Edmund Breon

Personal Info

Birthday

December 11, 1882

Day of Death

1953-06-24

(70 years old)

Place of Birth

Hamilton, Scotland, UK

Also Known As

Iver Edmund de Breon MacLaverty

Edmond Breon

Edmond Bréon

Edmund Breon

Biography

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.