Edmund Breese

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Edmund Breese
Portrait of Edmund Breese by Elmer Chickering
Born	(1871-06-18)June 18, 1871 Brooklyn, New York, United States
Died	6 April 1936(1936-04-06) (aged 64) New York City, New York, United States
Occupation	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. 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 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.^[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)
Beyond the Rainbow (1922)
Restless Wives (1924)
Playthings of Desire (1924)
Paradise for Two (1927)
The Haunted House (1928)
Hold Everything (1930)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
The Sea Bat (1930)
Tol'able David (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)
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.

External links

Edmund Breese at the Internet Movie Database

Persondata
Name	Breese, Edmund
Alternative names
Short description	Actor
Date of birth	June 18, 1871
Place of birth	Brooklyn, New York, USA
Date of death	April 6, 1936
Place of death	New York, New York, USA

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