Acting
Léon Mathot
FR, DE, XX, EN cinema · 63 credits
Born
5 March 1886
Died
6 March 1968 (aged 82)
Birthplace
Roubaix, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Also known as Léon Désiré Joseph Mathot
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
Filmography
My Childish Father
Director
Le Dolmen tragique
Director
Alert Nights
Director
La Route du bagne
Director
L'Homme sans nom
Director
Forte tête
Director
Hangman's Noose
Director
Deuxième bureau contre kommandantur
as Abbé Gaillard
Sacred Woods
Director
Immediate Call
Director
Chéri-Bibi
Director
The Rebel
Director
A Man to Kill
Director
L'Ange du foyer
Director
Wolves Between Them
Director
Count Obligado
Director
The Mascot
Director
Kiss Me
Director
Passeport 13.444
1931
Passport 13.444
Actor, Director
Bouboule's Gang
Director
L'instinct
as Jean Bernon, Director
In the Shadow of the Harem
as L'Émir Si Abd El Nasser, Writer, Director
Yasmina
Actor
Rue de la Paix
as Ally - un millionnaire
The Devil in the City
as Marc Herner
La nuit de la revanche
1925
A Night of Romance
as Antonio Scapa
Cœur fidèle
as Jean
The Red Inn
as Prosper Magnan
Jean d'Agrève
as Jean d'Agrève
Work
as Luc Froment
The Empire of Diamonds
as Arthur Graves
The Count of Monte Cristo
as Edmond Dantès
Barberousse
as Trively
Volonté
1917
Will
as Louis Hérault
The Right to Life
as Jacques Alberty
Joachim Goethal et le Secret de l'Acier
1912
Joachim Goethal and the Secret of Steel
as Joachim Goethal