- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- December 11, 1882
- Place of Birth
- Hamilton, Scotland, UK
- Died
- June 24, 1953
Edmund Breon
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 …
Filmography
movieAt Sword's Point
1952 · Queen's Chamberlain
movieThe Thing from Another World
1951 · Prof. Ambrose
movieChallenge to Lassie
1949 · Magistrate
movieRope of Sand
1949 · Parker, Chairman of the Board
movieEnchantment
1948 · Uncle Bunny
movieHills of Home
1948 · Jamie Soutar
movieForever Amber
1947 · Lord Redmond
movieThe Imperfect Lady
1946 · Lord Chief Justice
movieDressed to Kill
1946 · Julian 'Stinky' Emery
movieDevotion
1946 · Sir John Thornton (uncredited)
movieSaratoga Trunk
1945 · McIntyre (uncredited)
movieThe Man in Half Moon Street
1945 · Sir Humphrey Brandon
movieOur Hearts Were Young and Gay
1944 · Guide (uncredited)
movieThe Woman in the Window
1944 · Dr. Michael Barkstane
movieCasanova Brown
1944 · Mr. Drury
movieThe White Cliffs of Dover
1944 · Rupert Bancroft (uncredited)
movieThe Hour Before the Dawn
1944 · Freddy Merritt
movieGaslight
1944 · General Huddleston
movieThe Lodger
1944
It Happened to One Man
movieIt Happened to One Man
1940 · Adm. Drayton
movieGoodbye, Mr. Chips
1939 · Colonel Morgan
movieThe Outsider
1939 · Dr. Ladd
movieLuck of the Navy
1938 · Adm. Maybridge
Almost a Honeymoon
movieAlmost a Honeymoon
1938 · Aubrey Lovitt
movieCrackerjack
1938 · Tony Davenport
Dangerous Medicine
movieDangerous Medicine
1938 · Totsie Mainwaring
movieA Yank at Oxford
1938 · Captain Wavertree
movieOwd Bob
1938 · Lord Meredale
movieKeep Fit
1937 · Sir Augustus Marks
movieLove in Exile
1936 · Baron Zarroy
The Divine Spark
movieThe Divine Spark
1935 · Rossini
Night Mail
movieNight Mail
1935 · Lord Ticehurst
She Shall Have Music
movieShe Shall Have Music
1935 · Freddie Gates
movieMister Cinders
1935 · Sir George Lancaster
movieThe Scarlet Pimpernel
1934 · Col. Winterbottom
movieThe Private Life of Don Juan
1934 · Cardona, the Playwright, as Playwrights Go
movieThree Men in a Boat
1933 · George
movieNo Funny Business
1933 · Edmond Kane
Leap Year
movieLeap Year
1932 · Jack Debrant
movieWedding Rehearsal
1932 · Lord Fleet
movieWomen Who Play
1932 · Rachie Wells
movieI Like Your Nerve
1931 · Clive Lattimer
movieChances
1931 · The General
movieBorn to Love
1931 · Tom Kent (uncredited)
movieUneasy Virtue
1931 · Harvey Townsend
movieThe Love Habit
1931 · Alphonse Duboit
On Approval
movieOn Approval
1930 · Richard Wemys
movieThe Dawn Patrol
1930 · Lieutenant Phipps
movieA Little Bit of Fluff
1928
L'écuyère
movieL'écuyère
1922
movieSevero Torelli
1914
movieAt the Hour of Dawn
1914
Le Jocond
movieLe Jocond
1914
L'Hôtel de la gare
movieL'Hôtel de la gare
1914
movieBout-de-Zan et le lion
1913
movieThe Agony of Byzantium
1913 · Isidore
movieFantômas
1913 · Inspector Juve
A Race for Millions
movieA Race for Millions
1912
movieLa Cassette de l'émigrée
1912
movieThe Fault of Another
1910
Monsieur Wants to Get Married
movieMonsieur Wants to Get Married
1910
Lysistrata or The Kissing Strike
movieLysistrata or The Kissing Strike
1910
André Chénier
movieAndré Chénier
1910 · Marie-Joseph Chénier
The Beggar's Christmas
movieThe Beggar's Christmas
1910 · Le vagabond
movieLa Bous Bous Mée
1909 · Le gendarme tromboniste