
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 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.

Mata Hari
MOVIE • 1931

All Quiet on the Western Front
MOVIE • 1930

Treasure Island
MOVIE • 1934

Duck Soup
MOVIE • 1933

Platinum Blonde
MOVIE • 1931

The Cabin in the Cotton
MOVIE • 1932

Millie
MOVIE • 1931

Only Yesterday
MOVIE • 1933

As You Desire Me
MOVIE • 1932

Laughing at Life
MOVIE • 1933

Female
MOVIE • 1933

Broadway Bill
MOVIE • 1934

The Good Bad Girl
MOVIE • 1931

Paradise for Two
MOVIE • 1927

International House
MOVIE • 1933

Drifting Souls
MOVIE • 1932

Someone Must Pay
MOVIE • 1919

Tol'able David
MOVIE • 1930