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

Broadway Bill
Broadway Bill

1934

as Presiding Judge

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Wildfire

1925

as Sen. Woodhurst

Girls Gone Wild
Girls Gone Wild

1929

as Judge Elliott

Marriage Morals
Marriage Morals

1923

as Harry's Father

The Painted Desert
The Painted Desert

1931

as Judge Matthews

Return of the Terror
Return of the Terror

1934

as Editor

Madame Butterfly
Madame Butterfly

1932

as Cho-cho San's Grandfather

Platinum Blonde
Platinum Blonde

1931

as Conroy

Cross-Examination
Cross-Examination

1932

as Dwight Simpson

Only Yesterday
Only Yesterday

1933

as Investor (Uncredited)

The Cabin in the Cotton
The Cabin in the Cotton

1932

as Holmes Scott

Millie
Millie

1931

as Defense Attorney

As You Desire Me
As You Desire Me

1932

as Friar

The Good Bad Girl
The Good Bad Girl

1931

as J.P. Henderson

Paradise for Two
Paradise for Two

1927

as Uncle Howard

Fighting With Kit Carson
Fighting With Kit Carson

1933

as Matt Fargo