Acting · Brooklyn, New York, USA · Born June 17, 1871
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.
The Marriage Bargain
1935
as Judge Robert Stanhope
MovieBroadway Bill
1934
as Presiding Judge
MovieLost in the Stratosphere
1934
as Col. Brooks
MovieTreasure Island
1934
as Pirate of the Spanish Main
MovieReturn of the Terror
1934
as Editor
MovieCome On, Marines!
1934
as General Cabot
MovieDancing Man
1934
as J.C. Trevor
MovieBeloved
1934
as Maj. Tarrant
MovieAbove the Clouds
1933
as Crusty
MovieDuck Soup
1933
as Zander
MovieFemale
1933
as Board Member (Uncredited)
MovieOnly Yesterday
1933
as Investor (Uncredited)
MovieLadies Must Love
1933
as Thomas Van Dyne
MovieA Man of Sentiment
1933
as John Russell Sr.
Trying Out Torchy
1933
as Mr. Ellins
How to Break 90 #6: Fine Points
1933
as Himself
MovieLaughing at Life
1933
as Cabinet Officer
MovieFighting With Kit Carson
1933
as Matt Fargo
MovieInternational House
1933
as Doctor Wong
Torchy Turns Turtle
1933
as Mr. Ellins
MovieOn Your Guard
1933
as Prison Warden
Torchy's Kitty Coup
1933
as Edward (Hickory) Ellins
MovieThe Billion Dollar Scandal
1933
as Mr. Haddock
MovieThe Match King
1932
as Olaf Christofsen
MovieMadame Butterfly
1932
as Cho-cho San's Grandfather
MovieWomen Won't Tell
1932
as Attorney for the Defense
MovieThe Golden West
1932
as Sam Lynch
Torchy Rolls His Own
1932
as Mr. Ellins
Torchy's Busy Day
1932
as Hickory Ellins
MovieThe Cabin in the Cotton
1932
as Holmes Scott
Two Lips and Juleps; or, Southern Love and Northern Exposure
1932
as Colonel Shelby
MovieDrifting Souls
1932
as Brad Martin
MovieThe Hurricane Express
1932
as The Secretary's Father
MovieAlias Mary Smith
1932
as Mr. Hayes
Torchy's Two Toots
1932
as Hickory Ellins
MovieAs You Desire Me
1932
as Friar
Torchy Raises the Auntie
1932
as Mr. Ellins
MovieYoung Bride
1932
as Mr. C. B. Chadwick the Broker
Torchy's Night Cap
1932
as Hickory Ellins
MovieLove Bound
1932
as J.B. 'Lucky' Morrison
MoviePolice Court
1932
as Judge Robert Webster
MovieThe Reckoning
1932
as Doc
MovieCross-Examination
1932
as Dwight Simpson
Torchy Turns the Trick
1932
as Hickory Ellins
MovieThe Hatchet Man
1932
as Yu Chang
MovieMata Hari
1931
as Warden
Torchy Passes the Buck
1931
as Mr. Ellins
MoviePlatinum Blonde
1931
as Conroy
MovieMorals for Women
1931
as Mr. Hutson
MovieChinatown After Dark
1931
as Le Fong
Torchy
1931
as Hickory Ellins
MovieThe Public Defender
1931
as Frank Wells
MovieDefenders of the Law
1931
as Capt. Bill Houston
MovieThe Good Bad Girl
1931
as J.P. Henderson
MovieYoung Sinners
1931
as Trent
MovieThe She-Wolf
1931
MovieMillie
1931
as Defense Attorney
MovieThe Painted Desert
1931
as Judge Matthews
MovieChiselers of Hollywood
1930
MovieTol'able David
1930
as Hunter Kinemon
MovieKismet
1930
as Jawan
MoviePlayboy of Paris
1930
as General de Karodek
MovieBright Lights
1930
as Franklin Harris
MovieTop Speed
1930
as Spencer Colgate
MovieThe Sea Bat
1930
as Maddocks
MovieRough Waters
1930
as Captain Thomas
MovieThe Czar of Broadway
1930
MovieAll Quiet on the Western Front
1930
as Herr Meyer
MovieHold Everything
1930
as Pop O'Keefe
MovieIn the Headlines
1929
as Eddy
MovieThe Hottentot
1929
as Ollie
MovieGirl Overboard
1929
as Jim Keefe
MovieSonny Boy
1929
as Thorpe
MovieGirls Gone Wild
1929
as Judge Elliott
MovieFancy Baggage
1929
as John Hardin
MovieConquest
1928
as William Holden
MovieOn Trial
1928
as Judge
MovieThe Haunted House
1928
as Uncle Herbert
MovieThe Wright Idea
1928
as Mr. Filbert
MovieThe Perfect Crime
1928
as Wilmot
MovieBurning Daylight
1928
as John Dossett
MovieFinders Keepers
1928
as Hastings
MovieHome Made
1927
as Mr. Tilford
MovieBack to Liberty
1927
as Tom Devon
MovieParadise for Two
1927
as Uncle Howard
MovieStepping Along
1926
as Prince Ferdinand Darowitsky
MovieThe Brown Derby
1926
as John J. Caldwell
The Highbinders
1926
as Mike Harrigan
MovieWomanhandled
1925
as Uncle Lester
MovieThe Live Wire
1925
as Sawdust Sam
Wildfire
1925
as Sen. Woodhurst
The Early Bird
1925
as The Great La Tour
MovieThose Who Judge
1924
as Henry Dawson
MovieThe Speed Spook
1924
as Chuck Brady
MovieThe Sixth Commandment
1924
as Col. Saunders
MovieDamaged Hearts
1924
as Innkeeper
Restless Wives
1924
as Hobart Richards
MovieThree O'Clock in the Morning
1923
as Mr. Winthrop
MovieThe Fair Cheat
1923
as Morgan Van Dam
MovieMarriage Morals
1923
as Harry's Father
MovieBright Lights of Broadway
1923
as Reverend Graham Drake
MovieJacqueline, or Blazing Barriers
1923
as Edmund MacDonald
MovieLuck
1923
as Alan Crosby
MovieThe Curse of Drink
1922
as John Rand
MovieSure-Fire Flint
1922
as Johnny Jetts
MovieBeyond the Rainbow
1922
as Insp. Richardson
MovieBurn 'Em Up Barnes
1921
as King Cole
MovieA Common Level
1920
as Matthew Ryan
MovieChains of Evidence
1920
as Judge Frank Sturgis
MovieHis Temporary Wife
1920
as Judge Laton
MovieSomeone Must Pay
1919
as Charles Bryant
An Honorable Cad
1919
MovieThe Master Crook
1918
MovieThe Weakness of Strength
1916
as Daniel Gaynor
MovieThe Spell of the Yukon
1916
as Jim Carson
MovieThe Lure of Heart's Desire
1916
as Jim Carew
MovieThe Song of the Wage Slave
1915
MovieThe Master Mind
1914
as Richard Allen
