Edmund Breese

Edmund Breese

Known for

Acting

Born

June 17, 1871

Birthplace

Brooklyn, New York, USA

Died

April 6, 1936 (aged 64)

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 Wester...

Best known work

All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front
1930
Duck Soup
Duck Soup
1933
Treasure Island
Treasure Island
1934
Mata Hari
Mata Hari
1931
Platinum Blonde
Platinum Blonde
1931
Female
Female
1933
International House
International House
1933
Broadway Bill
Broadway Bill
1934
Millie
Millie
1931
Madame Butterfly
Madame Butterfly
1932

Filmography

  1. 1935

    The Marriage Bargain

    as Judge Robert Stanhope

  2. 1934

    Broadway Bill

    as Presiding Judge

  3. 1934

  4. 1934

    Treasure Island

    as Pirate of the Spanish Main

  5. 1934

  6. 1934

    Come On, Marines!

    as General Cabot

  7. 1934

    Dancing Man

    as J.C. Trevor

  8. 1934

    Beloved

    as Maj. Tarrant

  9. 1933

  10. 1933

    Duck Soup

    as Zander

  11. 1933

    Female

    as Board Member (Uncredited)

  12. 1933

    Only Yesterday

    as Investor (Uncredited)

  13. 1933

    Ladies Must Love

    as Thomas Van Dyne

  14. 1933

    A Man of Sentiment

    as John Russell Sr.

  15. 1933

    Trying Out Torchy

    as Mr. Ellins

  16. 1933

  17. 1933

    Laughing at Life

    as Cabinet Officer

  18. 1933

  19. 1933

    International House

    as Doctor Wong

  20. 1933

    Torchy Turns Turtle

    as Mr. Ellins

  21. 1933

    On Your Guard

    as Prison Warden

  22. 1933

    Torchy's Kitty Coup

    as Edward (Hickory) Ellins

  23. 1933

  24. 1932

    The Match King

    as Olaf Christofsen

  25. 1932

    Madame Butterfly

    as Cho-cho San's Grandfather

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