Edmund Breese
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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.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.671 |
| Birthday | 1871-06-17 |
| Place of Birth | Brooklyn, New York, USA |
| Also Known As |
1933
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1928
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1932
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1932
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1932
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1933
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1932
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5.5/2
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3/2
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1932
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Kismet
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4.6/8
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1932
The Cabin in the Cotton
6.3/19
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1926
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1934
Treasure Island
6.508/66
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1925
The Live Wire
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1934
Dancing Man
0/0
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1930
Top Speed
6/1
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1930
Bright Lights
4/4
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1930
Tol'able David
7/1
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1931
The Public Defender
6/4
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1930
Playboy of Paris
7/2
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1927
Back to Liberty
0/0
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1925
The Early Bird
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1930
Chiselers of Hollywood
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1932
Madame Butterfly
5.4/17
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1929
The Hottentot
0/0
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1929
In the Headlines
0/0
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1924
The Sixth Commandment
1/1
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1932
Police Court
5/3
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1933
International House
5.3/17
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1930
Rough Waters
0/0
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1932
Love Bound
4.5/6
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1930
All Quiet on the Western Front
7.76/790
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All Quiet on the Western Front
1928
On Trial
6/1
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1928
Conquest
0/0
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1929
Fancy Baggage
0/0
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1934
Come On, Marines!
5/3
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1930
Hold Everything
6/1
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1931
Mata Hari
6.2/52
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1921
Burn 'Em Up Barnes
3/1
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1922
Beyond the Rainbow
0/0
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Beyond the Rainbow
1926
Stepping Along
0/0
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Stepping Along
1929
Girl Overboard
0/0
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1933
How to Break 90 #6: Fine Points
0/0
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1932
As You Desire Me
6.2/12
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1924
The Speed Spook
3/1
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1926
The Highbinders
0/0
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1930
The Czar of Broadway
0/0
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1928
The Haunted House
0/0
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1933
Only Yesterday
6.8/5
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1933
The Billion Dollar Scandal
0/0
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1932
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4/1
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1923
Bright Lights of Broadway
0/0
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1931
The She-Wolf
0/0
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1915
The Song of the Wage Slave
0/0
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6.3/28
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1934
Beloved
0/0
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1923
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0/0
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1924
Restless Wives
0/0
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1933
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6/2
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Chains of Evidence
0/0
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0/0
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1916
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0/0
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0/0
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0/0
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0/0
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0/0
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Sure-Fire Flint
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