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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Broadway Bill | Presiding Judge | 1934-11-30 |
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Beloved | Maj. Tarrant | 1934-01-22 |
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Come On, Marines! | General Cabot | 1934-03-23 |
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Dancing Man | J.C. Trevor | 1934-02-24 |
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Lost in the Stratosphere | Col. Brooks | 1934-11-14 |
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Return of the Terror | Editor | 1934-07-07 |
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Treasure Island | Pirate of the Spanish Main | 1934-08-17 |
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Ladies Must Love | Thomas Van Dyne | 1933-09-25 |
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On Your Guard | Prison Warden | 1933-01-31 |
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A Man of Sentiment | John Russell Sr. | 1933-09-15 |
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The Billion Dollar Scandal | Mr. Haddock | 1933-01-06 |
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Only Yesterday | Investor (Uncredited) | 1933-11-01 |
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Torchy's Kitty Coup | Edward (Hickory) Ellins | 1933-01-22 |
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Torchy Turns Turtle | Mr. Ellins | 1933-04-23 |
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Laughing at Life | Cabinet Officer | 1933-07-12 |
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Above the Clouds | Crusty | 1933-12-13 |
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How to Break 90 #6: Fine Points | Himself | 1933-08-04 |
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Trying Out Torchy | Mr. Ellins | 1933-08-25 |
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Fighting With Kit Carson | Matt Fargo | 1933-07-01 |
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Female | Board Member (Uncredited) | 1933-11-11 |
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Duck Soup | Zander | 1933-11-12 |
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International House | Doctor Wong | 1933-05-27 |
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Alias Mary Smith | Mr. Hayes | 1932-07-14 |
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Torchy's Busy Day | Hickory Ellins | 1932-10-02 |
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Torchy Rolls His Own | Mr. Ellins | 1932-10-20 |
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Love Bound | J.B. 'Lucky' Morrison | 1932-03-01 |
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Young Bride | Mr. C. B. Chadwick the Broker | 1932-04-08 |
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Drifting Souls | Brad Martin | 1932-08-07 |
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As You Desire Me | Friar | 1932-05-28 |
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Women Won't Tell | Attorney for the Defense | 1932-11-16 |
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The Cabin in the Cotton | Holmes Scott | 1932-09-26 |
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Police Court | Judge Robert Webster | 1932-02-19 |
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Torchy's Night Cap | Hickory Ellins | 1932-04-03 |
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Torchy's Two Toots | Hickory Ellins | 1932-06-06 |
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The Hurricane Express | The Secretary's Father | 1932-08-01 |
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The Reckoning | Doc | 1932-02-15 |
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The Golden West | Sam Lynch | 1932-10-29 |
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Torchy Raises the Auntie | Mr. Ellins | 1932-05-01 |
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The Match King | Olaf Christofsen | 1932-12-31 |
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Cross-Examination | Dwight Simpson | 1932-02-13 |
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Madame Butterfly | Cho-Cho's Grandfather | 1932-12-30 |
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Torchy Turns the Trick | Hickory Ellins | 1932-02-07 |
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Two Lips and Juleps; or, Southern Love and Northern Exposure | Colonel Shelby | 1932-09-09 |
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The Hatchet Man | Yu Chang | 1932-02-06 |
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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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Platinum Blonde | Conroy | 1931-10-31 |
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Young Sinners | Trent | 1931-05-17 |
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Mata Hari | Warden | 1931-12-26 |
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The Painted Desert | Judge Matthews | 1931-01-18 |
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Torchy Passes the Buck | Mr. Ellins | 1931-12-06 |
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The Good Bad Girl | J.P. Henderson | 1931-05-20 |
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Torchy | Hickory Ellins | 1931-10-04 |
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Millie | Defense Attorney | 1931-02-06 |
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Morals for Women | Mr. Hutson | 1931-10-24 |
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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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Hold Everything | Pop O'Keefe | 1930-03-20 |
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The Czar of Broadway | 1930-05-25 | |
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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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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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Kismet | Jawan | 1930-10-30 |
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Tol'able David | Hunter Kinemon | 1930-11-15 |
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The Sea Bat | Maddocks | 1930-07-05 |
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Chiselers of Hollywood | 1930-12-29 | |
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Girls Gone Wild | Judge Elliott | 1929-03-24 |
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The Hottentot | Ollie | 1929-08-10 |
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Sonny Boy | Thorpe | 1929-04-18 |
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In the Headlines | Eddy | 1929-08-31 |
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Girl Overboard | Jim Keefe | 1929-07-28 |
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Fancy Baggage | John Hardin | 1929-01-26 |
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The Haunted House | Uncle Herbert | 1928-11-04 |
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On Trial | Judge | 1928-12-01 |
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Conquest | William Holden | 1928-12-22 |
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The Perfect Crime | Wilmot | 1928-08-04 |
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The Wright Idea | Mr. Filbert | 1928-08-05 |
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Burning Daylight | John Dossett | 1928-03-10 |
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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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Home Made | Mr. Tilford | 1927-11-20 |
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Back to Liberty | Tom Devon | 1927-11-15 |
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The Highbinders | Mike Harrigan | 1926-03-21 |
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The Brown Derby | John J. Caldwell | 1926-07-04 |
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Stepping Along | Prince Ferdinand Darowitsky | 1926-11-14 |
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The Live Wire | Sawdust Sam | 1925-09-20 |
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The Early Bird | The Great La Tour | 1925-01-01 |
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Wildfire | Sen. Woodhurst | 1925-06-07 |
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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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The Speed Spook | Chuck Brady | 1924-08-30 |
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The Sixth Commandment | Col. Saunders | 1924-06-01 |
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Damaged Hearts | Innkeeper | 1924-02-21 |
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The Fair Cheat | Morgan Van Dam | 1923-09-16 |
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Jacqueline, or Blazing Barriers | Edmund MacDonald | 1923-03-19 |
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Marriage Morals | Harry's Father | 1923-08-15 |
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Bright Lights of Broadway | Reverend Graham Drake | 1923-08-06 |
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Three O'Clock in the Morning | Mr. Winthrop | 1923-12-01 |
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Luck | Alan Crosby | 1923-03-01 |
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Sure-Fire Flint | Johnny Jetts | 1922-08-25 |
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Beyond the Rainbow | Insp. Richardson | 1922-02-19 |
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The Curse of Drink | John Rand | 1922-10-16 |
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Burn 'Em Up Barnes | King Cole | 1921-08-01 |
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His Temporary Wife | Judge Laton | 1920-02-16 |
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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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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 |