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
Barberousse
Cœur fidèle
The Right to Life
The Zone of Death
Deadly Gas
Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma
Deuxième bureau contre kommandantur
Der Maler und sein Modell
The Red Inn
The Empire of Diamonds
Yasmina
Passport 13.444
Dramatic Passion of Algabert and Elisberth of Rodembourg
L'Empereur des pauvres
The Devil in the City
Joachim Goethal and the Secret of Steel
Blanchette
The house of La Fleche
L'Ami Fritz
Work
Nemrod et compagnie
Rue de la Paix
In the Shadow of the Harem
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Cradle of God
A Night of Romance
The mystery of the pink villa
L'instinct
The Bridge That Failed
Être ou ne pas être
Vent debout
The Wig Chase
The Tragic Mill
Jean d'Agrève
Will
