Edmund Breese

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

108

Gender

Male

Birthday

1871-06-17

Day of death

1936-04-06 (64 years old)

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York, USA

Edmund Breese

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

  • All Quiet on the Western Front

    All Quiet on the Western Front

  • The Hatchet Man

    The Hatchet Man

  • Beyond the Rainbow

    Beyond the Rainbow

  • Burn 'Em Up Barnes

    Burn 'Em Up Barnes

  • Fighting With Kit Carson

    Fighting With Kit Carson

  • How to Break 90 #6: Fine Points

    How to Break 90 #6: Fine Points

  • Back to Liberty

    Back to Liberty

  • The Perfect Crime

    The Perfect Crime

  • The Painted Desert

    The Painted Desert

  • Morals for Women

    Morals for Women

  • Broadway Bill

    Broadway Bill

  • Alias Mary Smith

    Alias Mary Smith

  • Fancy Baggage

    Fancy Baggage

  • The Spell of the Yukon

    The Spell of the Yukon

  • Police Court

    Police Court

  • The Czar of Broadway

    The Czar of Broadway

  • Duck Soup

    Duck Soup

  • Chains of Evidence

    Chains of Evidence

  • Madame Butterfly

    Madame Butterfly

  • Sonny Boy

    Sonny Boy

  • The Billion Dollar Scandal

    The Billion Dollar Scandal

  • Young Sinners

    Young Sinners

  • The Haunted House

    The Haunted House

  • Beloved

    Beloved

  • The Hurricane Express

    The Hurricane Express

  • Cross-Examination

    Cross-Examination

  • The Sea Bat

    The Sea Bat

  • The Reckoning

    The Reckoning

  • The Cabin in the Cotton

    The Cabin in the Cotton

  • Millie

    Millie

  • Treasure Island

    Treasure Island

  • Young Bride

    Young Bride

  • Womanhandled

    Womanhandled

  • The Match King

    The Match King

  • Finders Keepers

    Finders Keepers

  • The Highbinders

    The Highbinders

  • Defenders of the Law

    Defenders of the Law

  • Restless Wives

    Restless Wives

  • Girl Overboard

    Girl Overboard

  • Come On, Marines!

    Come On, Marines!

  • A Man of Sentiment

    A Man of Sentiment

  • Mata Hari

    Mata Hari

  • Kismet

    Kismet

  • Torchy's Kitty Coup

    Torchy's Kitty Coup

  • Torchy Turns Turtle

    Torchy Turns Turtle

  • Dancing Man

    Dancing Man

  • Torchy's Busy Day

    Torchy's Busy Day

  • Female

    Female

  • Only Yesterday

    Only Yesterday

  • The Song of the Wage Slave

    The Song of the Wage Slave

  • The Public Defender

    The Public Defender

  • Lost in the Stratosphere

    Lost in the Stratosphere

  • Top Speed

    Top Speed

  • Someone Must Pay

    Someone Must Pay

  • The Golden West

    The Golden West

  • Return of the Terror

    Return of the Terror

  • Platinum Blonde

    Platinum Blonde

  • Tol'able David

    Tol'able David

  • In the Headlines

    In the Headlines

  • Torchy's Two Toots

    Torchy's Two Toots

  • International House

    International House

  • Conquest

    Conquest

  • Torchy Raises the Auntie

    Torchy Raises the Auntie

  • As You Desire Me

    As You Desire Me

  • Women Won't Tell

    Women Won't Tell

  • The Good Bad Girl

    The Good Bad Girl

  • Torchy Turns the Trick

    Torchy Turns the Trick

  • Above the Clouds

    Above the Clouds

  • Playboy of Paris

    Playboy of Paris

  • Jacqueline, or Blazing Barriers

    Jacqueline, or Blazing Barriers

  • The Master Mind

    The Master Mind

  • Love Bound

    Love Bound

  • Torchy

    Torchy

  • Damaged Hearts

    Damaged Hearts

  • Paradise for Two

    Paradise for Two

  • Laughing at Life

    Laughing at Life

  • Two Lips and Juleps; or, Southern Love and Northern Exposure

    Two Lips and Juleps; or, Southern Love and Northern Exposure

  • On Your Guard

    On Your Guard

  • Torchy Passes the Buck

    Torchy Passes the Buck

  • Trying Out Torchy

    Trying Out Torchy

  • Chinatown After Dark

    Chinatown After Dark

  • Chiselers of Hollywood

    Chiselers of Hollywood

  • The Master Crook

    The Master Crook

  • Those Who Judge

    Those Who Judge

  • Sure-Fire Flint

    Sure-Fire Flint

  • The Early Bird

    The Early Bird

  • The Brown Derby

    The Brown Derby

  • Bright Lights

    Bright Lights

  • The Hottentot

    The Hottentot

  • On Trial

    On Trial

  • The Live Wire

    The Live Wire

  • Drifting Souls

    Drifting Souls

  • The She-Wolf

    The She-Wolf

  • Three O'Clock in the Morning

    Three O'Clock in the Morning

  • An Honorable Cad

    An Honorable Cad

  • Rough Waters

    Rough Waters

  • The Weakness of Strength

    The Weakness of Strength

  • The Lure of Heart's Desire

    The Lure of Heart's Desire

  • Luck

    Luck

  • Hold Everything

    Hold Everything

  • Burning Daylight

    Burning Daylight

  • Stepping Along

    Stepping Along

  • The Speed Spook

    The Speed Spook

  • The Sixth Commandment

    The Sixth Commandment

  • Torchy Rolls His Own

    Torchy Rolls His Own

  • The Wright Idea

    The Wright Idea

  • Bright Lights of Broadway

    Bright Lights of Broadway

  • Torchy's Night Cap

    Torchy's Night Cap