col. Saunders
- 1924 Damaged Hearts
as Innkeeper
- 1924 Restless Wives
as Hobart Richards
- 1923 Three O'Clock in the Morning
as Mr. Winthrop
- 1923 The Fair Cheat
as Morgan Van Dam
- 1923 Marriage Morals
as Harry's Father
- 1923 Bright Lights of Broadway
as Reverend Graham Drake
- 1923 Jacqueline, or Blazing Barriers
as Edmund MacDonald
- 1923 Luck
as Alan Crosby
- 1922 The Curse of Drink
as John Rand
- 1922 Sure-Fire Flint
as Johnny Jetts
- 1922 Beyond the Rainbow
as Insp. Richardson
- 1921 Burn 'Em Up Barnes
as King Cole
- 1920 A Common Level
as Matthew Ryan
- 1920 Chains of Evidence
as Judge Frank Sturgis
- 1920 His Temporary Wife
as Judge Laton
- 1919 Someone Must Pay
as Charles Bryant
- 1919
- 1918
- 1916 The Weakness of Strength
as Daniel Gaynor
- 1916 The Spell of the Yukon
as Jim Carson
- 1916 The Lure of Heart's Desire
as Jim Carew
- 1915
- 1914 The Master Mind
as Richard Allen
Behind the camera (1)
- 1921 A Man's Home
Theatre Play
Talk shows and appearances (1)
- 1933