Edmund Breese
Acting
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 118
Movies (118)
- The Marriage Bargain1935Judge Robert Stanhope
Broadway Bill1934Presiding Judge
Lost in the Stratosphere1934Col. Brooks
Treasure Island1934Pirate of the Spanish Main
Return of the Terror1934Editor
Come On, Marines!1934General Cabot
Dancing Man1934J.C. Trevor
Beloved1934Maj. Tarrant
Above the Clouds1933Crusty
Duck Soup1933Zander
Female1933Board Member (Uncredited)
Only Yesterday1933Investor (Uncredited)
Ladies Must Love1933Thomas Van Dyne
A Man of Sentiment1933John Russell Sr.- Trying Out Torchy1933Mr. Ellins
- How to Break 90 #6: Fine Points1933Himself
Laughing at Life1933Cabinet Officer
Fighting With Kit Carson1933Matt Fargo
International House1933Doctor Wong- Torchy Turns Turtle1933Mr. Ellins
On Your Guard1933Prison Warden- Torchy's Kitty Coup1933Edward (Hickory) Ellins
The Billion Dollar Scandal1933Mr. Haddock
The Match King1932Olaf Christofsen
Madame Butterfly1932Cho-cho San's Grandfather
Women Won't Tell1932Attorney for the Defense
The Golden West1932Sam Lynch- Torchy Rolls His Own1932Mr. Ellins
- Torchy's Busy Day1932Hickory Ellins
The Cabin in the Cotton1932Holmes Scott