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Edmund Breon
Actor
Born December 11, 1882Died June 24, 1953 (70 years)
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 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.
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 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.
Known For
Filmography
| 1952 | At Sword's Point · as Queen's Chamberlain |
| 1951 | The Thing from Another World · as Prof. Ambrose |
| 1949 | Challenge to Lassie · as Magistrate |
| 1949 | Rope of Sand · as Parker, Chairman Of The Board |
| 1948 | Enchantment · as Uncle Bunny |
| 1948 | Hills of Home · as Jamie Soutar |
| 1948 | Julia Misbehaves · as Jamie |
| 1947 | Forever Amber · as Lord Redmond |
| 1946 | The Imperfect Lady · as Lord Chief Justice |
| 1946 | Dressed to Kill · as Julian 'stinky' Emery |
| 1946 | Devotion · as Sir John Thornton (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Saratoga Trunk · as Mcintyre (uncredited) |
| 1945 | The Corn Is Green · as Bit Part |
| 1944 | The Man in Half Moon Street · as Sir Humphrey Brandon |
| 1944 | The Woman in the Window · as Dr. Michael Barkstane |
| 1944 | The Hour Before the Dawn · as Freddy Merritt |
| 1944 | Casanova Brown · as Mr. Drury |
| 1944 | Our Hearts Were Young and Gay · as Guide (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Gaslight · as General Huddleston |
| 1944 | The White Cliffs of Dover · as Rupert Bancroft (uncredited) |
| 1944 | An American Romance · as Undetermined Role |
| 1944 | |
| 1939 | Goodbye, Mr. Chips · as Colonel Morgan |
| 1939 | The Outsider · as Dr. Ladd |
| 1938 | Many Tanks Mr. Atkins · as Colonel |
| 1938 | The Man with 100 Faces · as Tony Davenport |
| 1938 | A Yank at Oxford · as Captain Wavertree |
| 1938 | To the Victor · as Lord Meredale |
| 1937 | The Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel · as Colonel Winterbottom |
| 1937 | Keep Fit · as Sir Augustus Marks |
| 1935 | Regal Cavalcade · as Undetermined Minor Role |
| 1935 | Night Mail · as Lord Ticehurst |
| 1935 | Mister Cinders · as Sir George Lancaster |
| 1934 | The Scarlet Pimpernel · as Col. Winterbottom |
| 1934 | The Private Life of Don Juan · as Cardona, The Playwright, As Playwrights Go |
| 1933 | Three Men in a Boat · as George |
| 1932 | Wedding Rehearsal · as Lord Fleet |
| 1931 | I Like Your Nerve · as Clive Lattimer |
| 1931 | Chances · as The General |
| 1931 | Born to Love · as Tom Kent (uncredited) |
| 1930 | The Dawn Patrol · as Lieutenant Phipps |
| 1930 | Raffles · as Harry - Lord & Lady Melrose's Friend |
| 1919 | Barrabas · as Lucius |
| 1916 | The Vampires: Satanas · as Satanas' Secretary |
| 1914 | Fantômas: The False Magistrate · as Inspector Juve |
| 1914 | |
| 1914 | Fantomas: The Mysterious Finger Print · as Inspector Juve |
| 1913 | Fantômas: The Dead Man Who Killed · as Inspector Juve |
| 1913 | Fantomas: The Man in Black · as Inspector Juve |
| 1913 | Fantômas: In the Shadow of the Guillotine · as Inspector Juve |
| 1913 | At the Mercy of the Waves · as Cast |