All Quiet on the Western Front1930
As Herr Meyer
TMDb 7.8 / 10
Edmund Breese
Born
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.
Filmography (118)
Duck Soup1933
As Zander
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Treasure Island1934
As Pirate of the Spanish Main
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Mata Hari1931
As Warden
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Platinum Blonde1931
As Conroy
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Wildfire
Wildfire1925
As Sen. Woodhurst
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Broadway Bill1934
As Presiding Judge
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Cabin in the Cotton1932
As Holmes Scott
TMDb 6.3 / 10
As You Desire Me1932
As Friar
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The Billion Dollar Scandal1933
As Mr. Haddock
Madame Butterfly1932
As Cho-cho San's Grandfather
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Female1933
As Board Member (Uncredited)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Love Bound1932
As J.B. 'Lucky' Morrison
TMDb 4.0 / 10
Return of the Terror1934
As Editor
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Fighting With Kit Carson1933
As Matt Fargo
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Millie1931
As Defense Attorney
TMDb 5.3 / 10
The Hatchet Man1932
As Yu Chang
TMDb 5.4 / 10
International House1933
As Doctor Wong
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Home Made1927
As Mr. Tilford
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Painted Desert1931
As Judge Matthews
TMDb 5.2 / 10
The Good Bad Girl1931
As J.P. Henderson
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Laughing at Life1933
As Cabinet Officer
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Marriage Morals1923
As Harry's Father
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Sea Bat1930
As Maddocks
TMDb 4.4 / 10
The Hurricane Express1932
As The Secretary's Father
TMDb 5.4 / 10
The Match King1932
As Olaf Christofsen
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Jacqueline, or Blazing Barriers1923
As Edmund MacDonald
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Only Yesterday1933
As Investor (Uncredited)
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Three O'Clock in the Morning1923
As Mr. Winthrop
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Burn 'Em Up Barnes1921
As King Cole
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Lost in the Stratosphere1934
As Col. Brooks
TMDb 4.9 / 10
The Czar of Broadway1930
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Defenders of the Law1931
As Capt. Bill Houston
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Finders Keepers1928
As Hastings
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Chinatown After Dark1931
As Le Fong
TMDb 4.1 / 10
Playboy of Paris1930
As General de Karodek
TMDb 7.0 / 10
His Temporary Wife1920
As Judge Laton
Young Bride1932
As Mr. C. B. Chadwick the Broker
TMDb 4.2 / 10
Tol'able David1930
As Hunter Kinemon
TMDb 8.5 / 10
A Man of Sentiment1933
As John Russell Sr.
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Reckoning1932
As Doc
TMDb 4.7 / 10
The Curse of Drink1922
As John Rand
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Girls Gone Wild1929
As Judge Elliott
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Beloved1934
As Maj. Tarrant
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Women Won't Tell1932
As Attorney for the Defense
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Come On, Marines!1934
As General Cabot
TMDb 5.6 / 10
The Public Defender1931
As Frank Wells
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Bright Lights1930
As Franklin Harris
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Bright Lights of Broadway1923
As Reverend Graham Drake
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Fancy Baggage1929
As John Hardin
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Paradise for Two1927
As Uncle Howard
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Police Court1932
As Judge Robert Webster
TMDb 5.8 / 10
On Trial1928
As Judge
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Marriage Bargain
The Marriage Bargain1935
As Judge Robert Stanhope
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Beyond the Rainbow1922
As Insp. Richardson
TMDb 9.0 / 10
The Golden West1932
As Sam Lynch
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Someone Must Pay1919
As Charles Bryant
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Womanhandled1925
As Uncle Lester
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Alias Mary Smith1932
As Mr. Hayes
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Burning Daylight1928
As John Dossett
TMDb 5.4 / 10
On Your Guard1933
As Prison Warden
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Hold Everything1930
As Pop O'Keefe
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Kismet1930
As Jawan
TMDb 4.0 / 10
Morals for Women1931
As Mr. Hutson
TMDb 4.1 / 10
Torchy
Torchy1931
As Hickory Ellins
Chiselers of Hollywood1930
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Perfect Crime1928
As Wilmot
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Young Sinners1931
As Trent
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Conquest1928
As William Holden
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Lure of Heart's Desire1916
As Jim Carew
Restless Wives
Restless Wives1924
As Hobart Richards
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Top Speed1930
As Spencer Colgate
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Above the Clouds1933
As Crusty
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Ladies Must Love1933
As Thomas Van Dyne
TMDb 8.0 / 10
In the Headlines1929
As Eddy
TMDb 10.0 / 10
How to Break 90 #6: Fine Points
How to Break 90 #6: Fine Points1933
As Himself
TMDb 6.5 / 10
A Common Level1920
As Matthew Ryan
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Cross-Examination1932
As Dwight Simpson
TMDb 5.1 / 10
The Brown Derby1926
As John J. Caldwell
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Drifting Souls1932
As Brad Martin
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Torchy Passes the Buck
Torchy Passes the Buck1931
As Mr. Ellins
The Haunted House1928
As Uncle Herbert
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Rough Waters1930
As Captain Thomas
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Torchy's Two Toots
Torchy's Two Toots1932
As Hickory Ellins
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Torchy Raises the Auntie
Torchy Raises the Auntie1932
As Mr. Ellins
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Girl Overboard1929
As Jim Keefe
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Chains of Evidence1920
As Judge Frank Sturgis
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Weakness of Strength1916
As Daniel Gaynor
The Speed Spook1924
As Chuck Brady
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Torchy Turns the Trick
Torchy Turns the Trick1932
As Hickory Ellins
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Dancing Man1934
As J.C. Trevor
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Damaged Hearts1924
As Innkeeper
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Wright Idea1928
As Mr. Filbert
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Sixth Commandment1924
As Col. Saunders
TMDb 4.8 / 10
An Honorable Cad
An Honorable Cad1919
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Sonny Boy1929
As Thorpe
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Two Lips and Juleps; or, Southern Love and Northern Exposure
Two Lips and Juleps; or, Southern Love and Northern Exposure1932
As Colonel Shelby
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The She-Wolf1931
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Fair Cheat1923
As Morgan Van Dam
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Luck1923
As Alan Crosby
TMDb 8.5 / 10
The Spell of the Yukon1916
As Jim Carson
Torchy Rolls His Own
Torchy Rolls His Own1932
As Mr. Ellins
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Song of the Wage Slave1915
The Master Crook1918
The Hottentot1929
As Ollie
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Torchy's Kitty Coup
Torchy's Kitty Coup1933
As Edward (Hickory) Ellins
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Master Mind1914
As Richard Allen
Back to Liberty1927
As Tom Devon
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Those Who Judge1924
As Henry Dawson
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Trying Out Torchy
Trying Out Torchy1933
As Mr. Ellins
The Live Wire1925
As Sawdust Sam
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Highbinders
The Highbinders1926
As Mike Harrigan
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Stepping Along1926
As Prince Ferdinand Darowitsky
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Torchy's Night Cap
Torchy's Night Cap1932
As Hickory Ellins
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Torchy Turns Turtle
Torchy Turns Turtle1933
As Mr. Ellins
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Torchy's Busy Day
Torchy's Busy Day1932
As Hickory Ellins
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Sure-Fire Flint1922
As Johnny Jetts
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Early Bird
The Early Bird1925
As The Great La Tour
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Filmography and biography: TMDb