Edmund Breese
1871 — 1936 Age: 64 years oldinfo
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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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Monday, April 6, 1936
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Works 68
1930
All Quiet on the Western FrontHerr Meyer
1930
Bright LightsFranklin Harris
1931
Mata HariWarden
1931
Platinum BlondeConroy
1931
The Painted DesertJudge Matthews
1931
MillieDefense Attorney
1932
The Cabin in the CottonHolmes Scott
1932
The Hurricane ExpressThe Secretary's Father
1932
The Match KingOlaf Christofsen
1932
Madame ButterflyCho-Cho's Grandfather
1932
As You Desire MeFriar
1933
Duck SoupZander
1933
Only YesterdayInvestor (uncredited)
1933
International HouseDoctor Wong
1933
FemaleBoard Member (uncredited)
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