Edmund Breese

Edmund Breese

b. 1871 — d. 1936 (aged 65) Brooklyn, New York, USA

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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

Burning Daylight

Burning Daylight

Platinum Blonde

Platinum Blonde

The Hurricane Express

The Hurricane Express

Duck Soup

Filmography

The Marriage Bargain

Judge Robert Stanhope

Lost in the Stratosphere

Lost in the Stratosphere

Come On, Marines!

Come On, Marines!

Beloved

Dancing Man

Duck Soup

Fighting with Kit Carson

Fighting with Kit Carson

On Your Guard

A Man of Sentiment

A Man of Sentiment

John Russell Sr.

Ladies Must Love

Ladies Must Love

Thomas Van Dyne

How to Break 90 #6: Fine Points

How to Break 90 #6: Fine Points

1933 Self Actor

Above the Clouds

Above the Clouds

Torchy's Loud Spooker

Torchy's Loud Spooker

Torchy's Kitty Coup

Edward (Hickory) Ellins

Torchy Turns Turtle

The Hatchet Man

The Hatchet Man

The Hurricane Express

The Hurricane Express

Madame Butterfly

Madame Butterfly

Cho-Cho's grandfather

Love Bound

J.B. 'Lucky' Morrison

Cross-Examination

Cross-Examination

Dwight Simpson - Prosecuting Attorney

The Reckoning

Alias Mary Smith

Police Court

Judge Robert Webster

Women Won't Tell

Women Won't Tell

Attorney for the Defense

The Golden West

The Golden West

Torchy's Two Toots

Torchy's Busy Day

Torchy's Night Cap

Torchy Raises the Auntie

Torchy Turns the Trick

Torchy Rolls His Own

Two Lips and Juleps; or, Southern Love and Northern Exposure

Mata Hari

Platinum Blonde

Platinum Blonde

Conroy - The Editor

Millie

Defense Attorney

The Painted Desert

The Painted Desert

The Public Defender

The Public Defender

Chinatown After Dark

Chinatown After Dark

Morals for Women

Morals for Women

The Good Bad Girl

The Good Bad Girl

Mr. J.P. Henderson

Defenders of the Law

Defenders of the Law

Police Commander Randall

The She-Wolf

William Remington

Young Sinners

Torchy Passes the Buck

Torchy Passes the Buck

Bright Lights

The Sea Bat

Top Speed

Spencer Colgate

Playboy of Paris

Playboy of Paris

General de Karodek

Kismet

Tol'able David

Hold Everything

Hold Everything

Czar of Broadway

Czar of Broadway

Playthings of Hollywood

Playthings of Hollywood

The Voice of Hollywood No. 14

Rough Waters

The Gamblers

Girls Gone Wild

Girls Gone Wild

Sonny Boy

In the Headlines

In the Headlines

Fancy Baggage

The Hottentot

Burning Daylight

Burning Daylight

The Haunted House

The Haunted House

The Perfect Crime

The Perfect Crime

Finders Keepers

Finders Keepers

Port of Dreams

The Wright Idea

The Wright Idea

Conquest

Back to Liberty

Back to Liberty

Paradise for Two

Paradise for Two

Home Made

The Brown Derby

The Brown Derby

John J. Caldwell

Stepping Along

Prince Ferdinand Darowitsky

The Highbinders

Womanhandled

The Live Wire

The Early Bird

The Great La Tour

The Police Patrol

The Police Patrol

The Speed Spook

The Speed Spook

Playthings of Desire

Governor Cabbot

The Sixth Commandment

The Sixth Commandment

Those Who Judge

Hobart Richards

Damaged Hearts

Bright Lights of Broadway

Bright Lights of Broadway

Reverend Graham Drake

Luck

Three O'Clock in the Morning

Three O'Clock in the Morning

Marriage Morals

Little Red School House

Jacqueline, or Blazing Barriers

Jacqueline, or Blazing Barriers

Edmund MacDonald

Sure-Fire Flint

Sure-Fire Flint

The Curse of Drink

The Curse of Drink

Burn 'Em Up Barnes

Burn 'Em Up Barnes

A Man's Home

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