Biography
Reversing the usual procedure, Scottish actor Edmund Breon began his film career in Hollywood in 1928, then returned to the British Isles in 1932. Breon was most often seen in self-effacing roles, usually military in nature. He was cast as Lt. Bathurst in
The Dawn Patrol (1930), Colonel Morgan in Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939), and General Huddleston in
Gaslight (1944). Among Edmund Breon's late-'40s assignments was the role of Julian Emery in the Sherlock Holmes opus
Dressed to Kill (1946), an indication perhaps that the part had been slated for the
real Gilbert Emery, a British actor who, like Breon, specialized in humble, passive characterizations. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide