Léon 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.
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Acting History
1978
Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma as Self (archive footage)
1939Deuxième bureau contre kommandantur as Abbé Gaillard
1931Passport 13.444
1930The house of La Fleche
1930L'instinct as Jean Bernon
1930The mystery of the pink villa as Langeac
1928In the Shadow of the Harem as L'Émir Si Abd El Nasser
1927Rue de la Paix as Ally - un millionnaire
1927Yasmina
1926The Cradle of God
1925A Night of Romance as Antonio Scapa
1925Der Maler und sein Modell
1925The Devil in the City as Marc Herner
1923Cœur fidèle as Jean
1923The Red Inn as Prosper Magnan
1923Vent debout
1922Être ou ne pas être
1922Jean d'Agrève as Jean d'Agrève
1922L'Empereur des pauvres as Marc Anavan
1921Blanchette
1920The Empire of Diamonds as Arthur Graves
1920L'Ami Fritz
1920Work as Luc Froment
1918The Count of Monte Cristo as Edmond Dantès
1917The Zone of Death
1917Barberousse as Trively
1917Will as Louis Hérault
1917The Right to Life as Jacques Alberty
1916Nemrod et compagnie
1916The Tragic Mill
1916Deadly Gas
1914The Bridge That Failed
1912Joachim Goethal and the Secret of Steel as Joachim Goethal
1912Dramatic Passion of Algabert and Elisberth of Rodembourg as Prince Algabert
1906The Wig Chase