Edmund Breese
Edmund Breese | |
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 Portrait of Edmund Breese by Elmer Chickering | |
| Born | June 18, 1871 Brooklyn, New York, United States |
| Died | 6 April 1936 (aged 64) New York City, New York, United States |
| Occupation(s) | Stage, film actor |
| Years active | 1892-1936 (stage) 1914-1935 (film) |
Edmund Breese (June 18, 1871 – April 6, 1936) was an American stage[1] and film actor of the silent era.
Biography
Long on the stage with a varied Broadway career before entering movies, Breese 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.[2] 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, from which he died on April 6, 1936.[3]
Selected filmography
- The Master Mind (1914) (based on the 1913 Broadway play starring Breese)
- The Shooting of Dan McGrew (1915)
- The Lure of Heart's Desire (1916)
- The Spell of the Yukon (1916)
- The Weakness of Strength (1916)
- His Temporary Wife (1920)
- Beyond the Rainbow (1922)
- Sure Fire Flint (1922)
- Restless Wives (1924)
- The Sixth Commandment (1924)
- Playthings of Desire (1924)
- Wildfire (1925)
- Paradise for Two (1927)
- The Haunted House (1928)
- Sonny Boy (1929)
- The Hottentot (1929)
- In the Headlines (1929)
- Hold Everything (1930)
- All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
- The Sea Bat (1930)
- Tol'able David (1930)
- Young Sinners (1931)
- The Public Defender (1931)
- Chinatown After Dark (1931)
- Morals for Women (1931)
- Platinum Blonde (1931)
- Mata Hari (1931)
- Women Won't Tell (1932)
- The Reckoning (1932)
- The Hurricane Express (1932)
- International House (1933)
- Duck Soup (1933)
- Beloved (1934)
- Treasure Island (1934)
- Lost in the Stratosphere (1934)
References
- ^ Eaton, Walter Prichard (1910). The American Stage of Today. New york, NY: P.F. Collier & Son.
- ^ Pictorial History of the American Theatre 1860-1985 c.1985 by Daniel Blum
- ^ "Illness is Fatal to Edmund Breese". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. April 7, 1936. p. 1. Retrieved July 22, 2013.
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