Edmund Breese
Age: 64 | From: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Person Details
Birthday: 1871-06-18 16:23:42
Death: 1936-04-06 16:23:42
Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 62
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
All Quiet on the Western Front
(1930) Herr Meyer
Treasure Island
(1934) Pirate of the Spanish Main
Madame Butterfly
(1932) Cho-Cho's Grandfather
Mata Hari
(1931) Warden
The Cabin in the Cotton
(1932) Holmes Scott
The Hatchet Man
(1932) Yu Chang
Only Yesterday
(1933) Investor (Uncredited)
The Painted Desert
(1931) Judge MatthewsActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1934 | Presiding Judge | |
| Col. Brooks | ||
| Pirate of the Spanish Main | ||
| Editor | ||
| General Cabot | ||
| J.C. Trevor | ||
| Maj. Tarrant | ||
| 1933 | Crusty | |
| Zander | ||
| Board Member (Uncredited) | ||
| Investor (Uncredited) | ||
| John Russell Sr. | ||
| Mr. Ellins | ||
| N/A | ||
| Cabinet Officer | ||
| Matt Fargo | ||
| Doctor Wong | ||
| Mr. Ellins | ||
| Prison Warden | ||
| Edward (Hickory) Ellins | ||
| Mr. Haddock | ||
| 1932 | Olaf Christofsen | |
| Cho-Cho's Grandfather | ||
| Attorney for the Defense | ||
| Sam Lynch | ||
| Mr. Ellins | ||
| Hickory Ellins | ||
| Holmes Scott | ||
| Brad Martin | ||
| The Secretary's Father | ||
| Mr. Hayes | ||
| Hickory Ellins | ||
| Friar | ||
| Mr. Ellins | ||
| Mr. C. B. Chadwick the Broker | ||
| Hickory Ellins | ||
| J.B. 'Lucky' Morrison | ||
| Judge Robert Webster | ||
| Doc | ||
| Dwight Simpson | ||
| Hickory Ellins | ||
| Yu Chang | ||
| 1931 | Warden | |
| Mr. Ellins | ||
| Conroy | ||
| Mr. Hutson | ||
| Le Fong | ||
| Hickory Ellins | ||
| Frank Wells | ||
| Capt. Bill Houston | ||
| J.P. Henderson | ||
| Trent | ||
| N/A | ||
| Defense Attorney | ||
| Judge Matthews | ||
| 1930 | N/A | |
| Hunter Kinemon | ||
| Jawan | ||
| General de Karodek | ||
| Franklin Harris | ||
| Spencer Colgate | ||
| Maddocks | ||
| Captain Thomas | ||
| N/A | ||
| Herr Meyer | ||
| Pop O'Keefe | ||
| 1929 | Jim Keefe | |
| Thorpe | ||
| John Hardin | ||
| 1928 | William Holden | |
| Judge | ||
| Uncle Herbert | ||
| N/A | ||
| Wilmot | ||
| John Dossett | ||
| Hastings | ||
| 1927 | Tom Devon | |
| Uncle Howard | ||
| 1926 | Prince Ferdinand Darowitsky | |
| John J. Caldwell | ||
| Mike Harrigan | ||
| 1925 | Uncle Lester | |
| Sawdust Sam | ||
| The Great La Tour | ||
| 1924 | Chuck Brady | |
| Col. Saunders | ||
| Innkeeper | ||
| Hobart Richards | ||
| 1923 | Mr. Winthrop | |
| Reverend Graham Drake | ||
| Alan Crosby | ||
| 1922 | Insp. Richardson | |
| 1921 | King Cole | |
| 1920 | Judge Frank Sturgis | |
| 1919 | Charles Bryant | |
| N/A | ||
| 1916 | Daniel Gaynor | |
| 1915 | N/A | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1921 | Theatre Play | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
