Edmund Breese
Acting
1871-06-17 · Brooklyn, New York, USA
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.
movieThe Marriage Bargain
as Judge Robert Stanhope · 1935 · 8.0
movieBroadway Bill
as Presiding Judge · 1934 · 6.0
movieLost in the Stratosphere
as Col. Brooks · 1934 · 4.9
movieTreasure Island
as Pirate of the Spanish Main · 1934 · 6.5
movieReturn of the Terror
as Editor · 1934 · 6.5
movieCome On, Marines!
as General Cabot · 1934 · 5.6
movieDancing Man
as J.C. Trevor · 1934 · 6.5
movieBeloved
as Maj. Tarrant · 1934 · 9.0
movieAbove the Clouds
as Crusty · 1933 · 6.5
movieDuck Soup
as Zander · 1933 · 7.3
movieFemale
as Board Member (Uncredited) · 1933 · 6.3
movieOnly Yesterday
as Investor (Uncredited) · 1933 · 7.3
movieLadies Must Love
as Thomas Van Dyne · 1933 · 8.0
movieA Man of Sentiment
as John Russell Sr. · 1933 · 7.0
movieTrying Out Torchy
as Mr. Ellins · 1933 · 0.0
movieHow to Break 90 #6: Fine Points
as Himself · 1933 · 8.0
movieLaughing at Life
as Cabinet Officer · 1933 · 7.3
movieFighting With Kit Carson
as Matt Fargo · 1933 · 6.5
movieInternational House
as Doctor Wong · 1933 · 5.5
movieTorchy Turns Turtle
as Mr. Ellins · 1933 · 8.0
movieOn Your Guard
as Prison Warden · 1933 · 6.7
movieTorchy's Kitty Coup
as Edward (Hickory) Ellins · 1933 · 8.0
movieThe Billion Dollar Scandal
as Mr. Haddock · 1933 · 0.0
movieThe Match King
as Olaf Christofsen · 1932 · 6.7