Edmund Breese
Acting
- Born:
- 1871-06-17
- Died:
- 1936-04-06
- Place of birth:
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
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.
Known For
Filmography
The Marriage Bargain
Broadway Bill
Lost in the Stratosphere
Treasure Island
Return of the Terror
Come On, Marines!
Dancing Man
Beloved
Above the Clouds
Duck Soup
Female
Only Yesterday
Ladies Must Love
A Man of Sentiment
Trying Out Torchy
How to Break 90 #6: Fine Points
Laughing at Life
Fighting With Kit Carson
International House
Torchy Turns Turtle
On Your Guard
Torchy's Kitty Coup
The Billion Dollar Scandal
The Match King
Madame Butterfly
Women Won't Tell
The Golden West
Torchy Rolls His Own
Torchy's Busy Day
The Cabin in the Cotton
Two Lips and Juleps; or, Southern Love and Northern Exposure
Drifting Souls
The Hurricane Express
Alias Mary Smith
Torchy's Two Toots
As You Desire Me
Torchy Raises the Auntie
Young Bride
Torchy's Night Cap
Love Bound
Police Court
The Reckoning
Cross-Examination
Torchy Turns the Trick
The Hatchet Man
Mata Hari
Torchy Passes the Buck
Platinum Blonde
Morals for Women
Chinatown After Dark
Torchy
The Public Defender
Defenders of the Law
The Good Bad Girl
Young Sinners
The She-Wolf
Millie
The Painted Desert
Chiselers of Hollywood
Tol'able David
Kismet
Playboy of Paris
Bright Lights
Top Speed
The Sea Bat
Rough Waters
The Czar of Broadway
All Quiet on the Western Front
Hold Everything
In the Headlines
The Hottentot
Girl Overboard
Sonny Boy
Girls Gone Wild
Fancy Baggage
Conquest
On Trial
The Haunted House
The Wright Idea
The Perfect Crime
Burning Daylight
Finders Keepers
Home Made
Back to Liberty
Paradise for Two
Stepping Along
The Brown Derby
The Highbinders
Womanhandled
The Live Wire
Wildfire
The Early Bird
Those Who Judge
The Speed Spook
The Sixth Commandment
Damaged Hearts
Restless Wives
Three O'Clock in the Morning
The Fair Cheat
Marriage Morals
Bright Lights of Broadway
Jacqueline, or Blazing Barriers
Luck
The Curse of Drink
Sure-Fire Flint
Beyond the Rainbow
Burn 'Em Up Barnes
A Common Level
Chains of Evidence
His Temporary Wife
Someone Must Pay
An Honorable Cad
The Master Crook
The Weakness of Strength
The Spell of the Yukon
The Lure of Heart's Desire
The Song of the Wage Slave
The Master Mind