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Edmund Breon

Known For
Acting

Known Credits
65

Gender
Male

Birthday
December 11, 1882 (143 years old)

Place of Birth
Hamilton, Scotland, UK

Edmund Breon

Biography

Edmund Breon (12 December 1882 – 24 June 1953) was a Scottish film and stage actor. He appeared in 131 films between 1907 and 1952.

Born Iver Edmund de Breon MacLaverty in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, he began in John Hare's touring company and later played on the West End stage and in Glasgow, gaining prominence. According to his grandson, Breon "started out at the turn of the century doing silent pictures in France. Vampire movies", so it is reasonably certain that MacLaverty is indeed the actor who appeared under the name Edmond Bréon in many Gaumont films 1907-1922 including, most famously, playing the part of Inspector Juve for Louis Feuillade in the ground-breaking Fantômas series. He did also appear in a small part in the 1915-1916 Feuillade series Les vampires, although this is not, as his grandson supposes, a horror film.

He returned to Britain where he made the film A Little Bit of Fluff (1928), then went to Canada in 1929 and worked on the land.

A year later he emigrated to the United States and gained his first big American film part in The Dawn Patrol (1930). Breon appeared in a mixture of British and American films over the following two decades. He also appeared on stage in the West End production of the comedy Spring Meeting in 1938.

A 1949 newspaper article noted that Breon's "career has been interrupted by serious illness and an accident which kept him idle for two years."

Breon died in his native Scotland on June 24, 1953.

Known For

Acting

1952At Sword's Pointas Queen's Chamberlain
1951The Thing from Another Worldas Prof. Ambrose
1949Challenge to Lassieas Magistrate
1949Rope of Sandas Parker, Chairman of the Board
1948Enchantmentas Uncle Bunny
1948Hills of Homeas Jamie Soutar
1947Forever Amberas Lord Redmond
1946The Imperfect Ladyas Lord Chief Justice
1946Dressed to Killas Julian 'Stinky' Emery
1946Devotionas Sir John Thornton (uncredited)
1945Saratoga Trunkas McIntyre (uncredited)
1945The Man in Half Moon Streetas Sir Humphrey Brandon
1944Our Hearts Were Young and Gayas Guide (uncredited)
1944The Woman in the Windowas Dr. Michael Barkstane
1944Casanova Brownas Mr. Drury
1944The White Cliffs of Doveras Rupert Bancroft (uncredited)
1944The Hour Before the Dawnas Freddy Merritt
1944Gaslightas General Huddleston
1944The Lodgeras
1940It Happened to One Manas Adm. Drayton
1939Goodbye, Mr. Chipsas Colonel Morgan
1939The Outsideras Dr. Ladd
1938Luck of the Navyas Adm. Maybridge
1938Almost a Honeymoonas Aubrey Lovitt
1938Crackerjackas Tony Davenport
1938Dangerous Medicineas Totsie Mainwaring
1938A Yank at Oxfordas Captain Wavertree
1938Owd Bobas Lord Meredale
1937Keep Fitas Sir Augustus Marks
1936Love in Exileas Baron Zarroy
1935The Divine Sparkas Rossini
1935Night Mailas Lord Ticehurst
1935She Shall Have Musicas Freddie Gates
1935Mister Cindersas Sir George Lancaster
1934The Scarlet Pimpernelas Col. Winterbottom
1934The Private Life of Don Juanas Cardona, the Playwright, as Playwrights Go
1933Three Men in a Boatas George
1933No Funny Businessas Edmond Kane
1932Leap Yearas Jack Debrant
1932Wedding Rehearsalas Lord Fleet
1932Women Who Playas Rachie Wells
1931I Like Your Nerveas Clive Lattimer
1931Chancesas The General
1931Born to Loveas Tom Kent (uncredited)
1931Uneasy Virtueas Harvey Townsend
1931The Love Habitas Alphonse Duboit
1930On Approvalas Richard Wemys
1930The Dawn Patrolas Lieutenant Phipps
1928A Little Bit of Fluffas
1922L'écuyèreas
1914Severo Torellias
1914At the Hour of Dawnas
1914Le Jocondas
1914L'Hôtel de la gareas
1913Bout-de-Zan et le lionas
1913The Agony of Byzantiumas Isidore
1913Fantômasas Inspector Juve
1912A Race for Millionsas
1912La Cassette de l'émigréeas
1910The Fault of Anotheras
1910Monsieur Wants to Get Marriedas
1910Lysistrata or The Kissing Strikeas
1910André Chénieras Marie-Joseph Chénier
1910The Beggar's Christmasas Le vagabond
1909La Bous Bous Méeas Le gendarme tromboniste

Production