Edmund Breese

Edmund Breese (18 June 1871, Brooklyn, New York — 6 April 1936, New York, New York) was an American stage^[1] 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.^[2] He appeared in 129 films between 1914 and 1935. He is best remembered as the advice giving German teacher at the beginning of the war movie All Quiet on the Western Front.

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)
• Beyond the Rainbow (1922)
• Restless Wives (1924)
• Hold Everything (1930)
• The Sea Bat (1930)
• The Public Defender (1931)
• Mata Hari (1931)
• Chinatown After Dark (1931)
• Morals for Women (1931)
• The Hurricane Express (1932)
• International House (1933)
• Treasure Island (1934)

External links

• Edmund Breese at the Internet Movie Database
• Edmund Breese at AllRovi

References