Edmund Breese
Actor
- Born
- June 17, 1871 · Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Died
- April 6, 1936 (age 64)
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.
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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
All Quiet on the Western Front
April 29, 1930
Duck Soup
November 12, 1933
Treasure Island
August 17, 1934
Mata Hari
December 26, 1931
Platinum Blonde
October 31, 1931
Female
November 11, 1933
International House
May 27, 1933
Broadway Bill
November 30, 1934
Millie
February 6, 1931
Madame Butterfly
December 30, 1932
The Painted Desert
January 18, 1931
The Cabin in the Cotton
September 26, 1932
Acting118
- 1935The Marriage Bargain as Judge Robert Stanhope
- 1934Broadway Bill as Presiding Judge
- 1934Lost in the Stratosphere as Col. Brooks
- 1934Treasure Island as Pirate of the Spanish Main
- 1934Return of the Terror as Editor
- 1934Come On, Marines! as General Cabot
- 1934Dancing Man as J.C. Trevor
- 1934Beloved as Maj. Tarrant
- 1933Above the Clouds as Crusty
- 1933Duck Soup