Edmund Breon (12 December 1882 – 24 June 1953) was a Scottish film and stage actor. He appeared in 131 films between 1907 and 1952.
Life and career
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, film editor, 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).
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."
His grandson also recalls that he played the role of Dr. Ambrose in Howard Hawks’ The Thing from Another World (1951).
Breon died in his native Scotland on June 24, 1953.
Actor
1952
At Sword's Point as
Queen's Chamberlain (as Edmond Breon)
1951
The Thing from Another World as
Dr. Ambrose (uncredited)
1949
Challenge to Lassie as
Magistrate
1948
Enchantment as
Uncle Bunny
1948
Hills of Home as
Jamie Soutar
1948
Julia Misbehaves as
Jamie (uncredited)
1947
Forever Amber as
Lord Redmond (as Edmond Breon)
1946
The Imperfect Lady as
Lord Chief Justice
1946
Dressed to Kill as
Julian 'Stinky' Emery (as Edmond Breon)
1946
Devotion as
Sir John Thornton (uncredited)
1945
Saratoga Trunk as
McIntyre (uncredited)
1945
The Corn Is Green as
Bit Part (uncredited)
1945
The Man in Half Moon Street as
Sir Humphrey Brandon
1944
The Woman in the Window as
Dr. Michael Barkstane (as Edmond Breon)
1944
An American Romance as
Undetermined Role (unconfirmed, uncredited)
1944
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay as
Guide (uncredited)
1944
Casanova Brown as
Mr. Drury (as Edmond Breon)
1944
The White Cliffs of Dover as
Major Rupert Bancroft (uncredited)
1944
The Hour Before the Dawn as
Freddy Merritt
1944
Gaslight as
General Huddleston
1944
The Lodger as
Manager (uncredited)
1940
It Happened to One Man as
Adm. Drayton
1939
Goodbye, Mr. Chips as
Colonel Morgan (as Edmond Breon)
1939
The Outsider as
Dr. Ladd (as Edmond Breon)
1938
Many Tanks Mr. Atkins as
Colonel
1938
North Sea Patrol as
Admiral Maybridge
1938
The Man with 100 Faces as
Tony Davenport (as Edmond Breon)
1938
Dangerous Medicine as
Totsie Mainwaring
1938
Almost a Honeymoon as
Aubrey Lovitt
1938
Black Magic (TV Movie) as
George Huntingdon
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
1937
French Leave as
Col. Root
1936
Strangers on a Honeymoon as
Sir Gregory
1936
Love in Exile as
Baron Zarroy
1935
She Shall Have Music as
Frederick Gates
1935
Night Mail as
Lord Ticehurst
1935
The Divine Spark as
Rossini
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 - Playwrights Go
1933
Three Men in a Boat as
George
1933
Waltz Time as
Judge Bauer
1933
No Funny Business as
Edward
1932
Leap Year as
Jack Debrant
1932
Wedding Rehearsal as
Lord Fleet
1932
Women Who Play as
Rachie Wells (as Edmond Bréon)
1931
I Like Your Nerve as
Clive Lattimer
1931
Born to Love as
Tom Kent (uncredited)
1931
Uneasy Virtue as
Harvey Townsend
1931
The Love Habit as
Alphonse Dubois
1930
On Approval as
Richard Wemys
1930
Raffles as
Harry - Lord & Lady Melrose's Friend (uncredited)
1930
The Dawn Patrol as
Lieut. Phipps
1922
L'écuyère (as Edmond Bréon)
1919
Barrabas as
Lucius (as Edmond Bréon)
1919
L'énigme (as Edmond Bréon)
1916
The Vampires: Satanas as
Satanas' Secretary (as Edmond Bréon)
1915
La petite Andalouse as
Don Benigno - Lawyer (as Edmond Bréon)
1914
Severo Torelli (as Edmond Bréon)
1914
Fantômas: The False Magistrate as
Inspector Juve (as Edmond Bréon)
1914
At the Hour of Dawn (Short) as
Rosario (as Edmond Bréon)
1914
Her Guilty Secret (Short)(as Edmond Bréon)
1914
Fantomas: The Mysterious Finger Print as
Inspector Juve
1913
At the Mercy of the Waves (Short)
1913
Fantômas: The Dead Man Who Killed as
Inspector Juve (as Edmond Bréon)
1913
L'agonie de Byzance (Short) as
Le Cardinal-Légat Isidore (as Edmond Bréon)
1913
Fantomas: The Man in Black as
Inspector Juve (as Edmond Bréon)
1913
Les chasseurs de lions (Short) as
Brémond (as Edmond Bréon)
1913
Fantômas: In the Shadow of the Guillotine as
Inspector Juve (as Edmond Bréon)
1912
A Race for Millions (Short)(as Edmond Bréon)
1911
André Chénier (Short) as
Marie-Joseph Chénier (as Edmond Bréon)
1911
L'héritage du demi-solde (Short)
1911
La dernière conquête de Don Juan (Short)
1911
Les capuchons noirs (Short)
1911
Le tyran de Syracuse (Short)
1911
Marie Stuart et Rizzio (Short)
1910
Au temps de la chouannerie (Short)(as Edmond Bréon)
1910
La garde-barrière (Short)(as Edmond Bréon)
1910
La faute d'une autre (Short)(as Edmond Bréon)
Self
1935
Regal Cavalcade as
Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited)
Archive Footage
2001
Fantômas 70 (Video documentary) as
Inspector Juve
