Edmund Breese
Edmund Breese was an American stage and film actor of the silent era.Biography
Long on the stage with a varied Broadway career before entering movies, Breese appeared with James O'Neill in The Count of Monte Cristo, The Lion and the Mouse with Richard Bennett, The Third Degree with Helen Ware, The Master Mind with Elliott Dexter, the popular World War I era play Why Marry? with Estelle Winwood & Nat C. Goodwin and So This Is London 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, from which he died on April 6, 1936.Selected filmography
- The Master Mind as Richard Allen
- The Walls of Jericho as Jack Frobisher
- The Shooting of Dan McGrew as Jim Maxwell
- The Song of the Wage Slave as Ned Lane
- The Lure of Heart's Desire as Jim Carew
- The Spell of the Yukon as Jim Carson
- The Weakness of Strength as Daniel Gaynor
- Someone Must Pay
- His Temporary Wife as Judge Laton
- Chains of Evidence as Judge Frank Sturgis
- A Common Level as Matthew Ryan
- Burn 'Em Up Barnes as King Cole
- Beyond the Rainbow as Insp. Richardson
- Sure Fire Flint as Johnny Jetts
- The Curse of Drink as John Rand
- Jacqueline, or Blazing Barriers as Edmund MacDonald
- Luck as Alan Crosby
- The Little Red Schoolhouse as Brent
- You Are Guilty as Judge Elkins
- Bright Lights of Broadway as Reverend Graham Drake
- Marriage Morals as Harry's Father
- The Fair Cheat as Morgan Van Dam
- Three O'Clock in the Morning as Mr. Winthrop
- Restless Wives as Hobart Richards
- Damaged Hearts as Innkeeper
- The Sixth Commandment as Col. Saunders
- The Speed Spook as Chuck Brady
- Those Who Judge as Henry Dawson
- Playthings of Desire as Governor Cabbot
- The Early Bird as The Great La Tour
- Wildfire as Sen. Woodhurst
- The Police Patrol as Tony Rocco
- The Live Wire as Sawdust Sam
- Womanhandled as Uncle Lester
- The Highbinders as Mike Harrigan
- The Brown Derby as John J. Caldwell
- Stepping Along as Prince Ferdinand Darowitsky
- Paradise for Two as Uncle Howard
- Back to Liberty as Tom Devon / Reginald Briand
- Home Made as Mr. Tilford
- Finders Keepers as Col. Hastings
- Burning Daylight as John Dossett
- The Perfect Crime as Wilmot
- The Wright Idea as Mr. Filbert
- The Haunted House as Uncle Herbert
- On Trial as Judge
- Conquest as William Holden
- Fancy Baggage as John Hardin
- Sonny Boy as Thorpe
- Girls Gone Wild as Judge Elliott
- From Headquarters as Bit Part
- The Gamblers as Bit Part
- Girl Overboard as Jim Keefe
- The Hottentot as Ollie
- In the Headlines as Eddy
- Hold Everything as Pop O'Keefe
- All Quiet on the Western Front as Herr Meyer, the Stammtisch speaker
- The Czar of Broadway as McNab
- Rough Waters as Captain Thomas
- The Sea Bat as Maddocks
- Top Speed as Spencer Colgate
- Bright Lights as Harris
- Playboy of Paris as General
- Kismet as Jawan
- Tol'able David as Hunter Kinemon
- Playthings of Hollywood
- The Painted Desert as Judge Matthews
- The Last Parade as City Editor
- Millie as Defense Attorney
- The She-Wolf as William Remington
- Young Sinners as Trent
- The Good Bad Girl as Mr. J.P. Henderson
- Defenders of the Law as Police Commander Randall
- The Public Defender as Frank Wells
- Wicked
- Chinatown After Dark as Le Fong
- Platinum Blonde as Conroy - the Editor
- Morals for Women as Mr. Huston
- Mata Hari as Warden
- The Hatchet Man as Yu Chang
- Cross-Examination as Dwight Simpson - Prosecuting Attorney
- The Reckoning as Doc
- Police Court as Judge Robert Webster
- Love Bound as J.B. 'Lucky' Morrison
- Young Bride as Mr. C. B. Chadwick, the Broker
- As You Desire Me as Friar
- Alias Mary Smith as Father
- The Hurricane Express as Frank Stratton
- Drifting Souls as Brad Martin
- The Cabin in the Cotton as Holmes Scott
- The Golden West as Sam Lynch
- Women Won't Tell as Attorney for the Defense
- Madame Butterfly as Cho-Cho's grandfather
- The Match King as Olaf Christofsen
- The Billion Dollar Scandal as Haddock
- International House as Dr. Wong
- Fighting with Kit Carson as Matt Fargo
- Laughing at Life as Cabinet Officer
- The Stranger's Return as Dr. Craig
- A Man of Sentiment as John Russell Sr.
- Ladies Must Love as Thomas Van Dyne
- Only Yesterday as Wall Street Investor
- Female as Board Member
- Duck Soup as Former President Zander, Firefly's predecessor
- Above the Clouds as Crusty
- On Your Guard as Prison Warden
- Beloved as Maj. Tarrant
- Dancing Man as J.C. Trevor
- Come On, Marines! as Gen. Cabot
- Return of the Terror as Editor
- Treasure Island as Pirate of the Spanish Main
- The Law of the Wild as Dr. R.N. Price
- Lost in the Stratosphere as Col. Brooks
- Broadway Bill as Presiding Judge
- The Marriage Bargain as Judge Robert Stanhope