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 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.
Filmography
Cast Credits

Broadway Bill
Character: Presiding Judge
MOVIE • 1934

Lost in the Stratosphere
Character: Col. Brooks
MOVIE • 1934

Treasure Island
Character: Pirate of the Spanish Main
MOVIE • 1934

Return of the Terror
Character: Editor
MOVIE • 1934

Come On, Marines!
Character: General Cabot
MOVIE • 1934

Dancing Man
Character: J.C. Trevor
MOVIE • 1934

Beloved
Character: Maj. Tarrant
MOVIE • 1934

Above the Clouds
Character: Crusty
MOVIE • 1933

Duck Soup
Character: Zander
MOVIE • 1933

Female
Character: Board Member (Uncredited)
MOVIE • 1933

Only Yesterday
Character: Investor (Uncredited)
MOVIE • 1933

A Man of Sentiment
Character: John Russell Sr.
MOVIE • 1933
Trying Out Torchy
Character: Mr. Ellins
MOVIE • 1933
How to Break 90 #6: Fine Points
Character: Himself
MOVIE • 1933

Laughing at Life
Character: Cabinet Officer
MOVIE • 1933

Fighting With Kit Carson
Character: Matt Fargo
MOVIE • 1933

International House
Character: Doctor Wong
MOVIE • 1933
Torchy Turns Turtle
Character: Mr. Ellins
MOVIE • 1933

On Your Guard
Character: Prison Warden
MOVIE • 1933
Torchy's Kitty Coup
Character: Edward (Hickory) Ellins
MOVIE • 1933
Crew