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

Duck Soup
Duck Soup

1933

as Zander

Madame Butterfly
Madame Butterfly

1932

as Cho-Cho's Grandfather

Police Court
Police Court

1932

as Judge Robert Webster

Burning Daylight
Burning Daylight

1928

as John Dossett

Mata Hari
Mata Hari

1931

as Warden

Millie
Millie

1931

as Defense Attorney

Only Yesterday
Only Yesterday

1933

as Investor (Uncredited)

Young Bride
Young Bride

1932

as Mr. C. B. Chadwick the Broker

Young Sinners
Young Sinners

1931

as Trent

Top Speed
Top Speed

1930

as Spencer Colgate

Beloved
Beloved

1934

as Maj. Tarrant

Platinum Blonde
Platinum Blonde

1931

as Conroy

The Sea Bat
The Sea Bat

1930

as Maddocks

The Hurricane Express
The Hurricane Express

1932

as The Secretary's Father

The Cabin in the Cotton
The Cabin in the Cotton

1932

as Holmes Scott

Kismet
Kismet

1930

as Jawan

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Torchy Turns the Trick

1932

as Hickory Ellins

Cross-Examination
Cross-Examination

1932

as Dwight Simpson