Léon Mathot
Born
March 5, 1886
Died
March 6, 1968 (82 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Roubaix, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
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.
Known For
Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
1978
Deuxième bureau contre kommandantur
Abbé Gaillard
1939
Passport 13.444
1931
The house of La Fleche
1930
L'instinct
Jean Bernon
1930
The mystery of the pink villa
Langeac
1930
In the Shadow of the Harem
L'Émir Si Abd El Nasser
1928
Rue de la Paix
Ally - un millionnaire
1927
Yasmina
1927
The Cradle of God
1926
A Night of Romance
Antonio Scapa
1925
Der Maler und sein Modell
1925
The Devil in the City
Marc Herner
1925
Cœur fidèle
Jean
1923
The Red Inn
Prosper Magnan
1923
Vent debout
1923
Être ou ne pas être
1922
Jean d'Agrève
Jean d'Agrève
1922
L'Empereur des pauvres
Marc Anavan
1922
Blanchette
1921
The Empire of Diamonds
Arthur Graves
1920
L'Ami Fritz
1920
Work
Luc Froment
1920
The Count of Monte Cristo
Edmond Dantès
1918
The Zone of Death
1917
Barberousse
Trively
1917
Will
Louis Hérault
1917
The Right to Life
Jacques Alberty
1917
Nemrod et compagnie
1916
The Tragic Mill
1916
Deadly Gas
1916
The Bridge That Failed
1914
Joachim Goethal and the Secret of Steel
Joachim Goethal
1912
Dramatic Passion of Algabert and Elisberth of Rodembourg
Prince Algabert
1912
The Wig Chase
1906