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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
The Wig Chase
1906
Cœur fidèle
as Jean
1923
L'instinct
as Jean Bernon
1930
The house of La Fleche
1930
Deuxième bureau contre kommandantur
as Abbé Gaillard
1939
Barberousse
as Trively
1917
Joachim Goethal and the Secret of Steel
as Joachim Goethal
1912
Vent debout
1923
In the Shadow of the Harem
as L'Émir Si Abd El Nasser
1928
Work
as Luc Froment
1920
Will
as Louis Hérault
1917
The Devil in the City
as Marc Herner
1925
Dramatic Passion of Algabert and Elisberth of Rodembourg
as Prince Algabert
1912
The Right to Life
as Jacques Alberty
1917
The Tragic Mill
1916
The Count of Monte Cristo
as Edmond Dantès
1918
Passport 13.444
1931
The Empire of Diamonds
as Arthur Graves
1920
L'Empereur des pauvres
as Marc Anavan
1922
The Red Inn
as Prosper Magnan
1923