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Edmund Breese

Personal Information

Known ForActing
GenderMale
Born / DiedJun 17, 1871 (Died at 65)
Zodiac Sign♊Gemini
Place of BirthBrooklyn, New York, USA
Career Span1920 – 1936
Known Credits100 Titles
Official Links
ActingPopularity Score 0.6

Edmund Breese

Total Works

100

100 movies • 0 shows

Avg Rating

6.2 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

—

worldwide gross

Global Reach

#1

TMDB star index

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.

Signature Roles & Milestones

All Quiet on the Western Front
7.8
as Herr Meyer
Duck Soup
7.3
Duck Soup
1933•movie
as Zander
Treasure Island
6.6
Treasure Island
1934•movie
as Pirate of the Spanish Main
Mata Hari
6.2
Mata Hari
1931•movie
as Warden

Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 100 titles featuring Edmund Breese

All Quiet on the Western Front
7.8

as Herr Meyer

Duck Soup
7.3
Duck Soup
1933•movie

as Zander

Treasure Island
6.6
Treasure Island
1934•movie

as Pirate of the Spanish Main

Mata Hari
6.2
Mata Hari
1931•movie

as Warden

Platinum Blonde
6.6
Platinum Blonde
1931•movie

as Conroy

Female
6.3
Female
1933•movie

as Board Member (Uncredited)

International House
5.7

as Doctor Wong

Broadway Bill
6.0
Broadway Bill
1934•movie

as Presiding Judge

Millie
5.3
Millie
1931•movie

as Defense Attorney

Madame Butterfly
5.4
Madame Butterfly
1932•movie

as Cho-cho San's Grandfather

The Painted Desert
5.2
The Painted Desert
1931•movie

as Judge Matthews

The Cabin in the Cotton
6.3

as Holmes Scott

The Hurricane Express
5.4

as The Secretary's Father

As You Desire Me
6.4
As You Desire Me
1932•movie

as Friar

The Hatchet Man
5.4
The Hatchet Man
1932•movie

as Yu Chang

The Sea Bat
4.4
The Sea Bat
1930•movie

as Maddocks

Cross-Examination
5.1
Cross-Examination
1932•movie

as Dwight Simpson

The Reckoning
4.7
The Reckoning
1932•movie

as Doc

Morals for Women
4.1
Morals for Women
1931•movie

as Mr. Hutson

Love Bound
4.0
Love Bound
1932•movie

as J.B. 'Lucky' Morrison

The Match King
6.7
The Match King
1932•movie

as Olaf Christofsen

Chinatown After Dark
4.1

as Le Fong

Lost in the Stratosphere
4.9

as Col. Brooks

Bright Lights
5.3
Bright Lights
1930•movie

as Franklin Harris

Only Yesterday
7.1
Only Yesterday
1933•movie

as Investor (Uncredited)

Young Bride
4.2
Young Bride
1932•movie

as Mr. C. B. Chadwick the Broker

Burning Daylight
5.4
Burning Daylight
1928•movie

as John Dossett

The Public Defender
6.4

as Frank Wells

Police Court
5.8
Police Court
1932•movie

as Judge Robert Webster

Come On, Marines!
5.6
Come On, Marines!
1934•movie

as General Cabot

Alias Mary Smith
6.0
Alias Mary Smith
1932•movie

as Mr. Hayes

The Good Bad Girl
6.5
The Good Bad Girl
1931•movie

as J.P. Henderson

Kismet
4.0
Kismet
1930•movie

as Jawan

Playboy of Paris
7.0
Playboy of Paris
1930•movie

as General de Karodek

The Sixth Commandment
4.8

as Col. Saunders

Womanhandled
7.0
Womanhandled
1925•movie

as Uncle Lester

Laughing at Life
7.3
Laughing at Life
1933•movie

as Cabinet Officer

Top Speed
6.0
Top Speed
1930•movie

as Spencer Colgate

Burn 'Em Up Barnes
5.0
Burn 'Em Up Barnes
1921•movie

as King Cole

On Your Guard
6.7
On Your Guard
1933•movie

as Prison Warden

Return of the Terror
6.5

as Editor

Fighting With Kit Carson
6.5

as Matt Fargo

Luck
8.5
Luck
1923•movie

as Alan Crosby

Women Won't Tell
7.0
Women Won't Tell
1932•movie

as Attorney for the Defense

Defenders of the Law
7.0

as Capt. Bill Houston

Above the Clouds
6.5
Above the Clouds
1933•movie

as Crusty

The Brown Derby
6.5
The Brown Derby
1926•movie

as John J. Caldwell

The Live Wire
8.0
The Live Wire
1925•movie

as Sawdust Sam

Dancing Man
6.5
Dancing Man
1934•movie

as J.C. Trevor

Tol'able David
8.5
Tol'able David
1930•movie

as Hunter Kinemon

On Trial
7.0
On Trial
1928•movie

as Judge

Hold Everything
8.0
Hold Everything
1930•movie

as Pop O'Keefe

The Speed Spook
6.0
The Speed Spook
1924•movie

as Chuck Brady

The Golden West
5.5
The Golden West
1932•movie

as Sam Lynch

Finders Keepers
8.0
Finders Keepers
1928•movie

as Hastings

Sonny Boy
7.0
Sonny Boy
1929•movie

as Thorpe

Young Sinners
9.0
Young Sinners
1931•movie

as Trent

Paradise for Two
9.0
Paradise for Two
1927•movie

as Uncle Howard

The Perfect Crime
9.0
The Perfect Crime
1928•movie

as Wilmot

The Wright Idea
10.0
The Wright Idea
1928•movie

as Mr. Filbert

Damaged Hearts
8.0
Damaged Hearts
1924•movie

as Innkeeper

Drifting Souls
10.0
Drifting Souls
1932•movie

as Brad Martin

A Man of Sentiment
7.0
A Man of Sentiment
1933•movie

as John Russell Sr.

Back to Liberty
7.0
Back to Liberty
1927•movie

as Tom Devon

Chiselers of Hollywood
10.0
The Hottentot
7.0
The Hottentot
1929•movie

as Ollie

In the Headlines
10.0
In the Headlines
1929•movie

as Eddy

Rough Waters
9.0
Rough Waters
1930•movie

as Captain Thomas

Conquest
8.0
Conquest
1928•movie

as William Holden

Fancy Baggage
10.0
Fancy Baggage
1929•movie

as John Hardin

Beyond the Rainbow
9.0
Beyond the Rainbow
1922•movie

as Insp. Richardson

Stepping Along
10.0
Stepping Along
1926•movie

as Prince Ferdinand Darowitsky

Girl Overboard
9.0
Girl Overboard
1929•movie

as Jim Keefe

The Czar of Broadway
9.0
The Haunted House
7.0
The Haunted House
1928•movie

as Uncle Herbert

The Billion Dollar Scandal

as Mr. Haddock

Bright Lights of Broadway
10.0

as Reverend Graham Drake

The She-Wolf
8.0
The She-Wolf
1931•movie
Beloved
9.0
Beloved
1934•movie

as Maj. Tarrant

Three O'Clock in the Morning
7.0

as Mr. Winthrop

Chains of Evidence
8.0
Chains of Evidence
1920•movie

as Judge Frank Sturgis

Someone Must Pay
10.0
Someone Must Pay
1919•movie

as Charles Bryant

Jacqueline, or Blazing Barriers
8.0

as Edmund MacDonald

Sure-Fire Flint
10.0
Sure-Fire Flint
1922•movie

as Johnny Jetts

Those Who Judge
10.0
Those Who Judge
1924•movie

as Henry Dawson

Marriage Morals
7.0
Marriage Morals
1923•movie

as Harry's Father

A Common Level
8.0
A Common Level
1920•movie

as Matthew Ryan

Home Made
7.0
Home Made
1927•movie

as Mr. Tilford

Ladies Must Love
8.0
Ladies Must Love
1933•movie

as Thomas Van Dyne

The Fair Cheat
9.0
The Fair Cheat
1923•movie

as Morgan Van Dam

Girls Gone Wild
9.0
Girls Gone Wild
1929•movie

as Judge Elliott

The Curse of Drink
7.0
The Curse of Drink
1922•movie

as John Rand

A Man's Home
7.0
A Man's Home
1921•movie

Role: Theatre Play

The Weakness of Strength

as Daniel Gaynor

The Lure of Heart's Desire

as Jim Carew

The Spell of the Yukon

as Jim Carson

The Master Crook
The Master Crook
1918•movie
The Master Mind
The Master Mind
1914•movie

as Richard Allen

His Temporary Wife
His Temporary Wife
1920•movie

as Judge Laton