Edmund Breese

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

113

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

  • Chains of Evidence

    Chains of Evidence

  • Broadway Bill

    Broadway Bill

  • How to Break 90 #6: Fine Points

    How to Break 90 #6: Fine Points

  • The Cabin in the Cotton

    The Cabin in the Cotton

  • All Quiet on the Western Front

    All Quiet on the Western Front

  • Dancing Man

    Dancing Man

  • The Spell of the Yukon

    The Spell of the Yukon

  • The Song of the Wage Slave

    The Song of the Wage Slave

  • Burn 'Em Up Barnes

    Burn 'Em Up Barnes

  • Finders Keepers

    Finders Keepers

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

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

  • Madame Butterfly

    Madame Butterfly

  • Girl Overboard

    Girl Overboard

  • Young Sinners

    Young Sinners

  • Home Made

    Home Made

  • Treasure Island

    Treasure Island

  • Duck Soup

    Duck Soup

  • International House

    International House

  • The Billion Dollar Scandal

    The Billion Dollar Scandal

  • Mata Hari

    Mata Hari

  • Womanhandled

    Womanhandled

  • Sonny Boy

    Sonny Boy

  • Young Bride

    Young Bride

  • Only Yesterday

    Only Yesterday

  • Kismet

    Kismet

  • Female

    Female

  • Beloved

    Beloved

  • Playboy of Paris

    Playboy of Paris

  • The Highbinders

    The Highbinders

  • The Reckoning

    The Reckoning

  • Top Speed

    Top Speed

  • Love Bound

    Love Bound

  • Platinum Blonde

    Platinum Blonde

  • Fancy Baggage

    Fancy Baggage

  • Cross-Examination

    Cross-Examination

  • The Hatchet Man

    The Hatchet Man

  • Fighting With Kit Carson

    Fighting With Kit Carson

  • The Sea Bat

    The Sea Bat

  • Marriage Morals

    Marriage Morals

  • The Haunted House

    The Haunted House

  • Ladies Must Love

    Ladies Must Love

  • Come On, Marines!

    Come On, Marines!

  • Return of the Terror

    Return of the Terror

  • The Match King

    The Match King

  • Tol'able David

    Tol'able David

  • Lost in the Stratosphere

    Lost in the Stratosphere

  • The Public Defender

    The Public Defender

  • Beyond the Rainbow

    Beyond the Rainbow

  • Back to Liberty

    Back to Liberty

  • Defenders of the Law

    Defenders of the Law

  • A Man of Sentiment

    A Man of Sentiment

  • Alias Mary Smith

    Alias Mary Smith

  • Morals for Women

    Morals for Women

  • As You Desire Me

    As You Desire Me

  • Conquest

    Conquest

  • Women Won't Tell

    Women Won't Tell

  • The Czar of Broadway

    The Czar of Broadway

  • The Perfect Crime

    The Perfect Crime

  • The Painted Desert

    The Painted Desert

  • The Good Bad Girl

    The Good Bad Girl

  • Laughing at Life

    Laughing at Life

  • Jacqueline, or Blazing Barriers

    Jacqueline, or Blazing Barriers

  • Millie

    Millie

  • The Master Mind

    The Master Mind

  • The Golden West

    The Golden West

  • On Your Guard

    On Your Guard

  • Paradise for Two

    Paradise for Two

  • Torchy's Kitty Coup

    Torchy's Kitty Coup

  • The Hurricane Express

    The Hurricane Express

  • Bright Lights

    Bright Lights

  • In the Headlines

    In the Headlines

  • Hold Everything

    Hold Everything

  • Above the Clouds

    Above the Clouds

  • Chinatown After Dark

    Chinatown After Dark

  • Police Court

    Police Court

  • Drifting Souls

    Drifting Souls

  • On Trial

    On Trial

  • Bright Lights of Broadway

    Bright Lights of Broadway

  • Rough Waters

    Rough Waters

  • Torchy Turns Turtle

    Torchy Turns Turtle

  • Restless Wives

    Restless Wives

  • The Wright Idea

    The Wright Idea

  • Torchy Turns the Trick

    Torchy Turns the Trick

  • Torchy Raises the Auntie

    Torchy Raises the Auntie

  • Torchy's Busy Day

    Torchy's Busy Day

  • The Speed Spook

    The Speed Spook

  • Damaged Hearts

    Damaged Hearts

  • The Brown Derby

    The Brown Derby

  • Someone Must Pay

    Someone Must Pay

  • Burning Daylight

    Burning Daylight

  • The Live Wire

    The Live Wire

  • The Fair Cheat

    The Fair Cheat

  • Torchy Rolls His Own

    Torchy Rolls His Own

  • Stepping Along

    Stepping Along

  • Those Who Judge

    Those Who Judge

  • Torchy

    Torchy

  • Luck

    Luck

  • The Weakness of Strength

    The Weakness of Strength

  • The Hottentot

    The Hottentot

  • Chiselers of Hollywood

    Chiselers of Hollywood

  • An Honorable Cad

    An Honorable Cad

  • Trying Out Torchy

    Trying Out Torchy

  • Three O'Clock in the Morning

    Three O'Clock in the Morning

  • The She-Wolf

    The She-Wolf

  • Torchy Passes the Buck

    Torchy Passes the Buck

  • Torchy's Two Toots

    Torchy's Two Toots

  • A Common Level

    A Common Level

  • Sure-Fire Flint

    Sure-Fire Flint

  • The Lure of Heart's Desire

    The Lure of Heart's Desire

  • The Sixth Commandment

    The Sixth Commandment

  • The Master Crook

    The Master Crook

  • Torchy's Night Cap

    Torchy's Night Cap

  • The Early Bird

    The Early Bird