Acting · Hamilton, Scotland, UK · Born December 11, 1882
Edmund Breon (12 December 1882 – 24 June 1953) was a Scottish film and stage actor. He appeared in 131 films between 1907 and 1952. Born Iver Edmund de Breon MacLaverty in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, he began in John Hare's touring company and later played on the West End stage and in Glasgow, gaining prominence. According to his grandson, Breon "started out at the turn of the century doing silent pictures in France. Vampire movies", so it is reasonably certain that MacLaverty is indeed the actor who appeared under the name Edmond Bréon in many Gaumont films 1907-1922 including, most famously, playing the part of Inspector Juve for Louis Feuillade in the ground-breaking Fantômas series. He did also appear in a small part in the 1915-1916 Feuillade series Les vampires, although this is not, as his grandson supposes, a horror film. He returned to Britain where he made the film A Little Bit of Fluff (1928), then went to Canada in 1929 and worked on the land. A year later he emigrated to the United States and gained his first big American film part in The Dawn Patrol (1930). Breon appeared in a mixture of British and American films over the following two decades. He also appeared on stage in the West End production of the comedy Spring Meeting in 1938. A 1949 newspaper article noted that Breon's "career has been interrupted by serious illness and an accident which kept him idle for two years." Breon died in his native Scotland on June 24, 1953.
MovieAt Sword's Point
1952
as Queen's Chamberlain
MovieThe Thing from Another World
1951
as Prof. Ambrose
MovieChallenge to Lassie
1949
as Magistrate
MovieRope of Sand
1949
as Parker, Chairman of the Board
MovieEnchantment
1948
as Uncle Bunny
MovieHills of Home
1948
as Jamie Soutar
MovieForever Amber
1947
as Lord Redmond
MovieThe Imperfect Lady
1946
as Lord Chief Justice
MovieDressed to Kill
1946
as Julian 'Stinky' Emery
MovieDevotion
1946
as Sir John Thornton (uncredited)
MovieSaratoga Trunk
1945
as McIntyre (uncredited)
MovieThe Man in Half Moon Street
1945
as Sir Humphrey Brandon
MovieOur Hearts Were Young and Gay
1944
as Guide (uncredited)
MovieThe Woman in the Window
1944
as Dr. Michael Barkstane
MovieCasanova Brown
1944
as Mr. Drury
MovieThe White Cliffs of Dover
1944
as Rupert Bancroft (uncredited)
MovieThe Hour Before the Dawn
1944
as Freddy Merritt
MovieGaslight
1944
as General Huddleston
MovieThe Lodger
1944
It Happened to One Man
1940
as Adm. Drayton
MovieGoodbye, Mr. Chips
1939
as Colonel Morgan
MovieThe Outsider
1939
as Dr. Ladd
MovieLuck of the Navy
1938
as Adm. Maybridge
Almost a Honeymoon
1938
as Aubrey Lovitt
MovieCrackerjack
1938
as Tony Davenport
Dangerous Medicine
1938
as Totsie Mainwaring
MovieA Yank at Oxford
1938
as Captain Wavertree
MovieOwd Bob
1938
as Lord Meredale
MovieKeep Fit
1937
as Sir Augustus Marks
MovieLove in Exile
1936
as Baron Zarroy
The Divine Spark
1935
as Rossini
Night Mail
1935
as Lord Ticehurst
She Shall Have Music
1935
as Freddie Gates
MovieMister Cinders
1935
as Sir George Lancaster
MovieThe Scarlet Pimpernel
1934
as Col. Winterbottom
MovieThe Private Life of Don Juan
1934
as Cardona, the Playwright, as Playwrights Go
MovieThree Men in a Boat
1933
as George
MovieNo Funny Business
1933
as Edmond Kane
Leap Year
1932
as Jack Debrant
MovieWedding Rehearsal
1932
as Lord Fleet
MovieWomen Who Play
1932
as Rachie Wells
MovieI Like Your Nerve
1931
as Clive Lattimer
MovieChances
1931
as The General
MovieBorn to Love
1931
as Tom Kent (uncredited)
MovieUneasy Virtue
1931
as Harvey Townsend
MovieThe Love Habit
1931
as Alphonse Duboit
On Approval
1930
as Richard Wemys
MovieThe Dawn Patrol
1930
as Lieutenant Phipps
MovieA Little Bit of Fluff
1928
L'écuyère
1922
MovieSevero Torelli
1914
MovieAt the Hour of Dawn
1914
Le Jocond
1914
L'Hôtel de la gare
1914
MovieBout-de-Zan et le lion
1913
MovieThe Agony of Byzantium
1913
as Isidore
MovieFantômas
1913
as Inspector Juve
A Race for Millions
1912
MovieLa Cassette de l'émigrée
1912
MovieThe Fault of Another
1910
Monsieur Wants to Get Married
1910
Lysistrata or The Kissing Strike
1910
André Chénier
1910
as Marie-Joseph Chénier
The Beggar's Christmas
1910
as Le vagabond
MovieLa Bous Bous Mée
1909
as Le gendarme tromboniste
