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