FMovies Logo
Edmund Breese
Edmund Breese

Edmund Breese

ActingBorn June 17, 1871Died April 6, 1936 (age 64)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. 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

1935
The Marriage Bargain

as Judge Robert Stanhope

Movie
1934
Broadway Bill

as Presiding Judge

Movie
1934Movie
1934
Treasure Island

as Pirate of the Spanish Main

Movie
1934Movie
1934
Come On, Marines!

as General Cabot

Movie
1934
Dancing Man

as J.C. Trevor

Movie
1934
Beloved

as Maj. Tarrant

Movie
1933Movie
1933
Duck Soup

as Zander

Movie
1933
Female

as Board Member (Uncredited)

Movie
1933
Only Yesterday

as Investor (Uncredited)

Movie
1933
Ladies Must Love

as Thomas Van Dyne

Movie
1933
A Man of Sentiment

as John Russell Sr.

Movie
1933
Trying Out Torchy

as Mr. Ellins

Movie
1933
Laughing at Life

as Cabinet Officer

Movie
1933Movie
1933
International House

as Doctor Wong

Movie
1933
Torchy Turns Turtle

as Mr. Ellins

Movie
1933
On Your Guard

as Prison Warden

Movie
1933
Torchy's Kitty Coup

as Edward (Hickory) Ellins

Movie
1933Movie
1932
The Match King

as Olaf Christofsen

Movie
1932
Madame Butterfly

as Cho-Cho's Grandfather

Movie
1932
Women Won't Tell

as Attorney for the Defense

Movie
1932
The Golden West

as Sam Lynch

Movie
1932Movie
1932
Torchy's Busy Day

as Hickory Ellins

Movie
1932Movie
1932
Drifting Souls

as Brad Martin

Movie
1932
The Hurricane Express

as The Secretary's Father

Movie
1932
Alias Mary Smith

as Mr. Hayes

Movie
1932
Torchy's Two Toots

as Hickory Ellins

Movie
1932Movie
1932Movie
1932
Young Bride

as Mr. C. B. Chadwick the Broker

Movie
1932
Torchy's Night Cap

as Hickory Ellins

Movie
1932
Love Bound

as J.B. 'Lucky' Morrison

Movie
1932
Police Court

as Judge Robert Webster

Movie
1932Movie
1932
Cross-Examination

as Dwight Simpson

Movie
1932
Torchy Turns the Trick

as Hickory Ellins

Movie
1932
The Hatchet Man

as Yu Chang

Movie
1931
Mata Hari

as Warden

Movie
1931Movie
1931Movie
1931
Morals for Women

as Mr. Hutson

Movie
1931Movie
1931
Torchy

as Hickory Ellins

Movie
1931
The Public Defender

as Frank Wells

Movie
1931
Defenders of the Law

as Capt. Bill Houston

Movie
1931
The Good Bad Girl

as J.P. Henderson

Movie
1931Movie
1931Movie
1931
Millie

as Defense Attorney

Movie
1931
The Painted Desert

as Judge Matthews

Movie
1930
Tol'able David

as Hunter Kinemon

Movie
1930
Kismet

as Jawan

Movie
1930
Playboy of Paris

as General de Karodek

Movie
1930
Bright Lights

as Franklin Harris

Movie
1930
Top Speed

as Spencer Colgate

Movie
1930
The Sea Bat

as Maddocks

Movie
1930
Rough Waters

as Captain Thomas

Movie
1930Movie
1930
Hold Everything

as Pop O'Keefe

Movie
1929Movie
1929Movie
1929
Girl Overboard

as Jim Keefe

Movie
1929
Sonny Boy

as Thorpe

Movie
1929
Girls Gone Wild

as Judge Elliott

Movie
1929
Fancy Baggage

as John Hardin

Movie
1928
Conquest

as William Holden

Movie
1928
On Trial

as Judge

Movie
1928
The Haunted House

as Uncle Herbert

Movie
1928
The Wright Idea

as Mr. Filbert

Movie
1928Movie
1928
Burning Daylight

as John Dossett

Movie
1928
Finders Keepers

as Hastings

Movie
1927
Home Made

as Mr. Tilford

Movie
1927
Back to Liberty

as Tom Devon

Movie
1927
Paradise for Two

as Uncle Howard

Movie
1926
Stepping Along

as Prince Ferdinand Darowitsky

Movie
1926
The Brown Derby

as John J. Caldwell

Movie
1926
The Highbinders

as Mike Harrigan

Movie
1925
Womanhandled

as Uncle Lester

Movie
1925
The Live Wire

as Sawdust Sam

Movie
1925
Wildfire

as Sen. Woodhurst

Movie
1925
The Early Bird

as The Great La Tour

Movie
1924
Those Who Judge

as Henry Dawson

Movie
1924
The Speed Spook

as Chuck Brady

Movie
1924
The Sixth Commandment

as Col. Saunders

Movie
1924
Damaged Hearts

as Innkeeper

Movie
1924
Restless Wives

as Hobart Richards

Movie
1923Movie
1923
The Fair Cheat

as Morgan Van Dam

Movie
1923
Marriage Morals

as Harry's Father

Movie
1923
Bright Lights of Broadway

as Reverend Graham Drake

Movie
1923Movie
1923
Luck

as Alan Crosby

Movie
1922
The Curse of Drink

as John Rand

Movie
1922
Sure-Fire Flint

as Johnny Jetts

Movie
1922
Beyond the Rainbow

as Insp. Richardson

Movie
1921
Burn 'Em Up Barnes

as King Cole

Movie
1920
A Common Level

as Matthew Ryan

Movie
1920
Chains of Evidence

as Judge Frank Sturgis

Movie
1920
His Temporary Wife

as Judge Laton

Movie
1919
Someone Must Pay

as Charles Bryant

Movie
1916
The Weakness of Strength

as Daniel Gaynor

Movie
1916Movie
1916Movie
1914
The Master Mind

as Richard Allen

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayJune 17, 1871
Day of DeathApril 6, 1936
Place of BirthBrooklyn, New York, USA
Popularity0.2