Edmund Breese
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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.
Known for
Credits
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
as Herr Meyer
Mata Hari (1931)
as Warden
Treasure Island (1934)
as Pirate of the Spanish Main
Duck Soup (1933)
as Zander
Wildfire (1925)
as Sen. Woodhurst
Marriage Morals (1923)
as Harry's Father
Love Bound (1932)
as J.B. 'Lucky' Morrison
The Cabin in the Cotton (1932)
as Holmes Scott
Only Yesterday (1933)
as Investor (Uncredited)
Platinum Blonde (1931)
as Conroy
Home Made (1927)
as Mr. Tilford
Broadway Bill (1934)
as Presiding Judge
Madame Butterfly (1932)
as Cho-cho San's Grandfather
Return of the Terror (1934)
as Editor
The Painted Desert (1931)
as Judge Matthews
The Hatchet Man (1932)
as Yu Chang
International House (1933)
as Doctor Wong
The Good Bad Girl (1931)
as J.P. Henderson
As You Desire Me (1932)
as Friar
Burning Daylight (1928)
as John Dossett
Tol'able David (1930)
as Hunter Kinemon
Millie (1931)
as Defense Attorney
The Marriage Bargain (1935)
as Judge Robert Stanhope
Come On, Marines! (1934)
as General Cabot
Young Bride (1932)
as Mr. C. B. Chadwick the Broker
Laughing at Life (1933)
as Cabinet Officer
Female (1933)
as Board Member (Uncredited)
The Billion Dollar Scandal (1933)
as Mr. Haddock
The Hurricane Express (1932)
as The Secretary's Father
Jacqueline, or Blazing Barriers (1923)
as Edmund MacDonald
Burn 'Em Up Barnes (1921)
as King Cole
Paradise for Two (1927)
as Uncle Howard
On Trial (1928)
as Judge
On Your Guard (1933)
as Prison Warden
The Curse of Drink (1922)
as John Rand
Fighting With Kit Carson (1933)
as Matt Fargo
Cross-Examination (1932)
as Dwight Simpson
Kismet (1930)
as Jawan
Sonny Boy (1929)
as Thorpe
The Sea Bat (1930)
as Maddocks
A Man of Sentiment (1933)
as John Russell Sr.
Someone Must Pay (1919)
as Charles Bryant
Beloved (1934)
as Maj. Tarrant
His Temporary Wife (1920)
as Judge Laton
In the Headlines (1929)
as Eddy
The Public Defender (1931)
as Frank Wells
Young Sinners (1931)
as Trent
The Match King (1932)
as Olaf Christofsen
Girl Overboard (1929)
as Jim Keefe
Ladies Must Love (1933)
as Thomas Van Dyne
Beyond the Rainbow (1922)
as Insp. Richardson
The Weakness of Strength (1916)
as Daniel Gaynor
The Hottentot (1929)
as Ollie
Girls Gone Wild (1929)
as Judge Elliott
Fancy Baggage (1929)
as John Hardin
Women Won't Tell (1932)
as Attorney for the Defense
Morals for Women (1931)
as Mr. Hutson
The Fair Cheat (1923)
as Morgan Van Dam
Police Court (1932)
as Judge Robert Webster
The Haunted House (1928)
as Uncle Herbert
Bright Lights (1930)
as Franklin Harris
Above the Clouds (1933)
as Crusty
Finders Keepers (1928)
as Hastings
A Common Level (1920)
as Matthew Ryan
Damaged Hearts (1924)
as Innkeeper
Playboy of Paris (1930)
as General de Karodek
Drifting Souls (1932)
as Brad Martin
The Master Crook (1918)
Actor
Bright Lights of Broadway (1923)
as Reverend Graham Drake
The Reckoning (1932)
as Doc
The Highbinders (1926)
as Mike Harrigan
Chains of Evidence (1920)
as Judge Frank Sturgis
The Speed Spook (1924)
as Chuck Brady
Defenders of the Law (1931)
as Capt. Bill Houston
Hold Everything (1930)
as Pop O'Keefe
The Golden West (1932)
as Sam Lynch
Back to Liberty (1927)
as Tom Devon
Chinatown After Dark (1931)
as Le Fong
The Live Wire (1925)
as Sawdust Sam
An Honorable Cad (1919)
Actor
Sure-Fire Flint (1922)
as Johnny Jetts
The Sixth Commandment (1924)
as Col. Saunders
Restless Wives (1924)
as Hobart Richards
Dancing Man (1934)
as J.C. Trevor
Conquest (1928)
as William Holden
Rough Waters (1930)
as Captain Thomas
Alias Mary Smith (1932)
as Mr. Hayes
The Song of the Wage Slave (1915)
Actor
The She-Wolf (1931)
Actor
Lost in the Stratosphere (1934)
as Col. Brooks
Top Speed (1930)
as Spencer Colgate
The Perfect Crime (1928)
as Wilmot
The Czar of Broadway (1930)
Actor
The Master Mind (1914)
as Richard Allen
The Brown Derby (1926)
as John J. Caldwell
Luck (1923)
as Alan Crosby
Stepping Along (1926)
as Prince Ferdinand Darowitsky
Torchy (1931)
as Hickory Ellins
Womanhandled (1925)
as Uncle Lester
Chiselers of Hollywood (1930)
Actor
Torchy's Busy Day (1932)
as Hickory Ellins
Torchy Raises the Auntie (1932)
as Mr. Ellins
Trying Out Torchy (1933)
as Mr. Ellins
The Early Bird (1925)
as The Great La Tour
Three O'Clock in the Morning (1923)
as Mr. Winthrop
The Wright Idea (1928)
as Mr. Filbert
The Lure of Heart's Desire (1916)
as Jim Carew
Torchy Turns the Trick (1932)
as Hickory Ellins
Those Who Judge (1924)
as Henry Dawson
Torchy Rolls His Own (1932)
as Mr. Ellins
Two Lips and Juleps; or, Southern Love and Northern Exposure (1932)
as Colonel Shelby
Torchy Turns Turtle (1933)
as Mr. Ellins
Torchy's Kitty Coup (1933)
as Edward (Hickory) Ellins
Torchy Passes the Buck (1931)
as Mr. Ellins
The Spell of the Yukon (1916)
as Jim Carson
Torchy's Two Toots (1932)
as Hickory Ellins
Torchy's Night Cap (1932)
as Hickory Ellins
How to Break 90 #6: Fine Points (1933)
as Himself