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name: "Edmund Breese"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/edmund-breese"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "17 June 1871"
died: "6 April 1936"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T11:40:15.961054+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Edmund Breese

Actor. Born 17 June 1871 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. Died 6 April 1936.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 17 June 1871, Brooklyn, New York, USA
- **Died:** 6 April 1936

## Biography

Edmund Breese was an American stage and film actor. He appeared on Broadway from the 1890s, including productions such as *The Count of Monte Cristo* (1893) with James O'Neill, *The Lion and the Mouse* (1906) with Richard Bennett, *The Third Degree* (1909) with Helen Ware, *The Master Mind* (1913) with Elliott Dexter, *Why Marry?* (1917) with Estelle Winwood and Nat C. Goodwin, and *So This Is London* (1922) with Donald Gallaher. He also worked in stock theatre.

Breese entered films in 1914 with Edison Studios and appeared in more than 120 films through 1935. His credits include *All Quiet on the Western Front* (1930), *Mata Hari* (1931), *Platinum Blonde* (1931), *Duck Soup* (1933) as Zander, and *Treasure Island* (1934). His final stage role was in the Broadway production of *Night of January 16th*, which ran from September 1935 until April 1936.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Duck Soup* (1933), Fi1m 88, as Zander — [page](https://film.one/film/duck-soup.md)

## Also known for

- *All Quiet on the Western Front* (1930), Herr Meyer
- *Treasure Island* (1934), Pirate of the Spanish Main
- *Mata Hari* (1931), Warden
- *Platinum Blonde* (1931), Conroy

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