7.8
7.8
All Quiet on the Western Front
1930
as Herr Meyer
Edmund Breese
Acting
Born:June 17, 1871
Died:April 6, 1936(aged 64)
Birthplace:Brooklyn, New York, USA
Nationality:United States
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CommunityBiography
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.
Filmography (107 movies)
7.3
7.3
Duck Soup
1933
as Zander
7.0
7.0
Tol'able David
1930
as Hunter Kinemon
7.0
7.0
Luck
1923
as Alan Crosby
7.0
7.0
Playboy of Paris
1930
as General de Karodek
7.0
7.0
Womanhandled
1925
as Uncle Lester
6.6
6.6
Platinum Blonde
1931
as Conroy
6.6
6.6
The Match King
1932
as Olaf Christofsen
6.5
6.5
Treasure Island
1934
as Pirate of the Spanish Main
6.3
6.3
As You Desire Me
1932
as Friar
6.3
6.3
The Cabin in the Cotton
1932
as Holmes Scott
6.2
6.2
Mata Hari
1931
as Warden
6.0
6.0
Broadway Bill
1934
as Presiding Judge
6.0
6.0
The Public Defender
1931
as Frank Wells
6.0
6.0
On Your Guard
1933
as Prison Warden
6.0
6.0
Hold Everything
1930
as Pop O'Keefe
6.0
6.0
The Brown Derby
1926
as John J. Caldwell
6.0
6.0
Return of the Terror
1934
as Editor
6.0
6.0
On Trial
1928
as Judge
6.0
6.0
Laughing at Life
1933
as Cabinet Officer
6.0
6.0
Above the Clouds
1933
as Crusty
6.0
6.0
Fighting With Kit Carson
1933
as Matt Fargo
6.0
6.0
Top Speed
1930
as Spencer Colgate
6.0
6.0
Defenders of the Law
1931
as Capt. Bill Houston
5.5
5.5
International House
1933
as Doctor Wong
5.5
5.5
The Good Bad Girl
1931
as J.P. Henderson
5.2
5.2
Madame Butterfly
1932
as Cho-Cho's Grandfather
5.2
5.2
The Hurricane Express
1932
as The Secretary's Father
5.0
5.0
Dancing Man
1934
as J.C. Trevor
5.0
5.0
Millie
1931
as Defense Attorney
5.0
5.0
Police Court
1932
as Judge Robert Webster
5.0
5.0
Alias Mary Smith
1932
as Mr. Hayes
4.7
4.7
The Hatchet Man
1932
as Yu Chang
4.7
4.7
The Painted Desert
1931
as Judge Matthews
4.6
4.6
Cross-Examination
1932
as Dwight Simpson
4.5
4.5
Come On, Marines!
1934
as General Cabot
4.3
4.3
Burning Daylight
1928
as John Dossett
4.3
4.3
The Sea Bat
1930
as Maddocks
4.2
4.2
Lost in the Stratosphere
1934
as Col. Brooks
4.0
4.0
Women Won't Tell
1932
as Attorney for the Defense
4.0
4.0
The Golden West
1932
as Sam Lynch
4.0
4.0
The Reckoning
1932
as Doc
4.0
4.0
Bright Lights
1930
as Franklin Harris
3.6
3.6
Love Bound
1932
as J.B. 'Lucky' Morrison
3.4
3.4
Morals for Women
1931
as Mr. Hutson
3.0
3.0
The Speed Spook
1924
as Chuck Brady
3.0
3.0
Chinatown After Dark
1931
as Le Fong
3.0
3.0
Young Bride
1932
as Mr. C. B. Chadwick the Broker
3.0
3.0
Burn 'Em Up Barnes
1921
as King Cole
2.7
2.7
Kismet
1930
as Jawan
1.0
1.0
The Sixth Commandment
1924
as Col. Saunders
How to Break 90 #6: Fine Points
1933
as Himself
Sonny Boy
1929
as Thorpe
A Man of Sentiment
1933
as John Russell Sr.
Conquest
1928
as William Holden
Fancy Baggage
1929
as John Hardin
Finders Keepers
1928
as Hastings
Beyond the Rainbow
1922
as Insp. Richardson
The Hottentot
1929
as Ollie
In the Headlines
1929
as Eddy
Beloved
1934
as Maj. Tarrant
Stepping Along
1926
as Prince Ferdinand Darowitsky
Girl Overboard
1929
as Jim Keefe
The Highbinders
1926
as Mike Harrigan
Marriage Morals
1923
as Harry's Father
The Haunted House
1928
as Uncle Herbert
The Billion Dollar Scandal
1933
as Mr. Haddock
Damaged Hearts
1924
as Innkeeper
Young Sinners
1931
as Trent
Bright Lights of Broadway
1923
as Reverend Graham Drake
The She-Wolf
1931
The Song of the Wage Slave
1915
Three O'Clock in the Morning
1923
as Mr. Winthrop
Restless Wives
1924
as Hobart Richards
Chains of Evidence
1920
as Judge Frank Sturgis
Someone Must Pay
1919
as Charles Bryant
Paradise for Two
1927
as Uncle Howard
The Perfect Crime
1928
as Wilmot
Jacqueline, or Blazing Barriers
1923
as Edmund MacDonald
The Weakness of Strength
1916
as Daniel Gaynor
The Wright Idea
1928
as Mr. Filbert
Torchy
1931
as Hickory Ellins
Torchy Passes the Buck
1931
as Mr. Ellins
Torchy Turns the Trick
1932
as Hickory Ellins
Torchy's Night Cap
1932
as Hickory Ellins
Torchy Raises the Auntie
1932
as Mr. Ellins
Torchy's Two Toots
1932
as Hickory Ellins
Torchy's Busy Day
1932
as Hickory Ellins
Torchy Rolls His Own
1932
as Mr. Ellins
Torchy's Kitty Coup
1933
as Edward (Hickory) Ellins
Torchy Turns Turtle
1933
as Mr. Ellins
Trying Out Torchy
1933
as Mr. Ellins
Drifting Souls
1932
as Brad Martin
Back to Liberty
1927
as Tom Devon
The Early Bird
1925
as The Great La Tour
Chiselers of Hollywood
1930
An Honorable Cad
1919
The Lure of Heart's Desire
1916
as Jim Carew
The Spell of the Yukon
1916
as Jim Carson
The Master Crook
1918
Two Lips and Juleps; or, Southern Love and Northern Exposure
1932
as Colonel Shelby
Sure-Fire Flint
1922
as Johnny Jetts
Those Who Judge
1924
as Henry Dawson
The Master Mind
1914
as Richard Allen
Rough Waters
1930
as Captain Thomas
The Live Wire
1925
as Sawdust Sam
The Czar of Broadway
1930
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