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
| Birth Location | Brooklyn, New York, USA |
|---|---|
| Born | 1871-06-17 |
| Died | 1936-04-06 |
Movies
Broadway Bill
as Presiding Judge
1934
Lost in the Stratosphere
as Col. Brooks
1934
Treasure Island
as Pirate of the Spanish Main
1934
Return of the Terror
as Editor
1934
Come On, Marines!
as General Cabot
1934
Dancing Man
as J.C. Trevor
1934
Beloved
as Maj. Tarrant
1934
Above the Clouds
as Crusty
1933
Duck Soup
as Zander
1933
Female
as Board Member (Uncredited)
1933
Only Yesterday
as Investor (Uncredited)
1933
A Man of Sentiment
as John Russell Sr.
1933
Trying Out Torchy
as Mr. Ellins
1933
Laughing at Life
as Cabinet Officer
1933
Fighting With Kit Carson
as Matt Fargo
1933
International House
as Doctor Wong
1933
Torchy Turns Turtle
as Mr. Ellins
1933
On Your Guard
as Prison Warden
1933
Torchy's Kitty Coup
as Edward (Hickory) Ellins
1933
The Billion Dollar Scandal
as Mr. Haddock
1933
The Match King
as Olaf Christofsen
1932
Madame Butterfly
as Cho-Cho's Grandfather
1932
Women Won't Tell
as Attorney for the Defense
1932
The Golden West
as Sam Lynch
1932
Torchy Rolls His Own
as Mr. Ellins
1932
Torchy's Busy Day
as Hickory Ellins
1932
The Cabin in the Cotton
as Holmes Scott
1932
Drifting Souls
as Brad Martin
1932
The Hurricane Express
as The Secretary's Father
1932
Alias Mary Smith
as Mr. Hayes
1932
Torchy's Two Toots
as Hickory Ellins
1932
As You Desire Me
as Friar
1932
Torchy Raises the Auntie
as Mr. Ellins
1932
Young Bride
as Mr. C. B. Chadwick the Broker
1932
Torchy's Night Cap
as Hickory Ellins
1932
Love Bound
as J.B. 'Lucky' Morrison
1932
Police Court
as Judge Robert Webster
1932
The Reckoning
as Doc
1932
Cross-Examination
as Dwight Simpson
1932
Torchy Turns the Trick
as Hickory Ellins
1932
The Hatchet Man
as Yu Chang
1932
Mata Hari
as Warden
1931
Torchy Passes the Buck
as Mr. Ellins
1931
Platinum Blonde
as Conroy
1931
Morals for Women
as Mr. Hutson
1931
Chinatown After Dark
as Le Fong
1931
Torchy
as Hickory Ellins
1931
The Public Defender
as Frank Wells
1931
Defenders of the Law
as Capt. Bill Houston
1931
The Good Bad Girl
as J.P. Henderson
1931
Young Sinners
as Trent
1931
1931
Millie
as Defense Attorney
1931
The Painted Desert
as Judge Matthews
1931
Tol'able David
as Hunter Kinemon
1930
Kismet
as Jawan
1930
Playboy of Paris
as General de Karodek
1930
Bright Lights
as Franklin Harris
1930
Top Speed
as Spencer Colgate
1930
The Sea Bat
as Maddocks
1930
Rough Waters
as Captain Thomas
1930
1930
All Quiet on the Western Front
as Herr Meyer
1930
Hold Everything
as Pop O'Keefe
1930
Girl Overboard
as Jim Keefe
1929
Sonny Boy
as Thorpe
1929
Fancy Baggage
as John Hardin
1929
Conquest
as William Holden
1928
On Trial
as Judge
1928
The Haunted House
as Uncle Herbert
1928
1928
The Perfect Crime
as Wilmot
1928
Burning Daylight
as John Dossett
1928
Finders Keepers
as Hastings
1928
Back to Liberty
as Tom Devon
1927
Paradise for Two
as Uncle Howard
1927
Stepping Along
as Prince Ferdinand Darowitsky
1926
The Brown Derby
as John J. Caldwell
1926
The Highbinders
as Mike Harrigan
1926
Womanhandled
as Uncle Lester
1925
The Live Wire
as Sawdust Sam
1925
The Early Bird
as The Great La Tour
1925
The Speed Spook
as Chuck Brady
1924
The Sixth Commandment
as Col. Saunders
1924
Damaged Hearts
as Innkeeper
1924
Restless Wives
as Hobart Richards
1924
Three O'Clock in the Morning
as Mr. Winthrop
1923
Bright Lights of Broadway
as Reverend Graham Drake
1923
Luck
as Alan Crosby
1923
Beyond the Rainbow
as Insp. Richardson
1922
Burn 'Em Up Barnes
as King Cole
1921
Chains of Evidence
as Judge Frank Sturgis
1920
Someone Must Pay
as Charles Bryant
1919
1919
The Weakness of Strength
as Daniel Gaynor
1916
Movies
A Man's Home
Theatre Play
1921
