Léon Mathot
Birthday
1886/03/05
Day of death
1968/03/06 (82 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Roubaix, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Also know as
Léon Désiré Joseph Mathot
Biography
Léon Mathot (5 March 1886, Roubaix, Nord-Pas-de-Calais - 6 March 1968, in Paris) was a French film actor and film director best known perhaps for playing Edmond Dantes in The Count of Monte Cristo film serial in 1918. He appeared in the 1923 silent film Coeur fidèle, directed by Jean Epstein. He starred in some 60 films mostly in silent film between 1906 and 1939. He turned director in 1927 whilst still appearing in several films and retired in 1953 directing well over 20 films.
Acting
(1906) The Wig Chase
as ---
(1923) Cœur fidèle
as Jean
(1930) L'instinct
as Jean Bernon
(1930) The house of La Fleche
as ---
(1939) Deuxième bureau contre kommandantur
as Abbé Gaillard
(1917) Barberousse
as Trively
(1912) Joachim Goethal and the Secret of Steel
as Joachim Goethal
(1923) Vent debout
as ---
(1928) In the Shadow of the Harem
as L'Émir Si Abd El Nasser
(1920) Work
as Luc Froment
(1917) Will
as Louis Hérault
(1925) The Devil in the City
as Marc Herner
(1912) Dramatic Passion of Algabert and Elisberth of Rodembourg
as Prince Algabert
(1917) The Right to Life
as Jacques Alberty
(1916) The Tragic Mill
as ---
(1918) The Count of Monte Cristo
as Edmond Dantès
(1931) Passport 13.444
as ---
(1920) The Empire of Diamonds
as Arthur Graves
(1922) L'Empereur des pauvres
as Marc Anavan
(1923) The Red Inn
as Prosper Magnan
(1916) Deadly Gas
as ---
(1925) Der Maler und sein Modell
as ---
(1916) Nemrod et compagnie
as ---
(1930) The mystery of the pink villa
as Langeac
(1926) The Cradle of God
as ---
(1917) The Zone of Death
as ---
(1914) The Bridge That Failed
as ---
(1920) L'Ami Fritz
as ---
(1922) Être ou ne pas être
as ---
(1921) Blanchette
as ---
(1927) Yasmina
as ---
(1927) Rue de la Paix
as Ally - un millionnaire
(1925) A Night of Romance
as Antonio Scapa
(1978) Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma
as Self (archive footage)