Edmund Breese

Edmund Breese

1871-06-17 Brooklyn, New York, USA 108 Credits

Biography

From Wikipedia 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 Lo...

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Broadway Bill

Broadway Bill

1934

as Presiding Judge

6.0
Acting

Tycoon J.L. Higgins controls his whole family, but one of his sons-in-law, Dan Brooks, and his daughter Alice are fed up with that. Brooks quits his j...

Lost in the Stratosphere

Lost in the Stratosphere

1934

as Col. Brooks

4.2
Acting

Two military pilots are close friends, and share in a lot of hazardous missions while engaging in a series of good-natured romantic rivalries. But whe...

Treasure Island

Treasure Island

1934

as Pirate of the Spanish Main

6.5
Acting

In this early film adaptation of the classic novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, young Jim Hawkins is caught up with the pirate Long John Silver in searc...

Return of the Terror

Return of the Terror

1934

as Editor

6.0
Acting

"The Terror", a killer whose identity is unknown, occupies an English country house that has been converted into an inn.

Come On, Marines!

Come On, Marines!

1934

as General Cabot

5.0
Acting

"Lucky" Davis, a ladies-man and a devil-may-care U. S. Marine Sergeant, is leading a Marine-squadron on an expedition through a Phillipine jungle wher...

Dancing Man

Dancing Man

1934

as J.C. Trevor

5.0
Acting

A dancing gigolo gets involved with a wealthy lady and her young step-daughter, and murder is the result.

Beloved

Beloved

1934

as Maj. Tarrant

Acting

Story about four generations in a family of musicians.

Above the Clouds

Above the Clouds

1933

as Crusty

6.0
Acting

Robert Armstrong stars as Scoop Adams, an ace newsreel cameraman whose love affair with the bottle all but destroys him professionally. Scoop manages ...

Duck Soup

Duck Soup

1933

as Zander

7.3
Acting

Rufus T. Firefly is named president/dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of wealthy Mrs. Teasdale.

Female

Female

1933

as Board Member (Uncredited)

6.3
Acting

Alison Drake, the tough-minded executive of an automobile factory, succeeds in the man's world of business until she meets an independent design engin...

Only Yesterday

Only Yesterday

1933

as Investor (Uncredited)

6.8
Acting

On the back of the Wall Street Crash of 1929, a young business man is about to commit suicide. With the note to his wife scribbled down and a gun in h...

A Man of Sentiment

A Man of Sentiment

1933

as John Russell Sr.

Acting

A man and woman fall in love at first sight, but everyone in their universe tries to keep them apart except one old fool with a sentimental heart.

Trying Out Torchy

1933

as Mr. Ellins

Acting

The final entry in the Torchy short series starring Ray Cooke as things go wrong at a gathering.

How to Break 90 #6: Fine Points

1933

as Himself

Acting

The ultimate Bobby Jones golf series reaches its climactic conclusion on board a speeding train to oblivion.

Laughing at Life

Laughing at Life

1933

as Cabinet Officer

6.0
Acting

Easter, a soldier of fortune and gunrunner, leaves his family behind escaping from the authorities and an American detective named Mason. His globe ho...

Fighting With Kit Carson

Fighting With Kit Carson

1933

as Matt Fargo

6.0
Acting

In this Western, comprised of 12 chapters from a serial, Kit leads a group carrying a large gold shipment across the wild West. When the Mystery Rider...

International House

International House

1933

as Doctor Wong

5.7
Acting

Foreign investors converge on a luxury hotel in China to bid on a new kind of radioscope. But, this is a hotel where Burns and Allen are the in-house ...

Torchy Turns Turtle

1933

as Mr. Ellins

Acting

One of those gangs of Arab spies who use to infest Wall Street in their colorful native costumes steals a super-secret bomb formula from Edmund Breese...

On Your Guard

On Your Guard

1933

as Prison Warden

6.0
Acting

An ex-con makes for a backwoods town intending to rob the bank, and becomes involved in protecting three orphans from land swindlers instead.

Torchy's Kitty Coup

1933

as Edward (Hickory) Ellins

Acting

Dot Farley is throwing a benefit for cats but hasn't any. This means she calls up her husband, Edmund Breese, to bring some. He being busy with busine...

The Billion Dollar Scandal

The Billion Dollar Scandal

1933

as Mr. Haddock

Acting

An ex-convict working for a wealthy oil baron uncovers trouble while his brother becomes involved with the boss's daughter.

The Match King

The Match King

1932

as Olaf Christofsen

6.6
Acting

Unscrupulous Chicago janitor Paul Kroll uses deceit to fund a return trip to his homeland of Sweden. There, via ongoing continuing deceit and manipula...

Madame Butterfly

Madame Butterfly

1932

as Cho-Cho's Grandfather

5.5
Acting

Pinkerton marries Cho-Cho San in Japan, whilst on shore leave. When he leaves, she keeps his Japanese home as he left it. He returns three years later...

Women Won't Tell

Women Won't Tell

1932

as Attorney for the Defense

4.0
Acting

A homeless woman living at the city dump hears of the death of a wealthy industrialist and puts in a claim on his estate for her daughter, who is actu...

The Golden West

The Golden West

1932

as Sam Lynch

4.0
Acting

Lovers David Lunch and Betty Summers are caught in the feud between their two families. When David kills the Summers son, he escapes to the West. He m...

Torchy Rolls His Own

1932

as Mr. Ellins

Acting

In the eighth of the series of short sound comedies, Ray Cooke as the office boy 'Torchy' is thought to be a whiz at polo -- don't ask; in these short...

Torchy's Busy Day

1932

as Hickory Ellins

Acting

Edmund Breese, Ray Cooke's boss, is trying to buy a sausage factory. However, the cash hasn't come through, so he sends an insulting telegram to the o...

The Cabin in the Cotton

The Cabin in the Cotton

1932

as Holmes Scott

6.3
Acting

Sharecropper's son Marvin tries to help his community overcome poverty and ignorance.

Two Lips and Juleps; or, Southern Love and Northern Exposure

1932

as Colonel Shelby

Acting

The story is set in the final days of the Civil War and spies from the North and the South. And, in the midst of this, a Yankee falls in love with Sou...

Drifting Souls

Drifting Souls

1932

as Brad Martin

Acting

A pretty young lawyer discovers that her father needs an expensive operation to save his life. She goes to a nearby city and takes out an ad offering ...

The Hurricane Express

The Hurricane Express

1932

as The Secretary's Father

5.2
Acting

The Wrecker wrecks trains on the L & R Railroad. One of his victims is Larry Baker's father. Baker wants to find the evildoer, among a host of suspect...

Alias Mary Smith

Alias Mary Smith

1932

as Mr. Hayes

5.0
Acting

A young woman trying to obtain proof that a gangster committed a murder is befriended by a playboy who drinks just a bit too much.

Torchy's Two Toots

1932

as Hickory Ellins

Acting

When his boss goes out of town on a big deal and leaves important securities behind, it's up to office boy Ray Cooke to get them to him tout suite.

As You Desire Me

As You Desire Me

1932

as Friar

6.3
Acting

Bar entertainer Zara is a discontented alcoholic who is pursued by many men but lives with novelist Carl Salter. One day, Tony shows up on Salter's es...

Torchy Raises the Auntie

1932

as Mr. Ellins

Acting

Ray Cooke's employer needs to raise $100,000 to retain control of his company. He hopes to get them from his cousins. When the old ladies show up, the...

Young Bride

Young Bride

1932

as Mr. C. B. Chadwick the Broker

3.7
Acting

A newlywed discovers her husband is a cheating phony.

Torchy's Night Cap

1932

as Hickory Ellins

Acting

Ray Cooke is Torchy the Office boy, told to deliver a letter; through a series of accidents, he winds up with the letter torn and can't explain it to ...

Love Bound

Love Bound

1932

as J.B. 'Lucky' Morrison

4.0
Acting

A gold-digging woman wins a big settlement against an older married man, which threatens to destroy the man's family. His son, discovering that the wo...

Police Court

Police Court

1932

as Judge Robert Webster

5.0
Acting

A once great stage and screen actor has fallen from fame because of his alcoholism; his young son is determined to see his father "make good" again.

The Reckoning

The Reckoning

1932

as Doc

4.4
Acting

Two young lovers caught up in the underworld decide to get out and go straight, but a gang leader has other plans for them.

Cross-Examination

Cross-Examination

1932

as Dwight Simpson

4.6
Acting

Defense Atorney Gerald Waring uses great skill and ingenuity in his efforts to save the life of a young man charged with the murder of his father. Wit...

Torchy Turns the Trick

1932

as Hickory Ellins

Acting

When he bother can't take Dorothy Dix to a fancy dinner, office boy Ray Cooke escorts her. He also has a chance to win a contract for the business by ...

The Hatchet Man

The Hatchet Man

1932

as Yu Chang

4.9
Acting

When he's forced to kill his best friend, a Chinese hit man adopts the man's daughter.

Mata Hari

Mata Hari

1931

as Warden

6.2
Acting

A semi-fictionalized account of the life of Mata Hari, an exotic dancer who was accused of spying for Germany during World War I.

Torchy Passes the Buck

1931

as Mr. Ellins

Acting

Torchy (Ray Cooke) is an office boy....sort of like a secretary that does a variety of tasks for the boss. Well, when the boss is out one day, a frien...

Platinum Blonde

Platinum Blonde

1931

as Conroy

6.7
Acting

Anne Schuyler is an upper-crust socialite who bullies her reporter husband into conforming to her highfalutin ways. The husband chafes at the confinem...

Morals for Women

Morals for Women

1931

as Mr. Hutson

3.7
Acting

A desperate woman turns to prostitution but is saved by true love.

Chinatown After Dark

Chinatown After Dark

1931

as Le Fong

3.0
Acting

The female head of a criminal gang in Chinatown is after a valuable jewel, and lets nothing stand in her way of finding it.

Torchy

1931

as Hickory Ellins

Acting

Fired from his job as office boy, Torchy gets involved with a phony gold mine promoter.

The Public Defender

The Public Defender

1931

as Frank Wells

6.0
Acting

A mysterious phantom who calls himself The Reckoner vows to expose the crooked bankers who embezzled their company's funds.

Defenders of the Law

Defenders of the Law

1931

as Capt. Bill Houston

6.0
Acting

A gang of racketeers, with the aid of a high-ranking city official has control of a big-city, and the police plant an undercover cop to gather evidenc...

The Good Bad Girl

The Good Bad Girl

1931

as J.P. Henderson

5.5
Acting

A woman's former association with a gangster threatens to destroy her marriage to an upstanding young man.

Young Sinners

Young Sinners

1931

as Trent

Acting

The reckless son of a millionaire struggles to find a positive outlook on life, so he turns to a hard-nosed trainer for help.

The She-Wolf

The She-Wolf

1931

Acting

An unprincipled female financier tries to get even with a rival railroad buyer.

Millie

Millie

1931

as Defense Attorney

5.4
Acting

After a tumultuous first marriage, Millie Blake learns to love her newfound independence and drags her feet on the possibility of remarriage. The year...

The Painted Desert

The Painted Desert

1931

as Judge Matthews

4.8
Acting

Western pardners Jeff and Cash find a baby boy in an otherwise deserted emigrants' camp, and clash over which is to be "father." They are still bitter...

Chiselers of Hollywood

Chiselers of Hollywood

1930

Acting

Three sisters come to Hollywood to be movie stars. Complications arise when two of them fall in love with the same man.

Tol'able David

Tol'able David

1930

as Hunter Kinemon

7.0
Acting

Tol'able David is a 1930 sound film directed by John G. Blystone and produced and released by Columbia Pictures. It is a remake of a famous 1921 silen...

Kismet

Kismet

1930

as Jawan

3.5
Acting

Hajj, a rascally beggar on the periphery of the court of Baghdad, schemes to marry his daughter to royalty and to win the heart of the queen of the ca...

Playboy of Paris

Playboy of Paris

1930

as General de Karodek

7.0
Acting

Yvonne, daughter of Philibert, a Paris cafe owner, is in love with dreamy, blundering Albert, a waiter, though he pays little attention to her. Philib...

Bright Lights

Bright Lights

1930

as Franklin Harris

4.0
Acting

A successful Broadway star ready to retire from her wild career announces her engagement. But her tumultuous past isn't done with her yet.

Top Speed

Top Speed

1930

as Spencer Colgate

6.0
Acting

An order clerk poses as a millionaire.

The Sea Bat

The Sea Bat

1930

as Maddocks

4.6
Acting

The sister of a sponge diver killed by a stingray loves an escaped convict posing as a priest.

Rough Waters

Rough Waters

1930

as Captain Thomas

Acting

A police dog helps to track down two payroll robbers.

The Czar of Broadway

The Czar of Broadway

1930

Acting

Mort Bradley, New York political boss and underworld czar, controls not only the city's most popular nightclub but also much of the press; however, th...

All Quiet on the Western Front

All Quiet on the Western Front

1930

as Herr Meyer

7.8
Acting

When a group of idealistic young men join the German Army during the Great War, they are assigned to the Western Front, where their patriotism is dest...

Hold Everything

Hold Everything

1930

as Pop O'Keefe

6.0
Acting

A man is mistaken for a champion fighter.

In the Headlines

In the Headlines

1929

as Eddy

Acting

A tough newspaper reporter and his pretty assistant are investigating a double murder, and soon find themselves the targets of the as yet unknown murd...

The Hottentot

The Hottentot

1929

as Ollie

Acting

The Hottentot is a lost 1929 American pre-Code film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Edward Everett Horton and Patsy Ruth Miller. It is based on ...

Girl Overboard

Girl Overboard

1929

as Jim Keefe

Acting

A young man is sentenced to prison for a term of eight years, yet he's allowed out if he promises not to get married for those eight years, lest he be...

Sonny Boy

Sonny Boy

1929

as Thorpe

Acting

Sonny Boy's parents are in the midst of a bitter divorce when the boy's mother talks her sister into kidnapping him because she is terrified that her ...

Fancy Baggage

Fancy Baggage

1929

as John Hardin

Acting

In order to get back some very important papers from her father's business rival, a young woman pretends to be the rival's new secretary. Complication...

Conquest

Conquest

1928

as William Holden

Acting

Two pilots are in love with the same girl. On a flight over the Antarctic, the plane suddenly spins out of control and crashes into a snowbank. One of...

On Trial

On Trial

1928

as Judge

6.0
Acting

A man is put on trial for the murder of his best friend. A young attorney wants to become successful and decides to defend him. However, he is very in...

The Haunted House

The Haunted House

1928

as Uncle Herbert

Acting

Four heirs to a family fortune are summoned to appear at the family estate for the reading of the will, where they meet the estate's staff, which incl...

The Wright Idea

The Wright Idea

1928

as Mr. Filbert

Acting

A chipper young inventor seems to have a stroke of good luck when an eccentric millionaire gives him a yacht as a gift… but the “millionaire” is reall...

The Perfect Crime

The Perfect Crime

1928

as Wilmot

Acting

A police inspector "solves" a crime that, in fact, may not have occurred at all.

Burning Daylight

Burning Daylight

1928

as John Dossett

5.0
Acting

Elam "Burning Daylight" Harnish is a prospector who makes a million dollars in the Dawson, Alaska gold rush and loses the million dollars in Dawson. H...

Finders Keepers

Finders Keepers

1928

as Hastings

Acting

Silent military comedy whose only print exists in the Library of Congress.

Back to Liberty

Back to Liberty

1927

as Tom Devon

Acting

Tom Devon, alias Reginald Briand, is the mastermind behind an organization of gentlemen thieves, including Jimmy Stevens and Rudolph Gambier. Jimmy fa...

Paradise for Two

Paradise for Two

1927

as Uncle Howard

Acting

Steve Porter, a young American bachelor and fully intending to remain as such, inherits a fortune but must get married in order to claim it.

Stepping Along

Stepping Along

1926

as Prince Ferdinand Darowitsky

Acting

Johnny Rooney is a fast-stepping young politician and Molly Taylor is an even faster-stepping showgirl in "George White's Scandals" in a tale of New Y...

The Brown Derby

The Brown Derby

1926

as John J. Caldwell

6.0
Acting

Tommy Burke, a good-natured young plumber who refers to his monkey wrench as his pipe organ, is unaware of his inferiority complex. One day he learns ...

The Highbinders

1926

as Mike Harrigan

Acting

Author David Marshall is sandbagged by holdup men and loses his memory. He finds his way to a bookshop run by his friend Ladd, who takes him in with t...

Womanhandled

Womanhandled

1925

as Uncle Lester

7.0
Acting

Bill Dana, a New York City playboy, can't resist the flaming flappers and red-hot mamas along the Great White Way, so he decides to head out west to h...

The Live Wire

1925

as Sawdust Sam

Acting

The Great Maranelli, a stunting circus clown, falls instantly in love when he sees Dorothy Langdon, who does not think too much of him and lets him kn...

The Early Bird

1925

as The Great La Tour

Acting

An idealistic milkman, Jimmy Burke, organizes the independents to combat the milk trust. Jimmy discovers that George Fairchild is conspiring to poison...

Those Who Judge

Those Who Judge

1924

as Henry Dawson

Acting
The Speed Spook

The Speed Spook

1924

as Chuck Brady

3.0
Acting

An auto racer driving through a small town finds himself tangled up in a local political controversy, an election and a mystery that surrounds a suppo...

The Sixth Commandment

The Sixth Commandment

1924

as Col. Saunders

1.0
Acting

John Brant, a devoted minister, is in love with Marian Calhoun, but must keep it a secret because she is engaged to Robert Fields. However is playing ...

Damaged Hearts

Damaged Hearts

1924

as Innkeeper

Acting

Orphaned as children, David and his sister are sent to live with separate families, where both are abused, and his sister dies. Filled with hostility,...

Restless Wives

1924

as Hobart Richards

Acting

1924 picture directed by Gregory La Cava.

Three O'Clock in the Morning

Three O'Clock in the Morning

1923

as Mr. Winthrop

Acting

Impulsive flapper Elizabeth Winthrop, rebels against her parents and moves to New York after breaking with her fiance, Clayton Webster. Hugo Von Stroh...

Bright Lights of Broadway

Bright Lights of Broadway

1923

as Reverend Graham Drake

Acting

An innocent country girl who happens to have a lovely singing voice falls under the influence of a ruthless Broadway producer. At first she's dazzled ...

Jacqueline, or Blazing Barriers

Jacqueline, or Blazing Barriers

1923

as Edmund MacDonald

Acting

Jacqueline Roland, the daughter of a backwoodsman, meets Henri Dubois during a visit to the city, but is unresponsive to his attentions. Henri later t...

Luck

Luck

1923

as Alan Crosby

7.0
Acting

A young man is bet $100,000 that his famous luck can hold out and he can make that sum in one year's time, literally starting with nothing. He proceed...

Sure-Fire Flint

Sure-Fire Flint

1922

as Johnny Jetts

Acting

Sure-Fire Flint, an energetic chap just returned from wartime military service, meets June De Lanni, the girl of his dreams, while working as a cabdri...

Beyond the Rainbow

Beyond the Rainbow

1922

as Insp. Richardson

Acting

Marion Taylor is secretary to Edward Mallory, a wealth Wall Street businessman. She supports her invalid brother Tommy, who has been told by his docto...

A Man's Home

A Man's Home

1921

Theatre Play

Frederick Osborn is too busy to tend to his family duties and his wife Frances feels neglected. But Frederick's attention is caught when his wife take...

Burn 'Em Up Barnes

Burn 'Em Up Barnes

1921

as King Cole

3.0
Acting

Car racer Burn 'em Up Barnes, son of a wealthy manufacturer, leaves home to make his own way in the world. After being robbed by hoodlums, Barnes join...

Chains of Evidence

Chains of Evidence

1920

as Judge Frank Sturgis

Acting

Edith Sturgis, the daughter of a judge, returns from studies abroad to find her widowed father remarried. The new Mrs. Sturgis does not reveal that sh...

Someone Must Pay

Someone Must Pay

1919

as Charles Bryant

Acting

Broker Henry Taylor is furious at the attention his wife Regina receives from Charles Bryant, an elderly bachelor. When he comes home one night and fi...

An Honorable Cad

1919

Acting
The Master Crook

The Master Crook

1918

Acting
The Weakness of Strength

The Weakness of Strength

1916

as Daniel Gaynor

Acting

Through a real estate purchase Daniel Gaynor acquires all rights in the waterway leading from Moose River to the mill. The original owner has never ma...

The Spell of the Yukon

The Spell of the Yukon

1916

as Jim Carson

Acting

Having forced Jim Carson to leave town in order to avoid a trumped-up embezzling charge, now Albert Temple is rid of his only serious rival for Helen,...

The Lure of Heart's Desire

The Lure of Heart's Desire

1916

as Jim Carew

Acting

Socialite Ethel Wyndham turns down Jim Carew’s marriage proposal because of his working-class status causing him to go prospecting in the Yukon. He st...

The Song of the Wage Slave

The Song of the Wage Slave

1915

Acting