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
ActingBirthday
June 17, 1871Deathday
April 6, 1936Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
99Place of birth
Brooklyn, New York, USACast credits
Duck Soup
ZanderFinders Keepers
HastingsPlatinum Blonde
ConroyThe Hurricane Express
The Secretary's FatherFighting With Kit Carson
Matt FargoMadame Butterfly
Cho-Cho's GrandfatherBroadway Bill
Presiding JudgeThe Match King
Olaf ChristofsenCross-Examination
Dwight SimpsonMillie
Defense AttorneyThe Hatchet Man
Yu ChangLost in the Stratosphere
Col. BrooksWomanhandled
Uncle LesterThe Reckoning
DocMorals for Women
Mr. HutsonAlias Mary Smith
Mr. HayesThe Good Bad Girl
J.P. HendersonYoung Bride
Mr. C. B. Chadwick the BrokerWomen Won't Tell
Attorney for the DefenseCome On, Marines!
General CabotKismet
Jawan