Léon Mathot
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
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
Acting
(1939)
Deuxième bureau contre kommandantur
as Abbé Gaillard
(1931)
(1930)
The mystery of the pink villa
as Langeac
(1930)
(1930)
L'instinct
as Jean Bernon
(1928)
In the Shadow of the Harem
as L'Émir Si Abd El Nasser
(1927)
(1927)
Rue de la Paix
as Ally - un millionnaire
(1926)
(1925)
(1925)
The Devil in the City
as Marc Herner
(1925)
A Night of Romance
as Antonio Scapa
(1923)
Cœur fidèle
as Jean
(1923)
The Red Inn
as Prosper Magnan
(1923)
(1922)
Jean d'Agrève
as Jean d'Agrève
(1922)
L'Empereur des pauvres
as Marc Anavan
(1922)
(1921)
(1920)
Work
as Luc Froment
(1920)
(1920)
The Empire of Diamonds
as Arthur Graves
(1918)
The Count of Monte Cristo
as Edmond Dantès
(1917)
(1917)
Barberousse
as Trively
(1917)
The Right to Life
as Jacques Alberty
(1917)
Will
as Louis Hérault
(1916)
(1916)
(1916)
(1914)
(1912)
Joachim Goethal and the Secret of Steel
as Joachim Goethal
(1912)
Dramatic Passion of Algabert and Elisberth of Rodembourg
as Prince Algabert
(1906)
Crew
(1953)
My Childish Father
Director
(1950)
La Danseuse de Marrakech
Director
(1949)
L'Homme aux mains d'argile
Director
(1948)
Le dolmen tragique
Director
(1947)
La dernière chevauchée
Director
(1946)
Alert Nights
Director
(1945)
La Route du bagne
Director
(1943)
L'homme sans nom
Director
(1942)
Cartacalha, reine des gitans
Director
(1942)
Forte tête
Director
(1941)
Fromont Young and Risler Elder
Director
(1940)
Hangman's Noose
Director
(1939)
Sacred Woods
Director
(1939)
Immediate Call
Director
(1938)
Chéri-Bibi
Director
(1938)
The Rebel
Director
(1937)
A Man to Kill
Director
(1937)
Aloha, the Song of the Islands
Director
(1937)
L'Ange du foyer
Director
(1936)
Wolves Between Them
Director
(1935)
Count Obligado
Director
(1935)
La Mascotte
Director
(1934)
Bouboule 1er, roi nègre
Director
(1933)
Naked as a Worm
Director
(1932)
Kiss Me
Director
(1931)
Passport 13.444
Director
(1931)
The shelter
Director
(1931)
Bouboule's Gang
Director
(1930)
L'instinct
Director
(1929)
L'appassionata
Director
(1928)
In the Shadow of the Harem
Writer, Director
(1927)
Celle qui domine
Director