Edmund Breese

Edmund Breese

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.

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