Edmund Breese
Born
June 17, 1871
Died
April 6, 1936 (64 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
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
Broadway Bill
Presiding Judge
1934
Lost in the Stratosphere
Col. Brooks
1934
Treasure Island
Pirate of the Spanish Main
1934
Return of the Terror
Editor
1934
Come On, Marines!
General Cabot
1934
Dancing Man
J.C. Trevor
1934
Beloved
Maj. Tarrant
1934
Above the Clouds
Crusty
1933
Duck Soup
Zander
1933
Female
Board Member (Uncredited)
1933
Only Yesterday
Investor (Uncredited)
1933
A Man of Sentiment
John Russell Sr.
1933
Trying Out Torchy
Mr. Ellins
1933
How to Break 90 #6: Fine Points
Himself
1933
Laughing at Life
Cabinet Officer
1933
Fighting With Kit Carson
Matt Fargo
1933
International House
Doctor Wong
1933
Torchy Turns Turtle
Mr. Ellins
1933
On Your Guard
Prison Warden
1933
Torchy's Kitty Coup
Edward (Hickory) Ellins
1933
The Billion Dollar Scandal
Mr. Haddock
1933
The Match King
Olaf Christofsen
1932
Madame Butterfly
Cho-Cho's Grandfather
1932
Women Won't Tell
Attorney for the Defense
1932
The Golden West
Sam Lynch
1932
Torchy Rolls His Own
Mr. Ellins
1932
Torchy's Busy Day
Hickory Ellins
1932
The Cabin in the Cotton
Holmes Scott
1932
Two Lips and Juleps; or, Southern Love and Northern Exposure
Colonel Shelby
1932
Drifting Souls
Brad Martin
1932
The Hurricane Express
The Secretary's Father
1932
Alias Mary Smith
Mr. Hayes
1932
Torchy's Two Toots
Hickory Ellins
1932
As You Desire Me
Friar
1932
Torchy Raises the Auntie
Mr. Ellins
1932
Young Bride
Mr. C. B. Chadwick the Broker
1932
Torchy's Night Cap
Hickory Ellins
1932
Love Bound
J.B. 'Lucky' Morrison
1932
Police Court
Judge Robert Webster
1932
The Reckoning
Doc
1932
Cross-Examination
Dwight Simpson
1932
Torchy Turns the Trick
Hickory Ellins
1932
The Hatchet Man
Yu Chang
1932
Mata Hari
Warden
1931
Torchy Passes the Buck
Mr. Ellins
1931
Platinum Blonde
Conroy
1931
Morals for Women
Mr. Hutson
1931
Chinatown After Dark
Le Fong
1931
Torchy
Hickory Ellins
1931
The Public Defender
Frank Wells
1931
Defenders of the Law
Capt. Bill Houston
1931
The Good Bad Girl
J.P. Henderson
1931
Young Sinners
Trent
1931
The She-Wolf
1931
Millie
Defense Attorney
1931
The Painted Desert
Judge Matthews
1931
Chiselers of Hollywood
1930
Tol'able David
Hunter Kinemon
1930
Kismet
Jawan
1930
Playboy of Paris
General de Karodek
1930
Bright Lights
Franklin Harris
1930
Top Speed
Spencer Colgate
1930
The Sea Bat
Maddocks
1930
Rough Waters
Captain Thomas
1930
The Czar of Broadway
1930
All Quiet on the Western Front
Herr Meyer
1930
Hold Everything
Pop O'Keefe
1930
In the Headlines
Eddy
1929
The Hottentot
Ollie
1929
Girl Overboard
Jim Keefe
1929
Sonny Boy
Thorpe
1929
Fancy Baggage
John Hardin
1929
Conquest
William Holden
1928
On Trial
Judge
1928
The Haunted House
Uncle Herbert
1928
The Wright Idea
Mr. Filbert
1928
The Perfect Crime
Wilmot
1928
Burning Daylight
John Dossett
1928
Finders Keepers
Hastings
1928
Back to Liberty
Tom Devon
1927
Paradise for Two
Uncle Howard
1927
Stepping Along
Prince Ferdinand Darowitsky
1926
The Brown Derby
John J. Caldwell
1926
The Highbinders
Mike Harrigan
1926
Womanhandled
Uncle Lester
1925
The Live Wire
Sawdust Sam
1925
The Early Bird
The Great La Tour
1925
Those Who Judge
Henry Dawson
1924
The Speed Spook
Chuck Brady
1924
The Sixth Commandment
Col. Saunders
1924
Damaged Hearts
Innkeeper
1924
Restless Wives
Hobart Richards
1924
Three O'Clock in the Morning
Mr. Winthrop
1923
Bright Lights of Broadway
Reverend Graham Drake
1923
Jacqueline, or Blazing Barriers
Edmund MacDonald
1923
Luck
Alan Crosby
1923
Sure-Fire Flint
Johnny Jetts
1922
Beyond the Rainbow
Insp. Richardson
1922
Burn 'Em Up Barnes
King Cole
1921
Chains of Evidence
Judge Frank Sturgis
1920
Someone Must Pay
Charles Bryant
1919
An Honorable Cad
1919
The Master Crook
1918
The Weakness of Strength
Daniel Gaynor
1916
The Spell of the Yukon
Jim Carson
1916
The Lure of Heart's Desire
Jim Carew
1916
The Song of the Wage Slave
1915