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(18 June 1871, Brooklyn, New York - 6
April 1936, New York, New York)
 Edmund
Breese" enjoyed a long pre-film career as a vaudevillian, touring
actor, monologist, dialectician and playwright.
Breese made his first films in 1914, at the old Edison studios. He
continued making screen appearance throughout the 1920s, even while
headlining several stage revues.
Making his talking-picture debut in "Al Jolson"'s "Sonny Boy",
Breese went on to play such ethnic character roles as Herr Meyer in
"All Quiet on the Western Front" (1933), prime minister Zander in
the "Marx Brothers"' "Duck Soup" (1933), and "radioscope" inventor
Dr. Wong (one of his many Asian characterizations) in the all-star
musical comedy "International House" (1933). |
