Edmund Breese

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.

Known For

All Quiet on the Western Front

Duck Soup

Mata Hari

Treasure Island

Platinum Blonde

Millie

Broadway Bill

The Hurricane Express

All Movies (118)

• The Marriage Bargain1935 · as Judge Robert Stanhope
• Broadway Bill1934 · as Presiding Judge
• Lost in the Stratosphere1934 · as Col. Brooks
• Treasure Island1934 · as Pirate of the Spanish Main
• Return of the Terror1934 · as Editor
• Come On, Marines!1934 · as General Cabot
• Dancing Man1934 · as J.C. Trevor
• Beloved1934 · as Maj. Tarrant
• Above the Clouds1933 · as Crusty
• Duck Soup1933 · as Zander
• Female1933 · as Board Member (Uncredited)
• Only Yesterday1933 · as Investor (Uncredited)
• Ladies Must Love1933 · as Thomas Van Dyne
• A Man of Sentiment1933 · as John Russell Sr.
• Trying Out Torchy1933 · as Mr. Ellins
• How to Break 90 #6: Fine Points1933 · as Himself
• Laughing at Life1933 · as Cabinet Officer
• Fighting With Kit Carson1933 · as Matt Fargo
• International House1933 · as Doctor Wong
• Torchy Turns Turtle1933 · as Mr. Ellins
• On Your Guard1933 · as Prison Warden
• Torchy's Kitty Coup1933 · as Edward (Hickory) Ellins
• The Billion Dollar Scandal1933 · as Mr. Haddock
• The Match King1932 · as Olaf Christofsen
• Madame Butterfly1932 · as Cho-Cho's Grandfather
• Women Won't Tell1932 · as Attorney for the Defense
• The Golden West1932 · as Sam Lynch
• Torchy Rolls His Own1932 · as Mr. Ellins
• Torchy's Busy Day1932 · as Hickory Ellins
• The Cabin in the Cotton1932 · as Holmes Scott
• Two Lips and Juleps; or, Southern Love and Northern Exposure1932 · as Colonel Shelby
• Drifting Souls1932 · as Brad Martin
• The Hurricane Express1932 · as The Secretary's Father
• Alias Mary Smith1932 · as Mr. Hayes
• Torchy's Two Toots1932 · as Hickory Ellins
• As You Desire Me1932 · as Friar
• Torchy Raises the Auntie1932 · as Mr. Ellins
• Young Bride1932 · as Mr. C. B. Chadwick the Broker
• Torchy's Night Cap1932 · as Hickory Ellins
• Love Bound1932 · as J.B. 'Lucky' Morrison
• Police Court1932 · as Judge Robert Webster
• The Reckoning1932 · as Doc
• Cross-Examination1932 · as Dwight Simpson
• Torchy Turns the Trick1932 · as Hickory Ellins
• The Hatchet Man1932 · as Yu Chang
• Mata Hari1931 · as Warden
• Torchy Passes the Buck1931 · as Mr. Ellins
• Platinum Blonde1931 · as Conroy
• Morals for Women1931 · as Mr. Hutson
• Chinatown After Dark1931 · as Le Fong
• Torchy1931 · as Hickory Ellins
• The Public Defender1931 · as Frank Wells
• Defenders of the Law1931 · as Capt. Bill Houston
• The Good Bad Girl1931 · as J.P. Henderson
• Young Sinners1931 · as Trent
• The She-Wolf1931
• Millie1931 · as Defense Attorney
• The Painted Desert1931 · as Judge Matthews
• Chiselers of Hollywood1930
• Tol'able David1930 · as Hunter Kinemon
• Kismet1930 · as Jawan
• Playboy of Paris1930 · as General de Karodek
• Bright Lights1930 · as Franklin Harris
• Top Speed1930 · as Spencer Colgate
• The Sea Bat1930 · as Maddocks
• Rough Waters1930 · as Captain Thomas
• The Czar of Broadway1930
• All Quiet on the Western Front1930 · as Herr Meyer
• Hold Everything1930 · as Pop O'Keefe
• In the Headlines1929 · as Eddy
• The Hottentot1929 · as Ollie
• Girl Overboard1929 · as Jim Keefe
• Sonny Boy1929 · as Thorpe
• Girls Gone Wild1929 · as Judge Elliott
• Fancy Baggage1929 · as John Hardin
• Conquest1928 · as William Holden
• On Trial1928 · as Judge
• The Haunted House1928 · as Uncle Herbert
• The Wright Idea1928 · as Mr. Filbert
• The Perfect Crime1928 · as Wilmot
• Burning Daylight1928 · as John Dossett
• Finders Keepers1928 · as Hastings
• Home Made1927 · as Mr. Tilford
• Back to Liberty1927 · as Tom Devon
• Paradise for Two1927 · as Uncle Howard
• Stepping Along1926 · as Prince Ferdinand Darowitsky
• The Brown Derby1926 · as John J. Caldwell
• The Highbinders1926 · as Mike Harrigan
• Womanhandled1925 · as Uncle Lester
• The Live Wire1925 · as Sawdust Sam
• Wildfire1925 · as Sen. Woodhurst
• The Early Bird1925 · as The Great La Tour
• Those Who Judge1924 · as Henry Dawson
• The Speed Spook1924 · as Chuck Brady
• The Sixth Commandment1924 · as Col. Saunders
• Damaged Hearts1924 · as Innkeeper
• Restless Wives1924 · as Hobart Richards
• Three O'Clock in the Morning1923 · as Mr. Winthrop
• The Fair Cheat1923 · as Morgan Van Dam
• Marriage Morals1923 · as Harry's Father
• Bright Lights of Broadway1923 · as Reverend Graham Drake
• Jacqueline, or Blazing Barriers1923 · as Edmund MacDonald
• Luck1923 · as Alan Crosby
• The Curse of Drink1922 · as John Rand
• Sure-Fire Flint1922 · as Johnny Jetts
• Beyond the Rainbow1922 · as Insp. Richardson
• Burn 'Em Up Barnes1921 · as King Cole
• A Common Level1920 · as Matthew Ryan
• Chains of Evidence1920 · as Judge Frank Sturgis
• His Temporary Wife1920 · as Judge Laton
• Someone Must Pay1919 · as Charles Bryant
• An Honorable Cad1919
• The Master Crook1918
• The Weakness of Strength1916 · as Daniel Gaynor
• The Spell of the Yukon1916 · as Jim Carson
• The Lure of Heart's Desire1916 · as Jim Carew
• The Song of the Wage Slave1915
• The Master Mind1914 · as Richard Allen