Edmund Breese

Edmund Breese

1871-06-17 – 1936-04-06 (age 64) Brooklyn, New York, USA
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Biography

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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.

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Known For

All Quiet on the Western Front
Treasure Island
Treasure Island

1934

as Pirate of the Spanish Main

Mata Hari
Mata Hari

1931

as Warden

Duck Soup
Duck Soup

1933

as Zander

Marriage Morals
Marriage Morals

1923

as Harry's Father

Home Made
Home Made

1927

as Mr. Tilford

Love Bound
Love Bound

1932

as J.B. 'Lucky' Morrison

International House
International House

1933

as Doctor Wong

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Wildfire

1925

as Sen. Woodhurst

Platinum Blonde
Platinum Blonde

1931

as Conroy

Broadway Bill
Broadway Bill

1934

as Presiding Judge

Female
Female

1933

as Board Member (Uncredited)

Only Yesterday
Only Yesterday

1933

as Investor (Uncredited)

The Cabin in the Cotton
The Cabin in the Cotton

1932

as Holmes Scott

Madame Butterfly
Madame Butterfly

1932

as Cho-cho San's Grandfather

The Painted Desert
The Painted Desert

1931

as Judge Matthews

Return of the Terror
Return of the Terror

1934

as Editor

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The Marriage Bargain

1935

as Judge Robert Stanhope

The Good Bad Girl
The Good Bad Girl

1931

as J.P. Henderson

The Hurricane Express
The Hurricane Express

1932

as The Secretary's Father