Edmund Breese
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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
Credits
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
as Herr Meyer
Duck Soup (1933)
as Zander
Mata Hari (1931)
as Warden
Treasure Island (1934)
as Pirate of the Spanish Main
Wildfire (1925)
as Sen. Woodhurst
As You Desire Me (1932)
as Friar
The Cabin in the Cotton (1932)
as Holmes Scott
The Billion Dollar Scandal (1933)
as Mr. Haddock
Platinum Blonde (1931)
as Conroy
Broadway Bill (1934)
as Presiding Judge
The Match King (1932)
as Olaf Christofsen
Return of the Terror (1934)
as Editor
Millie (1931)
as Defense Attorney
Marriage Morals (1923)
as Harry's Father
Female (1933)
as Board Member (Uncredited)
Only Yesterday (1933)
as Investor (Uncredited)
Fighting With Kit Carson (1933)
as Matt Fargo
The Good Bad Girl (1931)
as J.P. Henderson
Love Bound (1932)
as J.B. 'Lucky' Morrison
A Man of Sentiment (1933)
as John Russell Sr.
Lost in the Stratosphere (1934)
as Col. Brooks
Jacqueline, or Blazing Barriers (1923)
as Edmund MacDonald
Laughing at Life (1933)
as Cabinet Officer
The Czar of Broadway (1930)
Actor
The Hurricane Express (1932)
as The Secretary's Father
International House (1933)
as Doctor Wong
Home Made (1927)
as Mr. Tilford
The Public Defender (1931)
as Frank Wells
Women Won't Tell (1932)
as Attorney for the Defense
The Hatchet Man (1932)
as Yu Chang
Bright Lights (1930)
as Franklin Harris
Defenders of the Law (1931)
as Capt. Bill Houston
Burn 'Em Up Barnes (1921)
as King Cole
Bright Lights of Broadway (1923)
as Reverend Graham Drake
Madame Butterfly (1932)
as Cho-cho San's Grandfather
The Curse of Drink (1922)
as John Rand
Tol'able David (1930)
as Hunter Kinemon
Kismet (1930)
as Jawan
Top Speed (1930)
as Spencer Colgate
The Painted Desert (1931)
as Judge Matthews
How to Break 90 #6: Fine Points (1933)
as Himself
Young Bride (1932)
as Mr. C. B. Chadwick the Broker
Torchy's Kitty Coup (1933)
as Edward (Hickory) Ellins
Three O'Clock in the Morning (1923)
as Mr. Winthrop
Finders Keepers (1928)
as Hastings
Torchy Passes the Buck (1931)
as Mr. Ellins
The Sea Bat (1930)
as Maddocks
The Weakness of Strength (1916)
as Daniel Gaynor
Torchy's Two Toots (1932)
as Hickory Ellins
Alias Mary Smith (1932)
as Mr. Hayes
Girls Gone Wild (1929)
as Judge Elliott
The Haunted House (1928)
as Uncle Herbert
The Lure of Heart's Desire (1916)
as Jim Carew
Above the Clouds (1933)
as Crusty
Restless Wives (1924)
as Hobart Richards
Paradise for Two (1927)
as Uncle Howard
Fancy Baggage (1929)
as John Hardin
The Golden West (1932)
as Sam Lynch
On Your Guard (1933)
as Prison Warden
Torchy (1931)
as Hickory Ellins
Playboy of Paris (1930)
as General de Karodek
Morals for Women (1931)
as Mr. Hutson
The Spell of the Yukon (1916)
as Jim Carson
The Marriage Bargain (1935)
as Judge Robert Stanhope
Dancing Man (1934)
as J.C. Trevor
Two Lips and Juleps; or, Southern Love and Northern Exposure (1932)
as Colonel Shelby
Someone Must Pay (1919)
as Charles Bryant
Come On, Marines! (1934)
as General Cabot
Chinatown After Dark (1931)
as Le Fong
In the Headlines (1929)
as Eddy
Torchy's Busy Day (1932)
as Hickory Ellins
Ladies Must Love (1933)
as Thomas Van Dyne
Burning Daylight (1928)
as John Dossett
Conquest (1928)
as William Holden
The Fair Cheat (1923)
as Morgan Van Dam
Torchy Raises the Auntie (1932)
as Mr. Ellins
Torchy Rolls His Own (1932)
as Mr. Ellins
Torchy's Night Cap (1932)
as Hickory Ellins
Drifting Souls (1932)
as Brad Martin
Police Court (1932)
as Judge Robert Webster
Beyond the Rainbow (1922)
as Insp. Richardson
Those Who Judge (1924)
as Henry Dawson
Torchy Turns the Trick (1932)
as Hickory Ellins
Trying Out Torchy (1933)
as Mr. Ellins
Hold Everything (1930)
as Pop O'Keefe
The Perfect Crime (1928)
as Wilmot
Chiselers of Hollywood (1930)
Actor
Back to Liberty (1927)
as Tom Devon
Beloved (1934)
as Maj. Tarrant
His Temporary Wife (1920)
as Judge Laton
A Common Level (1920)
as Matthew Ryan
The Live Wire (1925)
as Sawdust Sam
Sure-Fire Flint (1922)
as Johnny Jetts
Chains of Evidence (1920)
as Judge Frank Sturgis
The Highbinders (1926)
as Mike Harrigan
Sonny Boy (1929)
as Thorpe
The Master Mind (1914)
as Richard Allen
Luck (1923)
as Alan Crosby
Womanhandled (1925)
as Uncle Lester
Cross-Examination (1932)
as Dwight Simpson
Rough Waters (1930)
as Captain Thomas
The Hottentot (1929)
as Ollie
The Master Crook (1918)
Actor
The Brown Derby (1926)
as John J. Caldwell
The She-Wolf (1931)
Actor
The Speed Spook (1924)
as Chuck Brady
The Song of the Wage Slave (1915)
Actor
The Reckoning (1932)
as Doc
On Trial (1928)
as Judge
Girl Overboard (1929)
as Jim Keefe
Torchy Turns Turtle (1933)
as Mr. Ellins
The Wright Idea (1928)
as Mr. Filbert
The Sixth Commandment (1924)
as Col. Saunders
Damaged Hearts (1924)
as Innkeeper
Young Sinners (1931)
as Trent
Stepping Along (1926)
as Prince Ferdinand Darowitsky
The Early Bird (1925)
as The Great La Tour
An Honorable Cad (1919)
Actor