
Edmund Breese
Known for Acting · 118 credits
- Born
- 1871-06-17
- Died
- 1936-04-06
- Place of birth
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
Biography
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
Movies (118)

All Quiet on the Western Front
1930
as Herr Meyer

Duck Soup
1933
as Zander

Burning Daylight
1928
as John Dossett

Treasure Island
1934
as Pirate of the Spanish Main

Police Court
1932
as Judge Robert Webster

Millie
1931
as Defense Attorney

Madame Butterfly
1932
as Cho-Cho's Grandfather

Mata Hari
1931
as Warden

Only Yesterday
1933
as Investor (Uncredited)

The Sea Bat
1930
as Maddocks

Young Bride
1932
as Mr. C. B. Chadwick the Broker

Cross-Examination
1932
as Dwight Simpson

The Cabin in the Cotton
1932
as Holmes Scott

Top Speed
1930
as Spencer Colgate

Platinum Blonde
1931
as Conroy

Beloved
1934
as Maj. Tarrant

The Hurricane Express
1932
as The Secretary's Father

International House
1933
as Doctor Wong

As You Desire Me
1932
as Friar

Kismet
1930
as Jawan

Tol'able David
1930
as Hunter Kinemon

The Painted Desert
1931
as Judge Matthews

Young Sinners
1931
as Trent
Torchy Turns the Trick
1932
as Hickory Ellins

Laughing at Life
1933
as Cabinet Officer

Drifting Souls
1932
as Brad Martin

Female
1933
as Board Member (Uncredited)
The Highbinders
1926
as Mike Harrigan

The Match King
1932
as Olaf Christofsen

Women Won't Tell
1932
as Attorney for the Defense

Broadway Bill
1934
as Presiding Judge

Fancy Baggage
1929
as John Hardin

Stepping Along
1926
as Prince Ferdinand Darowitsky

Return of the Terror
1934
as Editor

Alias Mary Smith
1932
as Mr. Hayes

The Brown Derby
1926
as John J. Caldwell

Lost in the Stratosphere
1934
as Col. Brooks

The Perfect Crime
1928
as Wilmot

Three O'Clock in the Morning
1923
as Mr. Winthrop

Beyond the Rainbow
1922
as Insp. Richardson

Morals for Women
1931
as Mr. Hutson

The Billion Dollar Scandal
1933
as Mr. Haddock

Come On, Marines!
1934
as General Cabot

On Trial
1928
as Judge

Bright Lights of Broadway
1923
as Reverend Graham Drake

Luck
1923
as Alan Crosby

The Public Defender
1931
as Frank Wells

The Good Bad Girl
1931
as J.P. Henderson

The Golden West
1932
as Sam Lynch

Bright Lights
1930
as Franklin Harris

Hold Everything
1930
as Pop O'Keefe

Burn 'Em Up Barnes
1921
as King Cole

Defenders of the Law
1931
as Capt. Bill Houston

Paradise for Two
1927
as Uncle Howard

Above the Clouds
1933
as Crusty

The Hottentot
1929
as Ollie

Dancing Man
1934
as J.C. Trevor

A Man of Sentiment
1933
as John Russell Sr.

Playboy of Paris
1930
as General de Karodek

Ladies Must Love
1933
as Thomas Van Dyne

The Hatchet Man
1932
as Yu Chang

Finders Keepers
1928
as Hastings
Torchy's Kitty Coup
1933
as Edward (Hickory) Ellins

The Sixth Commandment
1924
as Col. Saunders

Love Bound
1932
as J.B. 'Lucky' Morrison

Fighting With Kit Carson
1933
as Matt Fargo

The Curse of Drink
1922
as John Rand

Conquest
1928
as William Holden

Chinatown After Dark
1931
as Le Fong

Sonny Boy
1929
as Thorpe

Girl Overboard
1929
as Jim Keefe
Torchy Passes the Buck
1931
as Mr. Ellins

Chiselers of Hollywood
1930
How to Break 90 #6: Fine Points
1933
as Himself

The Reckoning
1932
as Doc

The Weakness of Strength
1916
as Daniel Gaynor

Rough Waters
1930
as Captain Thomas

The Haunted House
1928
as Uncle Herbert

The Czar of Broadway
1930

The Live Wire
1925
as Sawdust Sam
Torchy's Busy Day
1932
as Hickory Ellins
The Marriage Bargain
1935
as Judge Robert Stanhope

Those Who Judge
1924
as Henry Dawson

The Speed Spook
1924
as Chuck Brady

Jacqueline, or Blazing Barriers
1923
as Edmund MacDonald
Torchy's Two Toots
1932
as Hickory Ellins
The Early Bird
1925
as The Great La Tour

Damaged Hearts
1924
as Innkeeper

Chains of Evidence
1920
as Judge Frank Sturgis

On Your Guard
1933
as Prison Warden

A Common Level
1920
as Matthew Ryan
Torchy Rolls His Own
1932
as Mr. Ellins

Someone Must Pay
1919
as Charles Bryant

The Lure of Heart's Desire
1916
as Jim Carew

The She-Wolf
1931
Wildfire
1925
as Sen. Woodhurst
Restless Wives
1924
as Hobart Richards

Girls Gone Wild
1929
as Judge Elliott

His Temporary Wife
1920
as Judge Laton

The Master Mind
1914
as Richard Allen
Torchy Raises the Auntie
1932
as Mr. Ellins

Womanhandled
1925
as Uncle Lester

Home Made
1927
as Mr. Tilford
Torchy Turns Turtle
1933
as Mr. Ellins
An Honorable Cad
1919

The Fair Cheat
1923
as Morgan Van Dam
Two Lips and Juleps; or, Southern Love and Northern Exposure
1932
as Colonel Shelby

In the Headlines
1929
as Eddy

The Spell of the Yukon
1916
as Jim Carson

Sure-Fire Flint
1922
as Johnny Jetts

Back to Liberty
1927
as Tom Devon

The Wright Idea
1928
as Mr. Filbert

Marriage Morals
1923
as Harry's Father
Torchy's Night Cap
1932
as Hickory Ellins

The Song of the Wage Slave
1915
Torchy
1931
as Hickory Ellins

The Master Crook
1918
Trying Out Torchy
1933
as Mr. Ellins
About Edmund Breese
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 1… With 118 credits spanning from 1914 to 1935, Edmund Breese has appeared in 118 films and 0 TV shows.
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- All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) — as Herr Meyer
- Duck Soup (1933) — as Zander
- Burning Daylight (1928) — as John Dossett
- Treasure Island (1934) — as Pirate of the Spanish Main
- Police Court (1932) — as Judge Robert Webster
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