Edmund Breon

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Edmund Breon as Inspector Juve (1913)

Edmund Breon , born in Edmond McLaverty , (born December 12, 1882 in Hamilton , Scotland , † June 24, 1953 in Cork , Ireland ) was a British actor.

life and career

Edmund Breon made his first career steps with the traveling theater company of John Hare. He rose to be a successful stage actor of his time, active on both the London stage and Broadway in New York. Between 1909 and 1922 he was seen under the name Edmond Bréon in numerous French silent films, often directed by Louis Feuillade . In 1913 he played in the French silent film series Fantômas the police superintendent Juve, who chased the thief Fantômas. The series was a great success and these films are now among the most important works of the French silent film era. Breon returned to the theater in the 1920s.

Only with the beginning of the sound film era did Breon appear again regularly as a film actor, but now in English-speaking countries. In the 1930s and 1940s he took part in around 60 American and British films. Often Breon was used in supporting roles as an officer, commissioner or aristocrat. He was among other things as Dr. Barkstone can be seen in Dangerous Encounters alongside Edward G. Robinson and played a rich bon vivant in the Sherlock Holmes film Hunt for Music Boxes , for which his affection for young women is fatally undoing. One of his last roles was as Dr. Ambrose in the science fiction film The Thing from Another World . Edmund Breon played his last film role in 1952 and died a year later in Ireland.

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  1. ↑ http://www.cyranos.ch/sbbreo-d.htm
personal data
SURNAME Breon, Edmund
ALTERNATIVE NAMES McLaverty, Edmond (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British actor
DATE OF BIRTH December 12, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamilton , Scotland
DATE OF DEATH 1951
Place of death Scotland