
Cast
Edmund Breese
Acting
Cast
Edmund Breese
Known for
Acting
Born
1871-06-17
From
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Died
1936-04-06
Biography
From Wikipedia Edmund Breese (June 18, 1871 β 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.

All Quiet on the Western Front
as Herr Meyer

Treasure Island
as Pirate of the Spanish Main

Duck Soup
as Zander

Madame Butterfly
as Cho-Cho's Grandfather

Police Court
as Judge Robert Webster

Burning Daylight
as John Dossett

Mata Hari
as Warden

Millie
as Defense Attorney

Only Yesterday
as Investor (Uncredited)

Young Bride
as Mr. C. B. Chadwick the Broker

Young Sinners
as Trent

Top Speed
as Spencer Colgate

Beloved
as Maj. Tarrant

Platinum Blonde
as Conroy

The Sea Bat
as Maddocks

The Hurricane Express
as The Secretary's Father

The Cabin in the Cotton
as Holmes Scott

Kismet
as Jawan

Torchy Turns the Trick
as Hickory Ellins

Cross-Examination
as Dwight Simpson

The Painted Desert
as Judge Matthews

International House
as Doctor Wong

Broadway Bill
as Presiding Judge

As You Desire Me
as Friar

The Highbinders
as Mike Harrigan

The Brown Derby
as John J. Caldwell

Drifting Souls
as Brad Martin

Morals for Women
as Mr. Hutson

The Golden West
as Sam Lynch

Female
as Board Member (Uncredited)

Stepping Along
as Prince Ferdinand Darowitsky

The Match King
as Olaf Christofsen

The Hottentot
as Ollie

Fancy Baggage
as John Hardin

Laughing at Life
as Cabinet Officer

Beyond the Rainbow
as Insp. Richardson

Tol'able David
as Hunter Kinemon

Above the Clouds
as Crusty

Alias Mary Smith
as Mr. Hayes

Three O'Clock in the Morning
as Mr. Winthrop

On Trial
as Judge

Return of the Terror
as Editor

Come On, Marines!
as General Cabot

The Good Bad Girl
as J.P. Henderson

The Billion Dollar Scandal
as Mr. Haddock

Lost in the Stratosphere
as Col. Brooks

Burn 'Em Up Barnes
as King Cole

Bright Lights of Broadway
as Reverend Graham Drake

Paradise for Two
as Uncle Howard

Bright Lights
as Franklin Harris

Finders Keepers
as Hastings

The Sixth Commandment
as Col. Saunders

Luck
as Alan Crosby

The Public Defender
as Frank Wells

The Perfect Crime
as Wilmot

Playboy of Paris
as General de Karodek

The Weakness of Strength
as Daniel Gaynor

Hold Everything
as Pop O'Keefe

Ladies Must Love
as Thomas Van Dyne

The Reckoning
as Doc

Women Won't Tell
as Attorney for the Defense

Love Bound
as J.B. 'Lucky' Morrison

Defenders of the Law
as Capt. Bill Houston

The Haunted House
as Uncle Herbert

Damaged Hearts
as Innkeeper

Dancing Man
as J.C. Trevor

A Man of Sentiment
as John Russell Sr.

In the Headlines
as Eddy

The Hatchet Man
as Yu Chang

Sonny Boy
as Thorpe

Girl Overboard
as Jim Keefe

Fighting With Kit Carson
as Matt Fargo

Conquest
as William Holden

Jacqueline, or Blazing Barriers
as Edmund MacDonald

Torchy's Kitty Coup
as Edward (Hickory) Ellins

The Curse of Drink
as John Rand

Chinatown After Dark
as Le Fong

The Lure of Heart's Desire
as Jim Carew

How to Break 90 #6: Fine Points
as Himself

Rough Waters
as Captain Thomas

The Marriage Bargain
as Judge Robert Stanhope

Torchy Raises the Auntie
as Mr. Ellins

The Speed Spook
as Chuck Brady

On Your Guard
as Prison Warden

Torchy Turns Turtle
as Mr. Ellins

Someone Must Pay
as Charles Bryant

Those Who Judge
as Henry Dawson

The Early Bird
as The Great La Tour

Torchy's Two Toots
as Hickory Ellins

Wildfire
as Sen. Woodhurst

His Temporary Wife
as Judge Laton

The Live Wire
as Sawdust Sam

Torchy's Busy Day
as Hickory Ellins

Chains of Evidence
as Judge Frank Sturgis

Chiselers of Hollywood

Torchy Passes the Buck
as Mr. Ellins

The Master Mind
as Richard Allen

Marriage Morals
as Harry's Father

Womanhandled
as Uncle Lester

Restless Wives
as Hobart Richards

A Common Level
as Matthew Ryan

The Czar of Broadway

Two Lips and Juleps; or, Southern Love and Northern Exposure
as Colonel Shelby

The Spell of the Yukon
as Jim Carson

Torchy Rolls His Own
as Mr. Ellins

The She-Wolf

Sure-Fire Flint
as Johnny Jetts

An Honorable Cad

Girls Gone Wild
as Judge Elliott

Home Made
as Mr. Tilford

Back to Liberty
as Tom Devon

The Fair Cheat
as Morgan Van Dam

The Wright Idea
as Mr. Filbert

Torchy
as Hickory Ellins

Torchy's Night Cap
as Hickory Ellins

The Master Crook

The Song of the Wage Slave

Trying Out Torchy
as Mr. Ellins