Edmund Breese
Date of birth: 1871-06-17
Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Known for: Acting
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Biography
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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Duck Soup
1933-11-12
Rufus T. Firefly is named president/dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring S
Finders Keepers
1928-02-18
Silent military comedy whose only print exists in the Library of Congress.
Burning Daylight
1928-03-10
Elam "Burning Daylight" Harnish is a prospector who makes a million dollars in the Dawson, Alaska go
Platinum Blonde
1931-10-31
Ann Schuyler is an upper-crust socialite who bullies her reporter husband into conforming to her hig
Sonny Boy
1929-04-18
Sonny Boy's parents are in the midst of a bitter divorce when the boy's mother talks her sister into
Young Sinners
1931-05-17
The reckless son of a millionaire struggles to find a positive outlook on life, so he turns to a har
Paradise for Two
1927-01-23
Steve Porter, a young American bachelor and fully intending to remain as such, inherits a fortune bu
Return of the Terror
1934-07-07
"The Terror", a killer whose identity is unknown, occupies an English country house that has been co
The Perfect Crime
1928-08-04
A police inspector "solves" a crime that, in fact, may not have occurred at all.
The Hurricane Express
1932-08-01
The Wrecker wrecks trains on the L & R Railroad. One of his victims is Larry Baker's father. Baker w
Fighting With Kit Carson
1933-07-01
In this Western, comprised of 12 chapters from a serial, Kit leads a group carrying a large gold shi
Trying Out Torchy
1933-08-25
The final entry in the Torchy short series starring Ray Cooke as things go wrong at a gathering.
Broadway Bill
1934-11-30
Tycoon J.L. Higgins controls his whole family, but one of his sons-in-law, Dan Brooks, and his daugh
An Honorable Cad
1919-09-02
WWI spirit raiser about the title character who enlists and comes back a new man. Final film of stag
The Match King
1932-12-31
Unscrupulous Chicago janitor Paul Kroll uses deceit to fund a return trip to his homeland of Sweden.
The Weakness of Strength
1916-08-20
Through a real estate purchase Daniel Gaynor acquires all rights in the waterway leading from Moose
Cross-Examination
1932-02-13
Defense Atorney Gerald Waring uses great skill and ingenuity in his efforts to save the life of a yo
Millie
1931-02-06
After a tumultuous first marriage, Millie Blake learns to love her newfound independence and drags h
Chinatown After Dark
1931-10-15
The female head of a criminal gang in Chinatown is after a valuable jewel, and lets nothing stand in
The Hatchet Man
1932-02-06
When he's forced to kill his best friend, a Chinese hit man adopts the man's daughter.
Luck
1923-03-01
A young man is bet $100,000 that his famous luck can hold out and he can make that sum in one year's
Lost in the Stratosphere
1934-11-14
Two military pilots are close friends, and share in a lot of hazardous missions while engaging in a
Womanhandled
1925-12-27
Bill Dana, a New York City playboy, can't resist the flaming flappers and red-hot mamas along the Gr
The Reckoning
1932-02-15
Two young lovers caught up in the underworld decide to get out and go straight, but a gang leader ha
Morals for Women
1931-10-24
A desperate woman turns to prostitution but is saved by true love.
The Wright Idea
1928-08-05
A chipper young inventor seems to have a stroke of good luck when an eccentric millionaire gives him
Damaged Hearts
1924-02-21
Orphaned as children, David and his sister are sent to live with separate families, where both are a
Torchy
1931-10-04
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Torchy Passes the Buck
1931-12-06
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Torchy Turns the Trick
1932-02-07
When he bother can't take Dorothy Dix to a fancy dinner, office boy Ray Cooke escorts her. He also h
Torchy's Night Cap
1932-04-03
Ray Cooke is Torchy the Office boy, told to deliver a letter; through a series of accidents, he wind
Torchy Raises the Auntie
1932-05-01
Ray Cooke's employer needs to raise $100,000 to retain control of his company. He hopes to get them
Torchy's Two Toots
1932-06-06
When his boss goes out of town on a big deal and leaves important securities behind, it's up to offi
Torchy's Busy Day
1932-10-02
Edmund Breese, Ray Cooke's boss, is trying to buy a sausage factory. However, the cash hasn't come t
Torchy Rolls His Own
1932-10-20
In the eighth of the series of short sound comedies, Ray Cooke as the office boy 'Torchy' is thought
Torchy's Kitty Coup
1933-01-22
Dot Farley is throwing a benefit for cats but hasn't any. This means she calls up her husband, Edmun
Torchy Turns Turtle
1933-04-23
One of those gangs of Arab spies who use to infest Wall Street in their colorful native costumes ste
Alias Mary Smith
1932-07-14
A young woman trying to obtain proof that a gangster committed a murder is befriended by a playboy w
The Good Bad Girl
1931-05-20
A woman's former association with a gangster threatens to destroy her marriage to an upstanding youn
Young Bride
1932-04-08
A newlywed discovers her husband is a cheating phony.
Drifting Souls
1932-08-07
A pretty young lawyer discovers that her father needs an expensive operation to save his life. She g
Laughing at Life
1933-07-12
Easter, a soldier of fortune and gunrunner, leaves his family behind escaping from the authorities a
Women Won't Tell
1932-11-16
A homeless woman living at the city dump hears of the death of a wealthy industrialist and puts in a
Kismet
1930-10-30
Hajj, a rascally beggar on the periphery of the court of Baghdad, schemes to marry his daughter to r
The Sea Bat
1930-07-05
The sister of a sponge diver killed by a stingray loves an escaped convict posing as a priest.
A Man of Sentiment
1933-09-15
A man and woman fall in love at first sight, but everyone in their universe tries to keep them apart
The Painted Desert
1931-01-18
Western pardners Jeff and Cash find a baby boy in an otherwise deserted emigrants' camp, and clash o
Defenders of the Law
1931-05-23
A gang of racketeers, with the aid of a high-ranking city official has control of a big-city, and th
Above the Clouds
1933-12-13
Robert Armstrong stars as Scoop Adams, an ace newsreel cameraman whose love affair with the bottle a
The Cabin in the Cotton
1932-09-26
Sharecropper's son Marvin tries to help his community overcome poverty and ignorance.
The Brown Derby
1926-07-04
Tommy Burke, a good-natured young plumber who refers to his monkey wrench as his pipe organ, is unaw
Treasure Island
1934-08-17
In this early film adaptation of the classic novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, young Jim Hawkins is c
The Live Wire
1925-09-20
The Great Maranelli, a stunting circus clown, falls instantly in love when he sees Dorothy Langdon,
Dancing Man
1934-02-24
A dancing gigolo gets involved with a wealthy lady and her young step-daughter, and murder is the re
Top Speed
1930-08-24
An order clerk poses as a millionaire.
Bright Lights
1930-09-21
A successful Broadway star ready to retire from her wild career announces her engagement. But her tu
Tol'able David
1930-11-15
Tol'able David is a 1930 sound film directed by John G. Blystone and produced and released by Columb
The Public Defender
1931-08-01
A mysterious phantom who calls himself The Reckoner vows to expose the crooked bankers who embezzled
Playboy of Paris
1930-10-18
Yvonne, daughter of Philibert, a Paris cafe owner, is in love with dreamy, blundering Albert, a wait
Back to Liberty
1927-11-15
Tom Devon, alias Reginald Briand, is the mastermind behind an organization of gentlemen thieves, inc
The Early Bird
1925-01-01
An idealistic milkman, Jimmy Burke, organizes the independents to combat the milk trust. Jimmy disco
Chiselers of Hollywood
1930-12-29
Three sisters come to Hollywood to be movie stars. Complications arise when two of them fall in love
Madame Butterfly
1932-12-30
Pinkerton marries Cho-Cho San in Japan, whilst on shore leave. When he leaves, she keeps his Japanes
The Hottentot
1929-08-10
The Hottentot is a lost 1929 American pre-Code film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Edward Eve
In the Headlines
1929-08-31
A tough newspaper reporter and his pretty assistant are investigating a double murder, and soon find
The Sixth Commandment
1924-06-01
John Brant, a devoted minister, is in love with Marian Calhoun, but must keep it a secret because sh
Police Court
1932-02-19
A once great stage and screen actor has fallen from fame because of his alcoholism; his young son is
International House
1933-05-27
Foreign investors converge on a luxury hotel in China to bid on a new kind of radioscope. But, this
Rough Waters
1930-06-06
A police dog helps to track down two payroll robbers.
Love Bound
1932-03-01
A gold-digging woman wins a big settlement against an older married man, which threatens to destroy
All Quiet on the Western Front
1930-04-29
When a group of idealistic young men join the German Army during the Great War, they are assigned to
On Trial
1928-12-01
A man is put on trial for the murder of his best friend. A young attorney wants to become successful
Conquest
1928-12-22
Two pilots are in love with the same girl. On a flight over the Antarctic, the plane suddenly spins
Fancy Baggage
1929-01-26
In order to get back some very important papers from her father's business rival, a young woman pret
Come On, Marines!
1934-03-23
"Lucky" Davis, a ladies-man and a devil-may-care U. S. Marine Sergeant, is leading a Marine-squadron
Hold Everything
1930-03-20
A man is mistaken for a champion fighter.
Mata Hari
1931-12-26
A semi-fictionalized account of the life of Mata Hari, an exotic dancer who was accused of spying fo
Burn 'Em Up Barnes
1921-08-01
Car racer Burn 'em Up Barnes, son of a wealthy manufacturer, leaves home to make his own way in the
Beyond the Rainbow
1922-02-19
Marion Taylor is secretary to Edward Mallory, a wealth Wall Street businessman. She supports her inv
Stepping Along
1926-11-14
Johnny Rooney is a fast-stepping young politician and Molly Taylor is an even faster-stepping showgi
Girl Overboard
1929-07-28
A young man is sentenced to prison for a term of eight years, yet he's allowed out if he promises no
How to Break 90 #6: Fine Points
1933-08-04
The ultimate Bobby Jones golf series reaches its climactic conclusion on board a speeding train to o
As You Desire Me
1932-05-28
Bar entertainer Zara is a discontented alcoholic who is pursued by many men but lives with novelist
The Speed Spook
1924-08-30
An auto racer driving through a small town finds himself tangled up in a local political controversy
The Highbinders
1926-03-21
Author David Marshall is sandbagged by holdup men and loses his memory. He finds his way to a booksh
The Czar of Broadway
1930-05-25
Mort Bradley, New York political boss and underworld czar, controls not only the city's most popular
The Haunted House
1928-11-04
Four heirs to a family fortune are summoned to appear at the family estate for the reading of the wi
Only Yesterday
1933-11-01
On the back of the Wall Street Crash of 1929, a young businessman is about to commit suicide. With a
The Billion Dollar Scandal
1933-01-06
An ex-convict working for a wealthy oil baron uncovers trouble while his brother becomes involved wi
The Golden West
1932-10-29
Lovers David Lunch and Betty Summers are caught in the feud between their two families. When David k
Bright Lights of Broadway
1923-08-06
An innocent country girl who happens to have a lovely singing voice falls under the influence of a r
The She-Wolf
1931-05-01
An unprincipled female financier tries to get even with a rival railroad buyer.
The Song of the Wage Slave
1915-10-04
Female
1933-11-11
Alison Drake, the tough-minded executive of an automobile factory, succeeds in the man's world of bu
Beloved
1934-01-22
Story about four generations in a family of musicians.
Three O'Clock in the Morning
1923-12-01
Impulsive flapper Elizabeth Winthrop, rebels against her parents and moves to New York after breakin
Restless Wives
1924-01-06
1924 picture directed by Gregory La Cava.
On Your Guard
1933-01-31
An ex-con makes for a backwoods town intending to rob the bank, and becomes involved in protecting t
Chains of Evidence
1920-03-01
Edith Sturgis, the daughter of a judge, returns from studies abroad to find her widowed father remar
Someone Must Pay
1919-09-28
Broker Henry Taylor is furious at the attention his wife Regina receives from Charles Bryant, an eld
The Lure of Heart's Desire
1916-01-17
Socialite Ethel Wyndham turns down Jim Carew’s marriage proposal because of his working-class status
The Spell of the Yukon
1916-05-15
Having forced Jim Carson to leave town in order to avoid a trumped-up embezzling charge, now Albert
The Master Crook
1918-03-01
Tension fueled mystery follows a series of robberies to an exciting climax.
Jacqueline, or Blazing Barriers
1923-03-19
Jacqueline Roland, the daughter of a backwoodsman, meets Henri Dubois during a visit to the city, bu
Two Lips and Juleps; or, Southern Love and Northern Exposure
1932-09-09
The story is set in the final days of the Civil War and spies from the North and the South. And, in
Sure-Fire Flint
1922-08-25
Sure-Fire Flint, an energetic chap just returned from wartime military service, meets June De Lanni,
Those Who Judge
1924-10-15
The Master Mind
1914-05-11
The defense attorney who was unable to obtain the acquittal of an innocent young man concocts a comp
Marriage Morals
1923-08-15
Harry Ryan, a wealthy spendthrift, falls in love with Mary Gardner, a beauty shop employee, and marr
A Common Level
1920-05-10
Cruel and ignorant, Matthew Ryan threatens to destroy his business competitor, Schuyler, unless Schu
Home Made
1927-11-20
Home Made is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by Charles Hines.
Ladies Must Love
1933-09-25
Lighthearted comedy film following the (mis)adventures of four gold diggers.
The Fair Cheat
1923-09-16
Camilla Van Dam is in love with her rich father's poor employee, John Hamilton. Van Dam is against t
The Marriage Bargain
1935-02-20
A young woman marries a man she detests in order to save her father from a murder charge.
His Temporary Wife
1920-02-16
Wealthy old Howard Eliot is so pleased with his young nurse Annabelle Rose that on his deathbed he b