From WikipediaEdmund 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 ONeill 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.
Zander
Film 1933
Hastings
Film 1928
John Dossett
Film 1928
Conroy
Film 1931
Thorpe
Film 1929
Trent
Film 1931
Uncle Howard
Film 1927
Editor
Film 1934
Wilmot
Film 1928
The Secretary's Father
Film 1932
Matt Fargo
Film 1933
Mr. Ellins
Film 1933
Presiding Judge
Film 1934
Film 1919
Olaf Christofsen
Film 1932
Daniel Gaynor
Film 1916
Dwight Simpson
Film 1932
Defense Attorney
Film 1931
Le Fong
Film 1931
Yu Chang
Film 1932
Alan Crosby
Film 1923
Col. Brooks
Film 1934
Uncle Lester
Film 1925
Doc
Film 1932
Mr. Hutson
Film 1931
Mr. Filbert
Film 1928
Innkeeper
Film 1924
Mr. Ellins
Film 1932
Mr. Ellins
Film 1931
Hickory Ellins
Film 1932
Hickory Ellins
Film 1932
Hickory Ellins
Film 1931
Hickory Ellins
Film 1932
Hickory Ellins
Film 1932
Edward (Hickory) Ellins
Film 1933
Mr. Ellins
Film 1932
Mr. Ellins
Film 1933
Mr. Hayes
Film 1932
J.P. Henderson
Film 1931
Mr. C. B. Chadwick the Broker
Film 1932
Brad Martin
Film 1932
Cabinet Officer
Film 1933
Attorney for the Defense
Film 1932
Jawan
Film 1930
Maddocks
Film 1930
John Russell Sr.
Film 1933
Capt. Bill Houston
Film 1931
Judge Matthews
Film 1931
Crusty
Film 1933
Holmes Scott
Film 1932
John J. Caldwell
Film 1926
Pirate of the Spanish Main
Film 1934
Sawdust Sam
Film 1925
J.C. Trevor
Film 1934
Spencer Colgate
Film 1930
Franklin Harris
Film 1930
Hunter Kinemon
Film 1930
General de Karodek
Film 1930
Tom Devon
Film 1927
The Great La Tour
Film 1925
Film 1930
Cho-Cho's Grandfather
Film 1932
Eddy
Film 1929
Ollie
Film 1929
Col. Saunders
Film 1924
Judge Robert Webster
Film 1932
Doctor Wong
Film 1933
Captain Thomas
Film 1930
J.B. 'Lucky' Morrison
Film 1932
Herr Meyer
Film 1930
Judge
Film 1928
John Hardin
Film 1929
William Holden
Film 1928
Pop O'Keefe
Film 1930
Warden
Film 1931
King Cole
Film 1921
Insp. Richardson
Film 1922
Prince Ferdinand Darowitsky
Film 1926
Jim Keefe
Film 1929
Himself
Film 1933
Friar
Film 1932
Chuck Brady
Film 1924
Mike Harrigan
Film 1926
Film 1930
Uncle Herbert
Film 1928
Investor (Uncredited)
Film 1933
Mr. Haddock
Film 1933
Sam Lynch
Film 1932
Reverend Graham Drake
Film 1923
Film 1931
Film 1915
Board Member (Uncredited)
Film 1933
Maj. Tarrant
Film 1934
Mr. Winthrop
Film 1923
Hobart Richards
Film 1924
Prison Warden
Film 1933
Judge Frank Sturgis
Film 1920
Charles Bryant
Film 1919
Jim Carew
Film 1916
Jim Carson
Film 1916
Film 1918
Edmund MacDonald
Film 1923
Colonel Shelby
Film 1932
Johnny Jetts
Film 1922
Henry Dawson
Film 1924