Léon Mathot
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
35
Gender
Male
Birthday
1886-03-05
Day of death
1968-03-06 (82 years old)
Place of Birth
Roubaix, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
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.
Known For
Cœur fidèle
The Wig Chase
Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma
The Right to Life
Barberousse
Deadly Gas
Deuxième bureau contre kommandantur
The Zone of Death
The Empire of Diamonds
Joachim Goethal and the Secret of Steel
The Red Inn
Passport 13.444
Dramatic Passion of Algabert and Elisberth of Rodembourg
Will
L'instinct
Der Maler und sein Modell
Vent debout
A Night of Romance
The mystery of the pink villa
The Cradle of God
Rue de la Paix
L'Ami Fritz
In the Shadow of the Harem
The Devil in the City
Yasmina
The house of La Fleche
Work
Nemrod et compagnie
Être ou ne pas être
Jean d'Agrève
The Bridge That Failed
The Tragic Mill
The Count of Monte Cristo
L'Empereur des pauvres
Blanchette
