Edmund Breese
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 (118 titles)
The Marriage Bargain
Judge Robert Stanhope · 1935
6.0MovieBroadway Bill
Presiding Judge · 1934
4.9MovieLost in the Stratosphere
Col. Brooks · 1934
6.5MovieTreasure Island
Pirate of the Spanish Main · 1934
6.5MovieReturn of the Terror
Editor · 1934
5.6MovieCome On, Marines!
General Cabot · 1934
6.5MovieDancing Man
J.C. Trevor · 1934
9.0MovieBeloved
Maj. Tarrant · 1934
6.5MovieAbove the Clouds
Crusty · 1933
7.3MovieDuck Soup
Zander · 1933
6.3MovieFemale
Board Member (Uncredited) · 1933
7.1MovieOnly Yesterday
Investor (Uncredited) · 1933
8.0MovieLadies Must Love
Thomas Van Dyne · 1933
7.0MovieA Man of Sentiment
John Russell Sr. · 1933
Trying Out Torchy
Mr. Ellins · 1933
How to Break 90 #6: Fine Points
Himself · 1933
7.3MovieLaughing at Life
Cabinet Officer · 1933
6.5MovieFighting With Kit Carson
Matt Fargo · 1933
5.5MovieInternational House
Doctor Wong · 1933
Torchy Turns Turtle
Mr. Ellins · 1933
6.7MovieOn Your Guard
Prison Warden · 1933
Torchy's Kitty Coup
Edward (Hickory) Ellins · 1933
MovieThe Billion Dollar Scandal
Mr. Haddock · 1933
6.7MovieThe Match King
Olaf Christofsen · 1932
5.4MovieMadame Butterfly
Cho-cho San's Grandfather · 1932
7.0MovieWomen Won't Tell
Attorney for the Defense · 1932
5.5MovieThe Golden West
Sam Lynch · 1932
Torchy Rolls His Own
Mr. Ellins · 1932
Torchy's Busy Day
Hickory Ellins · 1932
6.3MovieThe Cabin in the Cotton
Holmes Scott · 1932