Edmund Breese

Edmund Breese

Date of Birth:

Jun 17, 1871

Place of Birth:

Brooklyn, New York, USA

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:

On Trial On Trial

1928

Love Bound Love Bound

1932

Conquest Conquest

1928

Mata Hari Mata Hari

1931

Beloved Beloved

1934

Female Female

1933

Top Speed Top Speed

1930

Millie Millie

1931

Luck Luck

1923

Sonny Boy Sonny Boy

1929

Kismet Kismet

1930

Torchy Torchy

1931

Duck Soup Duck Soup

1933

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