Edmund Breese
Known for ActingBorn 1871-06-17 — died 1936-04-06Brooklyn, New York, USA
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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
1930 · as Herr Meyer
Treasure Island
1934 · as Pirate of the Spanish Main
Love Bound
1932 · as J.B. 'Lucky' Morrison
Mata Hari
1931 · as Warden
Duck Soup
1933 · as Zander
Marriage Morals
1923 · as Harry's Father
Platinum Blonde
1931 · as Conroy
The Marriage Bargain
1935 · as Judge Robert Stanhope
The Good Bad Girl
1931 · as J.P. Henderson
Wildfire
1925 · as Sen. Woodhurst
Madame Butterfly
1932 · as Cho-cho San's Grandfather
Broadway Bill
1934 · as Presiding Judge
Millie
1931 · as Defense Attorney
The Match King
1932 · as Olaf Christofsen
International House
1933 · as Doctor Wong
The Painted Desert
1931 · as Judge Matthews
Female
1933 · as Board Member (Uncredited)
The Hurricane Express
1932 · as The Secretary's Father