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Edmund Breese
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 enteri…
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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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1935
The Marriage Bargain
Movie Judge Robert Stanhope
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1934
Broadway Bill
Movie Presiding Judge
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1934
Lost in the Stratosphere
Movie Col. Brooks
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1934
Treasure Island
Movie Pirate of the Spanish Main
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1934
Return of the Terror
Movie Editor
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1934
Come On, Marines!
Movie General Cabot
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1934
Dancing Man
Movie J.C. Trevor
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1934
Beloved
Movie Maj. Tarrant
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1933
Above the Clouds
Movie Crusty
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1933
Duck Soup
Movie Zander
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1933
Female
Movie Board Member (Uncredited)
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1933
Only Yesterday
Movie Investor (Uncredited)
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1933
Ladies Must Love
Movie Thomas Van Dyne
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1933
A Man of Sentiment
Movie John Russell Sr.
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1933
Trying Out Torchy
Movie Mr. Ellins
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1933
How to Break 90 #6: Fine Points
Movie Himself
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1933
Laughing at Life
Movie Cabinet Officer
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1933
Fighting With Kit Carson
Movie Matt Fargo
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1933
International House
Movie Doctor Wong
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1933
Torchy Turns Turtle
Movie Mr. Ellins
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1933
On Your Guard
Movie Prison Warden
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1933
Torchy's Kitty Coup
Movie Edward (Hickory) Ellins
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1933
The Billion Dollar Scandal
Movie Mr. Haddock
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1932
The Match King
Movie Olaf Christofsen
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1932
Madame Butterfly
Movie Cho-cho San's Grandfather
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1932
Women Won't Tell
Movie Attorney for the Defense
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1932
The Golden West
Movie Sam Lynch
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1932
Torchy Rolls His Own
Movie Mr. Ellins
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1932
Torchy's Busy Day
Movie Hickory Ellins
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1932
The Cabin in the Cotton
Movie Holmes Scott
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1932
Two Lips and Juleps; or, Southern Love and Northern Exposure
Movie Colonel Shelby
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1932
Drifting Souls
Movie Brad Martin
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1932
The Hurricane Express
Movie The Secretary's Father
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1932
Alias Mary Smith
Movie Mr. Hayes
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1932
Torchy's Two Toots
Movie Hickory Ellins
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1932
As You Desire Me
Movie Friar
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1932
Torchy Raises the Auntie
Movie Mr. Ellins
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1932
Young Bride
Movie Mr. C. B. Chadwick the Broker
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1932
Torchy's Night Cap
Movie Hickory Ellins
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1932
Love Bound
Movie J.B. 'Lucky' Morrison
