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…

Known For

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 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.

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.

Rope of Sand

Rope of Sand · 1949

MovieAdventureDrama

Two years after trespassing on South African diamond company land, safari guide Mike Davis returns, but, instead of sending his heavy, the manager hires a seductive adventuress to ferret out his secrets, unaware of the extent Davis is willing to go.

Gaslight

Gaslight · 1944

MovieThrillerDrama

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

The Man in Half Moon Street

The Man in Half Moon Street · 1945

The Man in Half Moon Street

MovieDramaThriller

A British doctor and painter must kill for the glands he needs to stop the aging process.

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.

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.

Filmography

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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 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

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

Rope of Sand

Rope of Sand · 1949

MovieAdventureDrama

Two years after trespassing on South African diamond company land, safari guide Mike Davis returns, but, instead of sending his heavy, the manager hires a seductive adventuress to ferret out his secrets, unaware of the extent Davis is willing to go.

Parker, Chairman of the Board

Gaslight

Gaslight · 1944

MovieThrillerDrama

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

General Huddleston

The Man in Half Moon Street

The Man in Half Moon Street · 1945

The Man in Half Moon Street

MovieDramaThriller

A British doctor and painter must kill for the glands he needs to stop the aging process.

Sir Humphrey Brandon

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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.

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

The Dawn Patrol

The Dawn Patrol · 1930

The Dawn Patrol

World War I ace Dick Courtney derides the leadership of his superior officer, but he soon is promoted to squadron commander and learns harsh lessons about sending subordinates to their deaths.

Lieutenant Phipps

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

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

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 Hour Before the Dawn

The Hour Before the Dawn · 1944

The Hour Before the Dawn

MovieDramaRomance

A beautiful Austrian refugee in England--who is also a Nazi agent--marries a scholarly English pacifist. He lives near a secret military base she needs to get information about so she can help in Hitler's planned invasion of England.

Freddy Merritt

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

The Fault of Another

The Fault of Another · 1910

The Fault of Another

Born to Love

Born to Love · 1931

A pregnant American nurse living in London during WWI, believing her soldier-fiance has been killed in France, marries a wealthy aristocrat so her child will have a father.

Tom Kent (uncredited)

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.

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