Edmund Breese
Known For
Acting
Born
1871-06-17 in Brooklyn, New York, USA
Died
1936-04-06
Biography
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.
Most Known For
Treasure Island
as Pirate of the Spanish Main
Mata Hari
as Warden
All Quiet on the Western Front
as Herr Meyer
Platinum Blonde
as Conroy
Jacqueline, or Blazing Barriers
as Edmund MacDonald
Torchy
as Hickory Ellins
Love Bound
as J.B. 'Lucky' Morrison
Duck Soup
as Zander
Marriage Morals
as Harry's Father
Female
as Board Member (Uncredited)
The Match King
as Olaf Christofsen
Only Yesterday
as Investor (Uncredited)
The Hurricane Express
as The Secretary's Father
The Cabin in the Cotton
as Holmes Scott
Home Made
as Mr. Tilford
Broadway Bill
as Presiding Judge
International House
as Doctor Wong
Madame Butterfly
as Cho-Cho's Grandfather
The Painted Desert
as Judge Matthews
The Hatchet Man
as Yu Chang