Edmund Breon
Edmund Breon, a native Edmond McLaverty, ( born December 12, 1882 in Hamilton, Scotland, † 1951 in Scotland ) was a British actor.
Life and career
Edmund Breon was a major stage actor of his time and entered both on the London stage and on Broadway in New York. Between 1909 and 1922 he appeared in numerous French silent films, often directed by Louis Feuillade. In 1913 he played in the French silent film series Fantômas the Polzeikommisat Juve chasing a thief Fantômas. The film was a huge success and is now considered one of the greatest silent films of the French cinema history. In the 1920s, Breon returned to the theater. Only at the beginning of the sound era, he joined again regularly in films. In the 1930s and 1940s he held in some 60 American and British films supporting roles. Frequently Breon was employed as an officer, commissioner or aristocrat. He was seen as a superior among others by Joseph Cotten in The Gaslight and played a rich playboy in the Sherlock Holmes movie hunt for musical boxes, which his affection is for young women to the fatal doom. Edmund Breon worked until his death year as an actor.
About his private life and the exact circumstances of his death is not known.