Edmund Breon

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1882-12-11 (71 years old)

Deathday

1953-06-24

Place of Birth

Hamilton, Scotland, UK

Edmund Breon

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 Fe...

Acting

1946

Dressed to Kill

as Julian 'Stinky' Emery

1932

Leap Year

as Jack Debrant

1939

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

as Colonel Morgan

1949

Rope of Sand

as Parker, Chairman of the Board

1949

Challenge to Lassie

as Magistrate

1944

The Woman in the Window

as Dr. Michael Barkstane

1944

Casanova Brown

as Mr. Drury

1945

Saratoga Trunk

as McIntyre (uncredited)

1938

A Yank at Oxford

as Captain Wavertree

1930

On Approval

as Richard Wemys

1952

At Sword's Point

as Queen's Chamberlain

1931

Chances

as The General

1945

The Man in Half Moon Street

as Sir Humphrey Brandon

1946

The Imperfect Lady

as Lord Chief Justice

1933

1938

Owd Bob

as Lord Meredale

1938

Crackerjack

as Tony Davenport

1935

Mister Cinders

as Sir George Lancaster

1910

André Chénier

as Marie-Joseph Chénier

1944

The Hour Before the Dawn

as Freddy Merritt

1948

Hills of Home

as Jamie Soutar

1913

Fantômas

as Inspector Juve

1932

Wedding Rehearsal

as Lord Fleet

1935

She Shall Have Music

as Freddie Gates

1931

Born to Love

as Tom Kent (uncredited)

1937

Keep Fit

as Sir Augustus Marks

1933

No Funny Business

as Edmond Kane

1931

The Love Habit

as Alphonse Duboit

1938

Luck of the Navy

as Adm. Maybridge

1939

The Outsider

as Dr. Ladd

1947

Forever Amber

as Lord Redmond

1931

I Like Your Nerve

as Clive Lattimer

1944

Our Hearts Were Young and Gay

as Guide (uncredited)

1935

1938

Dangerous Medicine

as Totsie Mainwaring

1951

1940

It Happened to One Man

as Adm. Drayton

1931

Uneasy Virtue

as Harvey Townsend

1932

Women Who Play

as Rachie Wells

1944

The White Cliffs of Dover

as Rupert Bancroft (uncredited)

1948

Enchantment

as Uncle Bunny

1934

The Private Life of Don Juan

as Cardona, the Playwright, as Playwrights Go

1930

The Dawn Patrol

as Lieutenant Phipps

1934

The Scarlet Pimpernel

as Col. Winterbottom

1938

Almost a Honeymoon

as Aubrey Lovitt

1936

Love in Exile

as Baron Zarroy

1946

Devotion

as Sir John Thornton (uncredited)

1910

1944

Gaslight

as General Huddleston

1935

Night Mail

as Lord Ticehurst

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