Léon Mathot
Department: Acting
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
The Wig Chase
1906
Cœur fidèle
1923
L'instinct
1930
The house of La Fleche
1930
Deuxième bureau contre kommandantur
1939
Barberousse
1917
Joachim Goethal and the Secret of Steel
1912
Vent debout
1923
In the Shadow of the Harem
1928
Work
1920
Will
1917
The Devil in the City
1925
Dramatic Passion of Algabert and Elisberth of Rodembourg
1912
The Right to Life
1917
The Tragic Mill
1916
The Count of Monte Cristo
1918
Passport 13.444
1931
The Empire of Diamonds
1920
L'Empereur des pauvres
1922
The Red Inn
1923
Deadly Gas
1916
Der Maler und sein Modell
1925
Nemrod et compagnie
1916
The mystery of the pink villa
1930
The Cradle of God
1926
The Zone of Death
1917
The Bridge That Failed
1914
L'Ami Fritz
1920
Être ou ne pas être
1922
Blanchette
1921
Yasmina
1927
Rue de la Paix
1927
A Night of Romance
1925
Jean d'Agrève
1922
Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma
1978