Edmund Breese
Born June 17, 1871 (Age: 154)
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Brooklyn, New York, USA
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.
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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Filmography
The Match King
1932
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as Olaf Christofsen
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Age: 61
Madame Butterfly
1932
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as Cho-Cho's Grandfather
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Age: 61
Women Won't Tell
1932
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as Attorney for the Defense
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Age: 61
The Golden West
1932
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as Sam Lynch
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Age: 61
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Torchy Rolls His Own
1932
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as Mr. Ellins
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Age: 61
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Torchy's Busy Day
1932
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as Hickory Ellins
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Age: 61
The Cabin in the Cotton
1932
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as Holmes Scott
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Age: 61
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Two Lips and Juleps; or, Southern Love and Northern Exposure
1932
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as Colonel Shelby
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Age: 61
Drifting Souls
1932
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as Brad Martin
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Age: 61
The Hurricane Express
1932
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as The Secretary's Father
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Age: 61
Alias Mary Smith
1932
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as Mr. Hayes
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Age: 61
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Torchy's Two Toots
1932
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as Hickory Ellins
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Age: 60
As You Desire Me
1932
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as Friar
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Age: 60
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Torchy Raises the Auntie
1932
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as Mr. Ellins
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Age: 60
Young Bride
1932
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as Mr. C. B. Chadwick the Broker
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Age: 60
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Torchy's Night Cap
1932
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as Hickory Ellins
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Age: 60
Love Bound
1932
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as J.B. 'Lucky' Morrison
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Age: 60
Police Court
1932
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as Judge Robert Webster
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Age: 60
The Reckoning
1932
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as Doc
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Age: 60
Cross-Examination
1932
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as Dwight Simpson
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Age: 60
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Torchy Turns the Trick
1932
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as Hickory Ellins
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Age: 60
The Hatchet Man
1932
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as Yu Chang
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Age: 60
Mata Hari
1931
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as Warden
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Age: 60
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Torchy Passes the Buck
1931
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as Mr. Ellins
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Age: 60
Platinum Blonde
1931
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as Conroy
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Age: 60
Morals for Women
1931
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as Mr. Hutson
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Age: 60
Chinatown After Dark
1931
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as Le Fong
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Age: 60
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Torchy
1931
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as Hickory Ellins
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Age: 60
The Public Defender
1931
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as Frank Wells
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Age: 60
Defenders of the Law
1931
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as Capt. Bill Houston
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Age: 59
The Good Bad Girl
1931
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as J.P. Henderson
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Age: 59
Young Sinners
1931
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as Trent
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Age: 59
The She-Wolf
1931
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as
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Age: 59
Millie
1931
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as Defense Attorney
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Age: 59
The Painted Desert
1931
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as Judge Matthews
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Age: 59
Chiselers of Hollywood
1930
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as
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Age: 59
Tol'able David
1930
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as Hunter Kinemon
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Age: 59
Kismet
1930
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as Jawan
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Age: 59
Playboy of Paris
1930
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as General de Karodek
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Age: 59
Bright Lights
1930
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as Franklin Harris
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Age: 59
Top Speed
1930
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as Spencer Colgate
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Age: 59
The Sea Bat
1930
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as Maddocks
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Age: 59
Rough Waters
1930
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as Captain Thomas
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Age: 58
The Czar of Broadway
1930
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as
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Age: 58
All Quiet on the Western Front
1930
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as Herr Meyer
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Age: 58
Hold Everything
1930
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as Pop O'Keefe
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Age: 58
The Curse of Drink
1922
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as John Rand
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Age: 51
Sure-Fire Flint
1922
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as Johnny Jetts
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Age: 51
The Master Crook
1918
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as
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Age: 46