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
Duck Soup
Duck Soup

1933

as Zander

Mata Hari
Mata Hari

1931

as Warden

Treasure Island
Treasure Island

1934

as Pirate of the Spanish Main

The Painted Desert
The Painted Desert

1931

as Judge Matthews

Millie
Millie

1931

as Defense Attorney

Platinum Blonde
Platinum Blonde

1931

as Conroy

Female
Female

1933

as Board Member (Uncredited)

Only Yesterday
Only Yesterday

1933

as Investor (Uncredited)

Madame Butterfly
Madame Butterfly

1932

as Cho-Cho's Grandfather

The Hurricane Express
The Hurricane Express

1932

as The Secretary's Father

International House
International House

1933

as Doctor Wong

Broadway Bill
Broadway Bill

1934

as Presiding Judge

The Sea Bat
The Sea Bat

1930

as Maddocks

As You Desire Me
As You Desire Me

1932

as Friar

The Cabin in the Cotton
The Cabin in the Cotton

1932

as Holmes Scott

Young Bride
Young Bride

1932

as Mr. C. B. Chadwick the Broker

Kismet
Kismet

1930

as Jawan

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Torchy Turns the Trick

1932

as Hickory Ellins

Three O'Clock in the Morning
Three O'Clock in the Morning

1923

as Mr. Winthrop