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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Brooklyn, New York, USA, 1871-06-17

Died: 1936-04-06

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1915	The Song of the Wage Slave		0
2	1916	The Lure of Heart's Desire	Jim Carew	0
3	1916	The Spell of the Yukon	Jim Carson	0
4	1916	The Weakness of Strength	Daniel Gaynor	0
5	1918	The Master Crook		0
6	1919	An Honorable Cad		0
7	1919	Someone Must Pay	Charles Bryant	0
8	1920	Chains of Evidence	Judge Frank Sturgis	0
9	1921	Burn 'Em Up Barnes	King Cole	30
10	1922	Beyond the Rainbow	Insp. Richardson	0
11	1922	Sure-Fire Flint	Johnny Jetts	0
12	1923	Luck	Alan Crosby	0
13	1923	Jacqueline, or Blazing Barriers	Edmund MacDonald	0
14	1923	Bright Lights of Broadway	Reverend Graham Drake	0
15	1923	Three O'Clock in the Morning	Mr. Winthrop	0
16	1924	Restless Wives	Hobart Richards	0
17	1924	Damaged Hearts	Innkeeper	0
18	1924	The Sixth Commandment	Col. Saunders	10
19	1924	The Speed Spook	Chuck Brady	30
20	1924	Those Who Judge	Henry Dawson	0
21	1925	The Early Bird	The Great La Tour	0
22	1925	The Live Wire	Sawdust Sam	0
23	1925	Womanhandled	Uncle Lester	70
24	1926	The Highbinders	Mike Harrigan	0
25	1926	The Brown Derby	John J. Caldwell	60
26	1926	Stepping Along	Prince Ferdinand Darowitsky	0
27	1927	Paradise for Two	Uncle Howard	0
28	1927	Back to Liberty	Tom Devon	0
29	1928	Finders Keepers	Hastings	0
30	1928	Burning Daylight	John Dossett	50
31	1928	The Perfect Crime	Wilmot	0
32	1928	The Wright Idea	Mr. Filbert	0
33	1928	The Haunted House	Uncle Herbert	0
34	1928	On Trial	Judge	60
35	1928	Conquest	William Holden	0
36	1929	Fancy Baggage	John Hardin	0
37	1929	Sonny Boy	Thorpe	0
38	1929	Girl Overboard	Jim Keefe	0
39	1929	The Hottentot	Ollie	0
40	1929	In the Headlines	Eddy	0
41	1930	Hold Everything	Pop O'Keefe	60
42	1930	All Quiet on the Western Front	Herr Meyer	78
43	1930	The Czar of Broadway		0
44	1930	Rough Waters	Captain Thomas	0
45	1930	The Sea Bat	Maddocks	46
46	1930	Top Speed	Spencer Colgate	60
47	1930	Bright Lights	Franklin Harris	40
48	1930	Playboy of Paris	General de Karodek	70
49	1930	Kismet	Jawan	35
50	1930	Tol'able David	Hunter Kinemon	70
51	1930	Chiselers of Hollywood		0
52	1931	The Painted Desert	Judge Matthews	51
53	1931	Millie	Defense Attorney	56
54	1931	The She-Wolf		0
55	1931	Young Sinners	Trent	0
56	1931	The Good Bad Girl	J.P. Henderson	55
57	1931	Defenders of the Law	Capt. Bill Houston	60
58	1931	The Public Defender	Frank Wells	60
59	1931	Torchy	Hickory Ellins	0
60	1931	Chinatown After Dark	Le Fong	37
61	1931	Morals for Women	Mr. Hutson	37
62	1931	Platinum Blonde	Conroy	67
63	1931	Torchy Passes the Buck	Mr. Ellins	0
64	1931	Mata Hari	Warden	62
65	1932	The Hatchet Man	Yu Chang	49
66	1932	Torchy Turns the Trick	Hickory Ellins	0
67	1932	Cross-Examination	Dwight Simpson	51
68	1932	The Reckoning	Doc	44
69	1932	Police Court	Judge Robert Webster	50
70	1932	Love Bound	J.B. 'Lucky' Morrison	45
71	1932	Torchy's Night Cap	Hickory Ellins	0
72	1932	Young Bride	Mr. C. B. Chadwick the Broker	30
73	1932	Torchy Raises the Auntie	Mr. Ellins	0
74	1932	As You Desire Me	Friar	62
75	1932	Torchy's Two Toots	Hickory Ellins	0
76	1932	Alias Mary Smith	Mr. Hayes	50
77	1932	The Hurricane Express	The Secretary's Father	51
78	1932	Drifting Souls	Brad Martin	0
79	1932	Two Lips and Juleps; or, Southern Love and Northern Exposure	Colonel Shelby	0
80	1932	The Cabin in the Cotton	Holmes Scott	63
81	1932	Torchy's Busy Day	Hickory Ellins	0
82	1932	Torchy Rolls His Own	Mr. Ellins	0
83	1932	The Golden West	Sam Lynch	40
84	1932	Women Won't Tell	Attorney for the Defense	0
85	1932	Madame Butterfly	Cho-Cho's Grandfather	55
86	1932	The Match King	Olaf Christofsen	66
87	1933	The Billion Dollar Scandal	Mr. Haddock	0
88	1933	Torchy's Kitty Coup	Edward (Hickory) Ellins	0
89	1933	On Your Guard	Prison Warden	60
90	1933	Torchy Turns Turtle	Mr. Ellins	0
91	1933	International House	Doctor Wong	53
92	1933	Fighting With Kit Carson	Matt Fargo	60
93	1933	Laughing at Life	Cabinet Officer	60
94	1933	How to Break 90 #6: Fine Points	Himself	0
95	1933	Trying Out Torchy	Mr. Ellins	0
96	1933	A Man of Sentiment	John Russell Sr.	0
97	1933	Only Yesterday	Investor (Uncredited)	68
98	1933	Female	Board Member (Uncredited)	63
99	1933	Duck Soup	Zander	73
100	1933	Above the Clouds	Crusty	60
101	1934	Beloved	Maj. Tarrant	0
102	1934	Dancing Man	J.C. Trevor	0
103	1934	Come On, Marines!	General Cabot	50
104	1934	Return of the Terror	Editor	60
105	1934	Treasure Island	Pirate of the Spanish Main	65
106	1934	Lost in the Stratosphere	Col. Brooks	47
107	1934	Broadway Bill	Presiding Judge	61

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	No Data	No Data	No Data	No Data