Acting

Edmund Breon

Born December 11, 1882 · Hamilton, Scotland, UK

Died June 24, 1953 · aged 70

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 sile…

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Gaslight

Gaslight · 1944

MovieThrillerDrama

A newlywed fears she's going mad when strange things start happening at the family mansion.

The Thing from Another World

The Thing from Another World · 1951

The Thing from Another World

MovieDramaHorror

Scientists and US Air Force officials fend off a blood-thirsty alien organism while investigating at a remote arctic outpost.

The Woman in the Window

The Woman in the Window · 1944

The Woman in the Window

MovieCrimeDrama

A seductive woman gets an innocent professor mixed up in murder.

The Lodger

The Lodger · 1944

MovieThrillerMystery

In Victorian era London, the inhabitants of a family home with rented rooms upstairs fear the new lodger is Jack the Ripper.

Dressed to Kill

Dressed to Kill · 1946

Dressed to Kill

MovieMysteryCrime

A convicted thief in Dartmoor prison hides the location of the stolen Bank of England printing plates inside three music boxes. When the innocent purchasers of the boxes start to be murdered, Holmes and Watson investigate.

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

Goodbye, Mr. Chips · 1939

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

MovieDramaRomance

Throughout the late 19th-century and early 20th-century, Mr Arthur Chipping rises from a shy, nervous teacher to the beloved, revered headmaster of Brookfield School, with his life and career shaped by his love for his wife and his unwavering dedication to his students.

Casanova Brown

Casanova Brown · 1944

Cass Brown is about to marry for the second time. His first marriage, to Isabel, was annulled. But when he discovers that Isabel has just had their baby, Cass kidnaps the infant to keep her from being adopted. Isabel's parents hunt for the child and discover that Cass and Isabel are still hopelessly in love.

Forever Amber

Forever Amber · 1947

MovieDramaHistory

Amber St Clair, orphaned during the English Civil War and raised by a family of farmers, aspires to be a lady of high society; when a group of cavaliers ride into town, she sneaks away with them to London to achieve her dreams.

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Gaslight

Gaslight · 1944

MovieThrillerDrama

A newlywed fears she's going mad when strange things start happening at the family mansion.

General Huddleston

The Thing from Another World

The Thing from Another World · 1951

The Thing from Another World

MovieDramaHorror

Scientists and US Air Force officials fend off a blood-thirsty alien organism while investigating at a remote arctic outpost.

Prof. Ambrose

The Woman in the Window

The Woman in the Window · 1944

The Woman in the Window

MovieCrimeDrama

A seductive woman gets an innocent professor mixed up in murder.

Dr. Michael Barkstane

The Lodger

The Lodger · 1944

MovieThrillerMystery

In Victorian era London, the inhabitants of a family home with rented rooms upstairs fear the new lodger is Jack the Ripper.

Dressed to Kill

Dressed to Kill · 1946

Dressed to Kill

MovieMysteryCrime

A convicted thief in Dartmoor prison hides the location of the stolen Bank of England printing plates inside three music boxes. When the innocent purchasers of the boxes start to be murdered, Holmes and Watson investigate.

Julian 'Stinky' Emery

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

Goodbye, Mr. Chips · 1939

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

MovieDramaRomance

Throughout the late 19th-century and early 20th-century, Mr Arthur Chipping rises from a shy, nervous teacher to the beloved, revered headmaster of Brookfield School, with his life and career shaped by his love for his wife and his unwavering dedication to his students.

Colonel Morgan

Casanova Brown

Casanova Brown · 1944

Cass Brown is about to marry for the second time. His first marriage, to Isabel, was annulled. But when he discovers that Isabel has just had their baby, Cass kidnaps the infant to keep her from being adopted. Isabel's parents hunt for the child and discover that Cass and Isabel are still hopelessly in love.

Mr. Drury

Forever Amber

Forever Amber · 1947

MovieDramaHistory

Amber St Clair, orphaned during the English Civil War and raised by a family of farmers, aspires to be a lady of high society; when a group of cavaliers ride into town, she sneaks away with them to London to achieve her dreams.

Lord Redmond

Owd Bob

Owd Bob · 1938

MovieRomanceDrama

Adam McAdam is an old, dour sheepherder whose life is devoted to his faithful dog, the whiskey bottle and his daughter, Jeannie. And a conflict that arises when the other sheep-men of the district try every means within their power to have his dog, accused of being a sheep-killer, destroyed.

Lord Meredale

Severo Torelli

Severo Torelli · 1914

Pisa, 1494. Young Severo, who has sworn to stab the tyrant in his town, learns that it is his own father.

Rope of Sand

Rope of Sand · 1949

MovieAdventureDrama

Story of a South African diamond mine watched over by a sadistic policeman tasked with looking out for smugglers.

Parker, Chairman of the Board

At the Hour of Dawn

At the Hour of Dawn · 1914

At the Hour of Dawn

MovieDramaHistory

When a bandit captures a medieval Italian city, he imprisons and threatens to execute the betrothed of the city's absent ruler, who must return in time to rescue his beloved and save the city.

The Scarlet Pimpernel

The Scarlet Pimpernel · 1934

The Scarlet Pimpernel

MovieDramaAdventure

18th century English aristocrat Sir Percy Blakeney leads a double life. He appears to be merely the effete aristocrat, but in reality is part of an underground effort to free French nobles from Robespierre's Reign of Terror.

Col. Winterbottom

The White Cliffs of Dover

The White Cliffs of Dover · 1944

The White Cliffs of Dover

American Susan travels with her father to England for a vacation. Invited to a society ball, Susan meets Sir John Ashwood and marries him after a whirlwind romance. However, she never quite adjusts to life as a new member of the British gentry. At the outbreak of World War I, John is sent to the trenches and never returns. When her son goes off to fight in World War II, Susan fears the same tragic fate may befall him too.

Rupert Bancroft (uncredited)

The Private Life of Don Juan

The Private Life of Don Juan · 1934

The Private Life of Don Juan

MovieRomanceDrama

What do women want? Don Juan is aging. He's arrived secretly in Seville after a 20 year absence. His wife Dolores, whom he hasn't lived with in five years, still loves him. He refuses to see her; he fears the life of a husband. She has bought his debts and will remand him to jail for two years if he won't come to her. Meanwhile, an impostor is climbing the balconies of Seville claiming to be Don Juan.

Cardona, the Playwright, as Playwrights Go

A Yank at Oxford

A Yank at Oxford · 1938

A Yank at Oxford

MovieDramaRomance

A brash young American aristocrat attending Oxford University gets a chance to prove himself and win the heart of his antagonist's sister.

Captain Wavertree

Devotion

Devotion · 1946

In Victorian England, literary siblings Emily and Charlotte Brontë vie for the affection of the Rev. Arthur Nicholls. Along with their sister Anne, Emily and Charlotte also try to help their tormented brother Branwell, a gifted artist whose life is being destroyed by alcohol.

Sir John Thornton (uncredited)

Saratoga Trunk

Saratoga Trunk · 1945

MovieDramaRomance

An opportunistic Texas gambler and the exiled Creole daughter of an aristocratic family join forces to achieve justice from the society that has ostracized them.

McIntyre (uncredited)

At Sword's Point

At Sword's Point · 1952

At Sword's Point

MovieAdventureAction

France, 1648: Richelieu and Louis XIII are dead, the new king is a minor, and the Duc de Lavalle is in virtually open rebellion, scheming to seize power. As a last resort, Queen Anne summons the heirs of the original Musketeers to her aid...including Claire, daughter of Athos, who when she chooses can miraculously pass as a boy, and wields as fine a sword as any. All their skills will be needed for a battle against increasing odds. One for all and all for one! Written by Rod Crawford

Queen's Chamberlain

Challenge to Lassie

Challenge to Lassie · 1949

Challenge to Lassie

MovieActionFamily

When Lassie's master dies, an old friend tries to convince a judge that the dog's life should be spared.

Magistrate

Hills of Home

Hills of Home · 1948

MovieFamilyAdventure

William McClure is the villlage doctor in a remote Scottish glen. Tricked into buying Lassie, a collie afraid of water, he sets about teaching her to swim. At the same time he has the bigger problem that he is getting older and must ensure the glen will have a new local doctor ready.

Jamie Soutar

Enchantment

Enchantment · 1948

MovieDramaRomance

Roland Dane finally retires to the house he was brought up in. Lost in thoughts of his lost love Lark, he does not want to be disturbed in his last days. However, the appearance of his niece and her subsequent romance with Lark's nephew causes him to reevaluate his life and offer some advice so the young couple doesn't make the same mistake he did, all those years ago.

Uncle Bunny

La Cassette de l'émigrée

La Cassette de l'émigrée · 1912

La Cassette de l'émigrée

MovieDramaThriller

Fantômas

Fantômas · 1913

MovieDramaThriller

A French silent film serial which follows the exploits of the archvillain Fantômas, who commits crimes while eluding Inspector Juve's tireless persecution.

Inspector Juve

Fantômas

Fantômas · 1913

SeriesCrimeDrama

A French silent film serial which follows the exploits of the archvillain Fantômas, who commits crimes while eluding Inspector Juve’s tireless persecution.

Inspector Juve