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.
June 18, 1871, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States
Died
April 6, 1936, New York City, New York, United States
Place Of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Profession
Actor, Writer, Director
Spouse
Harriet A. Beach, Genevieve Landry
Parents
Renshaw Breese, Josephine Busby
Star Sign
Gemini
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Fact
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American character actor and playwright, with previous vaudeville experience. In films with Edison from 1914, he excelled as a dialectitian and often played ethnic (particularly Asian) roles on screen.
2
Theatrical debut in 1895, as Adonis Evergreen, in "My Awful Dad" at the Opera House in Eureka Springs, Arkansas.
3
The son of Josephine Busby and Renshaw Breese.
4
Entered films in 1914.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Marriage Bargain
1935
Judge Robert Stanhope
Broadway Bill
1934
Presiding Judge
Lost in the Stratosphere
1934
Col. Brooks
The Law of the Wild
1934
Dr. R.N. Price [Chs. 6, 11-12] (uncredited)
Treasure Island
1934
Pirate of the Spanish Main
Return of the Terror
1934
Editor
Come On, Marines!
1934
Gen. Cabot
Dancing Man
1934
J.C. Trevor
Beloved
1934
Maj. Tarrant
Above the Clouds
1933
Crusty
Duck Soup
1933
Zander
Female
1933
Board Member (uncredited)
Only Yesterday
1933
Wall Street Investor
Ladies Must Love
1933
Thomas Van Dyne
A Man of Sentiment
1933
John Russell Sr.
The Stranger's Return
1933
Dr. Craig (uncredited)
Laughing at Life
1933
Cabinet Officer
Fighting with Kit Carson
1933
Matt Fargo [Chs. 1-7, 12]
Torchy's Loud Spooker
1933
Short
International House
1933
Doctor Wong
Torchy Turns Turtle
1933
Short
Torchy's Kitty Coup
1933
Short
Billion Dollar Scandal
1933
Haddock
On Your Guard
1933
Prison Warden
The Match King
1932
Olaf Christofsen
Madame Butterfly
1932
Cho-Cho's grandfather
Torchy Rolls His Own
1932
Short
Women Won't Tell
1932
Attorney for the Defense
The Golden West
1932
Sam Lynch
Torchy's Busy Day
1932
Short
The Cabin in the Cotton
1932
Holmes Scott
Two Lips and Juleps; or, Southern Love and Northern Exposure
1932
Short
Drifting
1932
Brad Martin
The Hurricane Express
1932
Frank Stratton
Alias Mary Smith
1932
Father
Torchy's Two Toots
1932
Short
As You Desire Me
1932
Friar (uncredited)
Torchy Raises the Auntie
1932
Short
Young Bride
1932
Mr. C. B. Chadwick, the Broker
Torchy's Night Cap
1932
Short
Love Bound
1932
J.B. 'Lucky' Morrison
Police Court
1932
Judge Robert Webster
The Reckoning
1932
Doc
Cross-Examination
1932
Dwight Simpson - Prosecuting Attorney
Torchy Turns the Trick
1932
Short
The Hatchet Man
1932
Yu Chang
Mata Hari
1931
Warden
Torchy Passes the Buck
1931
Short
Platinum Blonde
1931
Conroy - the Editor
Morals for Women
1931
Mr. Huston
Chinatown After Dark
1931
Le Fong
Torchy
1931
Short
Wicked
1931
Oh! Oh! Cleopatra
1931
Short
The Public Defender
1931
Frank Wells
Defenders of the Law
1931
Police Commander Randall
The Good Bad Girl
1931
Mr. J.P. Henderson
Young Sinners
1931
Trent
Mother's Millions
1931
William Remington
Millie
1931
Defense Attorney
The Last Parade
1931
City Editor (uncredited)
The Painted Desert
1931
Judge Matthews
Playthings of Hollywood
1930
Tol'able David
1930
Hunter Kinemon
Kismet
1930
Jawan
Playboy of Paris
1930
General (uncredited)
Bright Lights
1930
Harris
Top Speed
1930
Spencer Colgate
The Sea Bat
1930
Maddocks
Rough Waters
1930
Captain Thomas
Czar of Broadway
1930
McNab
All Quiet on the Western Front
1930
Herr Meyer
Hold Everything
1930
Pop O'Keefe
In the Headlines
1929
Eddy
The Hottentot
1929
Ollie
Port of Dreams
1929
Jim Keefe
The Gamblers
1929
Bit Part (uncredited)
From Headquarters
1929
Bit Part (uncredited)
Girls Gone Wild
1929
Judge Elliott
Sonny Boy
1929/I
Thorpe
Fancy Baggage
1929
John Hardin
Conquest
1928
William Holden
On Trial
1928
Judge
The Haunted House
1928
Uncle Herbert
The Wright Idea
1928
Mr. Filbert
The Perfect Crime
1928
Wilmot
Burning Daylight
1928
John Dossett
Finders Keepers
1928
Col. Hastings
Home Made
1927
Mr. Tilford
Back to Liberty
1927
Tom Devon / Reginald Briand
Paradise for Two
1927
Uncle Howard
Stepping Along
1926
Prince Ferdinand Darowitsky
The Brown Derby
1926
John J. Caldwell
The Highbinders
1926
Mike Harrigan
Womanhandled
1925
Uncle Lester
The Live Wire
1925
Sawdust Sam
The Police Patrol
1925
Tony Rocco
Wildfire
1925
Sen. Woodhurst
The Early Bird
1925
The Great La Tour
Playthings of Desire
1924
Gov. Cabbot
Those Who Judge
1924
Henry Dawson
The Speed Spook
1924
Chuck Brady
The Sixth Commandment
1924
Col. Saunders
Damaged Hearts
1924
Innkeeper
Restless Wives
1924
Hobart Richards
Three O'Clock in the Morning
1923/I
Mr. Winthrop
The Fair Cheat
1923
Morgan Van Dam
Marriage Morals
1923
Harry's Father
Bright Lights of Broadway
1923
Reverend Graham Drake
You Are Guilty
1923
Judge Elkins
Little Red School House
1923
Brent
Jacqueline, or Blazing Barriers
1923
Edmund MacDonald
Luck
1923
Alan Crosby
The Curse of Drink
1922
John Rand
Sure-Fire Flint
1922
Johnny Jetts
Beyond the Rainbow
1922
Insp. Richardson
Burn 'Em Up Barnes
1921
King Cole
A Common Level
1920
Matthew Ryan
Chains of Evidence
1920
Judge Frank Sturgis
His Temporary Wife
1920
Judge Laton
Someone Must Pay
1919
An Honorable Cad
1919
Short
The Weakness of Strength
1916
Daniel Gaynor
The Spell of the Yukon
1916
Jim Carson
The Lure of Heart's Desire
1916
Jim Carew
The Song of the Wage Slave
1915
Ned Lane
The Shooting of Dan McGrew
1915
Jim Maxwell
The Walls of Jericho
1914
Jack Frobisher
The Master Mind
1914
Richard Allen
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
A Man's Home
1921
play
Snatched from the Altar
1915
Short scenario
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
He Fell in a Cabaret
1915
Short
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Platinum Blonde
1931
performer: "A Bird in a Gilded Cage" 1900 - uncredited