1871-06-17 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.
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The Marriage Bargain | Judge Robert Stanhope | 1935-02-20 |
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Treasure Island | Pirate of the Spanish Main | 1934-08-17 |
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Lost in the Stratosphere | Col. Brooks | 1934-11-14 |
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Dancing Man | J.C. Trevor | 1934-02-24 |
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Come On, Marines! | General Cabot | 1934-03-23 |
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Broadway Bill | Presiding Judge | 1934-11-30 |
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Return of the Terror | Editor | 1934-07-07 |
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Beloved | Maj. Tarrant | 1934-01-22 |
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Torchy's Kitty Coup | Edward (Hickory) Ellins | 1933-01-22 |
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How to Break 90 #6: Fine Points | Himself | 1933-08-04 |
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Torchy Turns Turtle | Mr. Ellins | 1933-04-23 |
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Only Yesterday | Investor (Uncredited) | 1933-11-01 |
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International House | Doctor Wong | 1933-05-27 |
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Above the Clouds | Crusty | 1933-12-13 |
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Duck Soup | Zander | 1933-11-12 |
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Laughing at Life | Cabinet Officer | 1933-07-12 |
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The Billion Dollar Scandal | Mr. Haddock | 1933-01-06 |
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Female | Board Member (Uncredited) | 1933-11-11 |
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On Your Guard | Prison Warden | 1933-01-31 |
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Ladies Must Love | Thomas Van Dyne | 1933-09-25 |
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Fighting With Kit Carson | Matt Fargo | 1933-07-01 |
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A Man of Sentiment | John Russell Sr. | 1933-09-15 |
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Trying Out Torchy | Mr. Ellins | 1933-08-25 |
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Drifting Souls | Brad Martin | 1932-08-07 |
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Torchy Rolls His Own | Mr. Ellins | 1932-10-20 |
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Torchy's Busy Day | Hickory Ellins | 1932-10-02 |
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The Cabin in the Cotton | Holmes Scott | 1932-09-26 |
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Young Bride | Mr. C. B. Chadwick the Broker | 1932-04-08 |
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Torchy's Two Toots | Hickory Ellins | 1932-06-06 |
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Women Won't Tell | Attorney for the Defense | 1932-11-16 |
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Alias Mary Smith | Mr. Hayes | 1932-07-14 |
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The Reckoning | Doc | 1932-02-15 |
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Cross-Examination | Dwight Simpson | 1932-02-13 |
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As You Desire Me | Friar | 1932-05-28 |
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The Match King | Olaf Christofsen | 1932-12-31 |
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The Golden West | Sam Lynch | 1932-10-29 |
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Two Lips and Juleps; or, Southern Love and Northern Exposure | Colonel Shelby | 1932-09-09 |
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The Hurricane Express | The Secretary's Father | 1932-08-01 |
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Torchy Raises the Auntie | Mr. Ellins | 1932-05-01 |
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The Hatchet Man | Yu Chang | 1932-02-06 |
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Torchy's Night Cap | Hickory Ellins | 1932-04-03 |
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Torchy Turns the Trick | Hickory Ellins | 1932-02-07 |
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Madame Butterfly | Cho-Cho's Grandfather | 1932-12-30 |
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Love Bound | J.B. 'Lucky' Morrison | 1932-03-01 |
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Police Court | Judge Robert Webster | 1932-02-19 |
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Mata Hari | Warden | 1931-12-26 |
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The She-Wolf | 1931-05-01 | |
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The Public Defender | Frank Wells | 1931-08-01 |
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Torchy | Hickory Ellins | 1931-10-04 |
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Young Sinners | Trent | 1931-05-17 |
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Millie | Defense Attorney | 1931-02-06 |
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Chinatown After Dark | Le Fong | 1931-10-15 |
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Defenders of the Law | Capt. Bill Houston | 1931-05-23 |
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Morals for Women | Mr. Hutson | 1931-10-24 |
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The Good Bad Girl | J.P. Henderson | 1931-05-20 |
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Torchy Passes the Buck | Mr. Ellins | 1931-12-06 |
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Platinum Blonde | Conroy | 1931-10-31 |
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The Painted Desert | Judge Matthews | 1931-01-18 |
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Rough Waters | Captain Thomas | 1930-06-06 |
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All Quiet on the Western Front | Herr Meyer | 1930-04-29 |
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The Sea Bat | Maddocks | 1930-07-05 |
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Hold Everything | Pop O'Keefe | 1930-03-20 |
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Tol'able David | Hunter Kinemon | 1930-11-15 |
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The Czar of Broadway | 1930-05-25 | |
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Kismet | Jawan | 1930-10-30 |
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Playboy of Paris | General de Karodek | 1930-10-18 |
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Bright Lights | Franklin Harris | 1930-09-21 |
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Top Speed | Spencer Colgate | 1930-08-24 |
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Chiselers of Hollywood | 1930-12-29 | |
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Sonny Boy | Thorpe | 1929-04-18 |
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The Hottentot | Ollie | 1929-08-10 |
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In the Headlines | Eddy | 1929-08-31 |
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Fancy Baggage | John Hardin | 1929-01-26 |
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Girl Overboard | Jim Keefe | 1929-07-28 |
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Burning Daylight | John Dossett | 1928-03-10 |
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The Perfect Crime | Wilmot | 1928-08-04 |
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The Haunted House | Uncle Herbert | 1928-11-04 |
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Conquest | William Holden | 1928-12-22 |
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The Wright Idea | Mr. Filbert | 1928-08-05 |
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On Trial | Judge | 1928-12-01 |
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Finders Keepers | Hastings | 1928-02-18 |
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Paradise for Two | Uncle Howard | 1927-01-23 |
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Back to Liberty | Tom Devon | 1927-11-15 |
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Home Made | Mr. Tilford | 1927-11-20 |
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The Highbinders | Mike Harrigan | 1926-03-21 |
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Stepping Along | Prince Ferdinand Darowitsky | 1926-11-14 |
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The Brown Derby | John J. Caldwell | 1926-07-04 |
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The Early Bird | The Great La Tour | 1925-01-01 |
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The Live Wire | Sawdust Sam | 1925-09-20 |
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Womanhandled | Uncle Lester | 1925-12-27 |
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Those Who Judge | Henry Dawson | 1924-10-15 |
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Restless Wives | Hobart Richards | 1924-01-06 |
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Damaged Hearts | Innkeeper | 1924-02-21 |
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The Speed Spook | Chuck Brady | 1924-08-30 |
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The Sixth Commandment | Col. Saunders | 1924-06-01 |
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Jacqueline, or Blazing Barriers | Edmund MacDonald | 1923-03-19 |
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The Fair Cheat | Morgan Van Dam | 1923-09-16 |
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Marriage Morals | Harry's Father | 1923-08-15 |
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Luck | Alan Crosby | 1923-03-01 |
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Three O'Clock in the Morning | Mr. Winthrop | 1923-12-01 |
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Bright Lights of Broadway | Reverend Graham Drake | 1923-08-06 |
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Beyond the Rainbow | Insp. Richardson | 1922-02-19 |
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Sure-Fire Flint | Johnny Jetts | 1922-08-25 |
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Burn 'Em Up Barnes | King Cole | 1921-08-01 |
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A Common Level | Matthew Ryan | 1920-05-10 |
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Chains of Evidence | Judge Frank Sturgis | 1920-03-01 |
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His Temporary Wife | Judge Laton | 1920-02-16 |
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An Honorable Cad | 1919-09-02 | |
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Someone Must Pay | Charles Bryant | 1919-09-28 |
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The Master Crook | 1918-03-01 | |
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The Lure of Heart's Desire | Jim Carew | 1916-01-17 |
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The Weakness of Strength | Daniel Gaynor | 1916-08-20 |
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The Spell of the Yukon | Jim Carson | 1916-05-15 |
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The Song of the Wage Slave | 1915-10-04 | |
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The Master Mind | Richard Allen | 1914-05-11 |