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Edmund Breon

Acting 70 (deceased) years old Hamilton, Scotland, UK ★ 0.3
Born: December 11, 1882
Died: June 24, 1953

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.

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Known For

Gaslight
Gaslight General Huddleston 1944
The Thing from Another World
The Thing from Another World Prof. Ambrose 1951
The Woman in the Window
The Woman in the Window Dr. Michael Barkstane 1944
Dressed to Kill
Dressed to Kill Julian 'Stinky' Emery 1946
Forever Amber
Forever Amber Lord Redmond 1947

Filmography

Acting Credits (69)

At Sword's Point
At Sword's Point Queen's Chamberlain 1952
The Thing from Another World
The Thing from Another World Prof. Ambrose 1951
Challenge to Lassie
Challenge to Lassie Magistrate 1949
Rope of Sand
Rope of Sand Parker, Chairman of the Board 1949
Enchantment
Enchantment Uncle Bunny 1948
Hills of Home
Hills of Home Jamie Soutar 1948
Forever Amber
Forever Amber Lord Redmond 1947
The Imperfect Lady
The Imperfect Lady Lord Chief Justice 1946
Dressed to Kill
Dressed to Kill Julian 'Stinky' Emery 1946
Devotion
Devotion Sir John Thornton (uncredited) 1946
Saratoga Trunk
Saratoga Trunk McIntyre (uncredited) 1945
The Man in Half Moon Street
The Man in Half Moon Street Sir Humphrey Brandon 1945
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay Guide (uncredited) 1944
The Woman in the Window
The Woman in the Window Dr. Michael Barkstane 1944
Casanova Brown
Casanova Brown Mr. Drury 1944
The White Cliffs of Dover
The White Cliffs of Dover Rupert Bancroft (uncredited) 1944
The Hour Before the Dawn
The Hour Before the Dawn Freddy Merritt 1944
Gaslight
Gaslight General Huddleston 1944
The Lodger
The Lodger 1944
It Happened to One Man
It Happened to One Man Adm. Drayton 1940
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Goodbye, Mr. Chips Colonel Morgan 1939
The Outsider
The Outsider Dr. Ladd 1939
Luck of the Navy
Luck of the Navy Adm. Maybridge 1938
Almost a Honeymoon
Almost a Honeymoon Aubrey Lovitt 1938
Crackerjack
Crackerjack Tony Davenport 1938
Dangerous Medicine
Dangerous Medicine Totsie Mainwaring 1938
A Yank at Oxford
A Yank at Oxford Captain Wavertree 1938
Owd Bob
Owd Bob Lord Meredale 1938
Keep Fit
Keep Fit Sir Augustus Marks 1937
Love in Exile
Love in Exile Baron Zarroy 1936
The Divine Spark
The Divine Spark Rossini 1935
Night Mail
Night Mail Lord Ticehurst 1935
She Shall Have Music
She Shall Have Music Freddie Gates 1935
Mister Cinders
Mister Cinders Sir George Lancaster 1935
The Scarlet Pimpernel
The Scarlet Pimpernel Col. Winterbottom 1934
The Private Life of Don Juan
The Private Life of Don Juan Cardona, the Playwright, as Playwrights Go 1934
Three Men in a Boat
Three Men in a Boat George 1933
No Funny Business
No Funny Business Edmond Kane 1933
Leap Year
Leap Year Jack Debrant 1932
Wedding Rehearsal
Wedding Rehearsal Lord Fleet 1932
Women Who Play
Women Who Play Rachie Wells 1932
I Like Your Nerve
I Like Your Nerve Clive Lattimer 1931
Chances
Chances The General 1931
Born to Love
Born to Love Tom Kent (uncredited) 1931
Uneasy Virtue
Uneasy Virtue Harvey Townsend 1931
The Love Habit
The Love Habit Alphonse Duboit 1931
On Approval
On Approval Richard Wemys 1930
The Dawn Patrol
The Dawn Patrol Lieutenant Phipps 1930
A Little Bit of Fluff
A Little Bit of Fluff 1928
L'écuyère
L'écuyère 1922
Severo Torelli
Severo Torelli 1914
Fantômas V : Le Faux magistrat
Fantômas V : Le Faux magistrat Inspector Juve 1914
At the Hour of Dawn
At the Hour of Dawn 1914
Le Jocond
Le Jocond 1914
L'Hôtel de la gare
L'Hôtel de la gare 1914
The Murderous Corpse
The Murderous Corpse Inspector Juve 1913
Bout-de-Zan et le lion
Bout-de-Zan et le lion 1913
The Agony of Byzantium
The Agony of Byzantium Isidore 1913
Fantômas: Juve versus Fantômas
Fantômas: Juve versus Fantômas Inspector Juve 1913
Fantômas
Fantômas Inspector Juve 1913
Fantômas I: À l'ombre de la guillotine
Fantômas I: À l'ombre de la guillotine Inspector Juve 1913
A Race for Millions
A Race for Millions 1912
La Cassette de l'émigrée
La Cassette de l'émigrée 1912
The Fault of Another
The Fault of Another 1910
Monsieur Wants to Get Married
Monsieur Wants to Get Married 1910
Lysistrata or The Kissing Strike
Lysistrata or The Kissing Strike 1910
André Chénier
André Chénier Marie-Joseph Chénier 1910
The Beggar's Christmas
The Beggar's Christmas Le vagabond 1910
La Bous Bous Mée
La Bous Bous Mée Le gendarme tromboniste 1909

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