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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
All Quiet on the Western Front
(1930)
Herr Meyer
Duck Soup
(1933)
Zander
Treasure Island
(1934)
Pirate of the Spanish Main
Female
(1933)
Board Member (Uncredited)
Platinum Blonde
(1931)
Conroy
Only Yesterday
(1933)
Investor (Uncredited)
Millie
(1931)
Defense Attorney
Mata Hari
(1931)
Warden
Full Filmography
Acting
The Song of the Wage Slave
(1915)
The Weakness of Strength
(1916)
Daniel Gaynor
Someone Must Pay
(1919)
Charles Bryant
An Honorable Cad
(1919)
Chains of Evidence
(1920)
Judge Frank Sturgis
Burn 'Em Up Barnes
(1921)
King Cole
Beyond the Rainbow
(1922)
Insp. Richardson
Bright Lights of Broadway
(1923)
Reverend Graham Drake
Three O'Clock in the Morning
(1923)
Mr. Winthrop
Luck
(1923)
Alan Crosby
The Sixth Commandment
(1924)
Col. Saunders
The Speed Spook
(1924)
Chuck Brady
Restless Wives
(1924)
Hobart Richards
Damaged Hearts
(1924)
Innkeeper
Womanhandled
(1925)
Uncle Lester
The Live Wire
(1925)
Sawdust Sam
The Early Bird
(1925)
The Great La Tour
The Brown Derby
(1926)
John J. Caldwell
Stepping Along
(1926)
Prince Ferdinand Darowitsky
The Highbinders
(1926)
Mike Harrigan
Paradise for Two
(1927)
Uncle Howard
Back to Liberty
(1927)
Tom Devon
Finders Keepers
(1928)
Hastings
On Trial
(1928)
Judge
Conquest
(1928)
William Holden
The Haunted House
(1928)
Uncle Herbert
Burning Daylight
(1928)
John Dossett
The Perfect Crime
(1928)
Wilmot
The Wright Idea
(1928)
Fancy Baggage
(1929)
John Hardin
Girl Overboard
(1929)
Jim Keefe
Sonny Boy
(1929)
Thorpe
Kismet
(1930)
Jawan
The Sea Bat
(1930)
Maddocks
Top Speed
(1930)
Spencer Colgate
Bright Lights
(1930)
Franklin Harris
Tol'able David
(1930)
Hunter Kinemon
Playboy of Paris
(1930)
General de Karodek
Rough Waters
(1930)
Captain Thomas
All Quiet on the Western Front
(1930)
Herr Meyer
Hold Everything
(1930)
Pop O'Keefe
The Czar of Broadway
(1930)
Chiselers of Hollywood
(1930)
Platinum Blonde
(1931)
Conroy
Millie
(1931)
Defense Attorney
Morals for Women
(1931)
Mr. Hutson
The Good Bad Girl
(1931)
J.P. Henderson
The Painted Desert
(1931)
Judge Matthews
Defenders of the Law
(1931)
Capt. Bill Houston
The Public Defender
(1931)
Frank Wells
Chinatown After Dark
(1931)
Le Fong
Mata Hari
(1931)
Warden
The She-Wolf
(1931)
Young Sinners
(1931)
Trent
Torchy
(1931)
Hickory Ellins
Torchy Passes the Buck
(1931)
Mr. Ellins
The Hurricane Express
(1932)
The Secretary's Father
Madame Butterfly
(1932)
Cho-Cho's Grandfather
The Match King
(1932)
Olaf Christofsen
Cross-Examination
(1932)
Dwight Simpson
The Hatchet Man
(1932)
Yu Chang
The Reckoning
(1932)
Doc
Alias Mary Smith
(1932)
Mr. Hayes
Young Bride
(1932)
Mr. C. B. Chadwick the Broker
Women Won't Tell
(1932)
Attorney for the Defense
The Cabin in the Cotton
(1932)
Holmes Scott
Police Court
(1932)
Judge Robert Webster
Love Bound
(1932)
J.B. 'Lucky' Morrison
As You Desire Me
(1932)
Friar
The Golden West
(1932)
Sam Lynch
Torchy Turns the Trick
(1932)
Hickory Ellins
Torchy's Night Cap
(1932)
Hickory Ellins
Torchy Raises the Auntie
(1932)
Mr. Ellins
Torchy's Two Toots
(1932)
Hickory Ellins
Torchy's Busy Day
(1932)
Hickory Ellins
Torchy Rolls His Own
(1932)
Mr. Ellins
Drifting Souls
(1932)
Brad Martin
Duck Soup
(1933)
Zander
Fighting With Kit Carson
(1933)
Matt Fargo
A Man of Sentiment
(1933)
John Russell Sr.
Above the Clouds
(1933)
Crusty
International House
(1933)
Doctor Wong
How to Break 90 #6: Fine Points
(1933)
Only Yesterday
(1933)
Investor (Uncredited)
The Billion Dollar Scandal
(1933)
Mr. Haddock
Female
(1933)
Board Member (Uncredited)
On Your Guard
(1933)
Prison Warden
Torchy's Kitty Coup
(1933)
Edward (Hickory) Ellins
Torchy Turns Turtle
(1933)
Mr. Ellins
Laughing at Life
(1933)
Cabinet Officer
Trying Out Torchy
(1933)
Mr. Ellins
Broadway Bill
(1934)
Presiding Judge
Lost in the Stratosphere
(1934)
Col. Brooks
Come On, Marines!
(1934)
General Cabot
Dancing Man
(1934)
J.C. Trevor
Beloved
(1934)
Maj. Tarrant
Return of the Terror
(1934)
Editor
Treasure Island
(1934)
Pirate of the Spanish Main
Writing