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Edmund Breon

Edmund Breon

Known For Acting
Birthday Dec 11, 1882
Died Jun 24, 1953 (70)
Birthplace Hamilton, Scotland, UK
Popularity 0.2 (history)
Updated Aug 08, 2025
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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, gai ... ning 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 Bit of Fluff (1928), then went to Canada in 1929 and worked on the land. A year later he emigrated to the United States and gained his first big American film part in The Dawn Patrol (1930). Breon appeared in a mixture of British and American films over the following two decades. He also appeared on stage in the West End production of the comedy Spring Meeting in 1938. A 1949 newspaper article noted that Breon's "career has been interrupted by serious illness and an accident which kept him idle for two years." Breon died in his native Scotland on June 24, 1953.

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At Sword's Point

At Sword's Point

1952

as Queen's Chamberlain

The Thing from Another World

The Thing from Another World

1951

as Prof. Ambrose

Rope of Sand

Rope of Sand

1949

as Parker, Chairman of the Board

Challenge to Lassie

Challenge to Lassie

1949

as Magistrate

Hills of Home

Hills of Home

1948

as Jamie Soutar

Enchantment

Enchantment

1948

as Uncle Bunny

Forever Amber

Forever Amber

1947

as Lord Redmond

Dressed to Kill

Dressed to Kill

1946

as Julian 'Stinky' Emery

Devotion

Devotion

1946

as Sir John Thornton (uncredited)

The Imperfect Lady

The Imperfect Lady

1946

as Lord Chief Justice

The Man in Half Moon Street

The Man in Half Moon Street

1945

as Sir Humphrey Brandon

Saratoga Trunk

Saratoga Trunk

1945

as McIntyre (uncredited)

The Woman in the Window

The Woman in the Window

1944

as Dr. Michael Barkstane

Casanova Brown

Casanova Brown

1944

as Mr. Drury

The Hour Before the Dawn

The Hour Before the Dawn

1944

as Freddy Merritt

Gaslight

Gaslight

1944

as General Huddleston

The White Cliffs of Dover

The White Cliffs of Dover

1944

as Rupert Bancroft (uncredited)

It Happened to One Man

It Happened to One Man

1940

as Adm. Drayton

The Outsider

The Outsider

1939

as Dr. Ladd

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

1939

as Colonel Morgan

Dangerous Medicine

Dangerous Medicine

1938

as Totsie Mainwaring

Almost a Honeymoon

Almost a Honeymoon

1938

as Aubrey Lovitt

Crackerjack

Crackerjack

1938

as Tony Davenport

Luck of the Navy

Luck of the Navy

1938

as Adm. Maybridge

Owd Bob

Owd Bob

1938

as Lord Meredale

A Yank at Oxford

A Yank at Oxford

1938

as Captain Wavertree

Keep Fit

Keep Fit

1937

as Sir Augustus Marks

Love in Exile

Love in Exile

1936

as Baron Zarroy

The Divine Spark

The Divine Spark

1935

as Rossini

She Shall Have Music

She Shall Have Music

1935

as Freddie Gates

Mister Cinders

Mister Cinders

1934

as Sir George Lancaster

The Scarlet Pimpernel

The Scarlet Pimpernel

1934

as Col. Winterbottom

The Private Life of Don Juan

The Private Life of Don Juan

1934

as Cardona, the Playwright, as Playwrights Go

Three Men in a Boat

Three Men in a Boat

1933

as George

No Funny Business

No Funny Business

1933

as Edmond Kane

Leap Year

Leap Year

1932

as Jack Debrant

Women Who Play

Women Who Play

1932

as Rachie Wells

Wedding Rehearsal

Wedding Rehearsal

1932

as Lord Fleet

Uneasy Virtue

Uneasy Virtue

1931

as Harvey Townsend

The Love Habit

The Love Habit

1931

as Alphonse Duboit

I Like Your Nerve

I Like Your Nerve

1931

as Clive Lattimer

Chances

Chances

1931

as The General

Born to Love

Born to Love

1931

as Tom Kent (uncredited)

On Approval

On Approval

1930

as Richard Wemys

The Dawn Patrol

The Dawn Patrol

1930

as Lieutenant Phipps

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