Edmund Breese
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.
All Quiet on the Western Front
as Herr MeyerWhen a group of idealistic young men join the German Army during World War, they are assigned to...
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Duck Soup
as ZanderRufus T. Firefly is named president/dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on...
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Treasure Island
as Pirate of the Spanish MainIn this early film adaptation of the classic novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, young Jim Hawkins...
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Mata Hari
as WardenA semi-fictionalized account of the life of Mata Hari, an exotic dancer who was accused of...
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Platinum Blonde
as ConroyAnne Schuyler is an upper-crust socialite who bullies her reporter husband into conforming to...
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The Hurricane Express
as The Secretary's FatherThe Wrecker wrecks trains on the L & R Railroad. One of his victims is Larry Baker's father....
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International House
as Doctor WongForeign investors converge on a luxury hotel in China to bid on a new kind of radioscope. But,...
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Madame Butterfly
as Cho-Cho's GrandfatherPinkerton marries Cho-Cho San in Japan, whilst on shore leave. When he leaves, she keeps his...
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The Cabin in the Cotton
as Holmes ScottSharecropper's son Marvin tries to help his community overcome poverty and ignorance.
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Broadway Bill
as Presiding JudgeTycoon J.L. Higgins controls his whole family, but one of his sons- in-law, Dan Brooks and his...
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The Reckoning
as DocTwo young lovers caught up in the underworld decide to get out and go straight, but a gang...
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As You Desire Me
as FriarBar entertainer Zara is a discontented alcoholic who is pursued by many men but lives with...
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Millie
as Defense AttorneyAfter a tumultuous first marriage, Millie Blake learns to love her newfound independence and...
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Only Yesterday
as Investor (Uncredited)On the back of the Wall Street Crash of 1929, a young business man is about to commit suicide....
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Beloved
as Maj. TarrantStory about four generations in a family of musicians.
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Dancing Man
as J.C. TrevorA dancing gigolo gets involved with a wealthy lady and her young step-daughter, and murder is...
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The Painted Desert
as Judge MatthewsWestern pardners Jeff and Cash find a baby boy in an otherwise deserted emigrants' camp, and...
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The Hatchet Man
as Yu ChangWhen he's forced to kill his best friend, a Chinese hit man adopts the man's daughter.
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The Sea Bat
as MaddocksThe sister of a sponge diver killed by a stingray loves an escaped convict posing as a priest.
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Laughing at Life
as Cabinet OfficerEaster, a soldier of fortune and gunrunner, leaves his family behind escaping from the...
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Morals for Women
as Mr. HutsonA desperate woman turns to prostitution but is saved by true love.
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The Match King
as Olaf ChristofsenUnscrupulous Chicago janitor Paul Kroll uses deceit to fund a return trip to his homeland of...
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Burning Daylight
as John DossettElam "Burning Daylight" Harnish is a prospector who makes a million dollars in the Dawson,...
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Kismet
as JawanHajj, a rascally beggar on the periphery of the court of Baghdad, schemes to marry his daughter...
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Lost in the Stratosphere
as Col. BrooksTwo military pilots are close friends, and share in a lot of hazardous missions while engaging...
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The Brown Derby
as John J. CaldwellTommy Burke, a good-natured young plumber who refers to his monkey wrench as his pipe organ, is...
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The Good Bad Girl
as J.P. HendersonA woman's former association with a gangster threatens to destroy her marriage to an upstanding...
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Female
as Board Member (Uncredited)Alison Drake, the tough-minded executive of an automobile factory, succeeds in the man's world...
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Police Court
as Judge Robert WebsterA once great stage and screen actor has fallen from fame because of his alcoholism; his young...
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The Billion Dollar Scandal
as Mr. HaddockAn ex-convict working for a wealthy oil baron uncovers trouble while his brother becomes...
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The Golden West
as Sam LynchLovers David Lunch and Betty Summers are caught in the feud between their two families. When...
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Bright Lights
as Franklin HarrisIn this light-hearted musical, an early color film, a successful actress tires of the bustle and...
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Young Bride
as Mr. C. B. Chadwick the BrokerA newlywed discovers her husband is a cheating phony.
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Cross-Examination
as Dwight SimpsonDefense Atorney Gerald Waring uses great skill and ingenuity in his efforts to save the life of...
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Stepping Along
as Prince Ferdinand DarowitskyJohnny Rooney is a fast-stepping young politician and Molly Taylor is an even faster-stepping...
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Drifting Souls
as Brad MartinA pretty young lawyer discovers that her father needs an expensive operation to save his life....
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Womanhandled
as Uncle LesterBill Dana, a New York City playboy, can't resist the flaming flappers and red-hot mamas along...
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Girl Overboard
as Jim KeefeA young man is sentenced to prison for a term of eight years, yet he's allowed out if he...
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Above the Clouds
as CrustyRobert Armstrong stars as Scoop Adams, an ace newsreel cameraman whose love affair with the...
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Young Sinners
as TrentThe reckless son of a millionaire struggles to find a positive outlook on life, so he turns to a...
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Hold Everything
as Pop O'KeefeA man is mistaken for a champion fighter.
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Finders Keepers
as HastingsSilent military comedy whose only print exists in the Library of Congress.
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Sonny Boy
as ThorpeSonny Boy's parents are in the midst of a bitter divorce when the boy's mother talks her sister...
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Fancy Baggage
as John HardinIn order to get back some very important papers from her father's business rival, a young woman...
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Chinatown After Dark
as Le FongThe female head of a criminal gang in Chinatown is after a valuable jewel, and lets nothing...
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Return of the Terror
as Editor"The Terror", a killer whose identity is unknown, occupies an English country house that has...
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The Perfect Crime
as WilmotA police inspector "solves" a crime that, in fact, may not have occurred at all.
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The Weakness of Strength
as Daniel GaynorThrough a real estate purchase Daniel Gaynor acquires all rights in the waterway leading from...
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Come On, Marines!
as General Cabot"Lucky" Davis, a ladies-man and a devil-may-care U. S. Marine Sergeant, is leading a...
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Playboy of Paris
as General de KarodekYvonne, daughter of Philibert, a Paris cafe owner, is in love with dreamy, blundering Albert, a...
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Fighting With Kit Carson
as Matt FargoIn this Western, comprised of 12 chapters from a serial, Kit leads a group carrying a large gold...
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Alias Mary Smith
as Mr. HayesA young woman trying to obtain proof that a gangster committed a murder is befriended by a...
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Someone Must Pay
as Charles BryantBroker Henry Taylor is furious at the attention his wife Regina receives from Charles Bryant, an...
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Chiselers of Hollywood
as uncreditedThree sisters come to Hollywood to be movie stars. Complications arise when two of them fall in...
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Conquest
as William HoldenTwo pilots are in love with the same girl. On a flight over the Antarctic, the plane suddenly...
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A Man of Sentiment
as John Russell Sr.A man and woman fall in love at first sight, but everyone in their universe tries to keep them...
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Beyond the Rainbow
as Insp. RichardsonMarion Taylor is secretary to Edward Mallory, a wealth Wall Street businessman. She supports her...
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Tol'able David
as Hunter KinemonTol'able David is a 1930 sound film directed by John G. Blystone and produced and released by...
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Women Won't Tell
as Attorney for the DefenseA homeless woman living at the city dump hears of the death of a wealthy industrialist and puts...
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The Czar of Broadway
as uncreditedMort Bradley, New York political boss and underworld czar, controls not only the city's most...
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Love Bound
as J.B. 'Lucky' MorrisonA gold-digging woman wins a big settlement against an older married man, which threatens to...
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Burn 'Em Up Barnes
as King ColeCar racer Burn 'em Up Barnes, son of a wealthy manufacturer, leaves home to make his own way in...
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Damaged Hearts
as InnkeeperOrphaned as children, David and his sister are sent to live with separate families, where both...
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The Hottentot
as OllieThe Hottentot is a lost 1929 American pre-Code film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Edward...
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Defenders of the Law
as Capt. Bill HoustonA gang of racketeers, with the aid of a high-ranking city official has control of a big-city,...
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The Sixth Commandment
as Col. SaundersJohn Brant, a devoted minister, is in love with Marian Calhoun, but must keep it a secret...
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On Trial
as JudgeA man is put on trial for the murder of his best friend. A young attorney wants to become...
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The Public Defender
as Frank WellsA mysterious phantom who calls himself The Reckoner vows to expose the crooked bankers who...
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The Speed Spook
as Chuck BradyAn auto racer driving through a small town finds himself tangled up in a local political...
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Luck
as Alan CrosbyA young man is bet $100,000 that his famous luck can hold out and he can make that sum in one...
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On Your Guard
as Prison WardenAn ex-con makes for a backwoods town intending to rob the bank, and becomes involved in...
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Three O'Clock in the Morning
as Mr. WinthropImpulsive flapper Elizabeth Winthrop, rebels against her parents and moves to New York after...
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Chains of Evidence
as Judge Frank SturgisEdith Sturgis, the daughter of a judge, returns from studies abroad to find her widowed father...
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Rough Waters
as Captain ThomasA police dog helps to track down two payroll robbers.
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The She-Wolf
as uncreditedAn unprincipled female financier tries to get even with a rival railroad buyer.
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Paradise for Two
as Uncle HowardSteve Porter, a young American bachelor and fully intending to remain as such, inherits a...
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The Haunted House
as Uncle HerbertFour heirs to a family fortune are summoned to appear at the family estate for the reading of...
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Bright Lights of Broadway
as Reverend Graham DrakeAn innocent country girl who happens to have a lovely singing voice falls under the influence of...
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In the Headlines
as EddyA tough newspaper reporter and his pretty assistant are investigating a double murder, and soon...
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