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
Cœur fidèle
L'instinct
L'instinct
The house of La Fleche
The house of La Fleche
Deuxième bureau contre kommandantur
Deuxième bureau contre kommandantur
Barberousse
Barberousse
Joachim Goethal and the Secret of Steel
Joachim Goethal and the Secret of Steel
Vent debout
Vent debout
In the Shadow of the Harem
In the Shadow of the Harem

Filmography

1978 Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma
as Self (archive footage)
1939 Deuxième bureau contre kommandantur
as Abbé Gaillard
1931 Passport 13.444
as
1930 The house of La Fleche
as
1930 L'instinct
as Jean Bernon
1930 The mystery of the pink villa
as Langeac
1928 In the Shadow of the Harem
as L'Émir Si Abd El Nasser
1927 Rue de la Paix
as Ally - un millionnaire
1927 Yasmina
as
1926 The Cradle of God
as
1925 A Night of Romance
as Antonio Scapa
1925 Der Maler und sein Modell
as
1925 The Devil in the City
as Marc Herner
1923 Cœur fidèle
as Jean
1923 The Red Inn
as Prosper Magnan
1923 Vent debout
as
1922 Être ou ne pas être
as
1922 Jean d'Agrève
as Jean d'Agrève
1922 L'Empereur des pauvres
as Marc Anavan
1921 Blanchette
as