Léon Mathot

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1886-03-05

Deathday 1968-03-06 (82 years old)

Place of Birth Roubaix, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France

Also Known As Léon Désiré Joseph Mathot

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

Actor

1978
Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma

as Self (archive footage)

1928
In the Shadow of the Harem

as L'Émir Si Abd El Nasser

1927
Rue de la Paix

as Ally - un millionnaire

1925
A Night of Romance

as Antonio Scapa

1925
The Devil in the City

as Marc Herner

1923
1923
The Red Inn

as Prosper Magnan

1922
L'Empereur des pauvres

as Marc Anavan

1920
The Empire of Diamonds

as Arthur Graves

1920
Work

as Luc Froment

1918
The Count of Monte Cristo

as Edmond Dantès

1917
Barberousse

as Trively

1917
Will

as Louis Hérault

1917
The Right to Life

as Jacques Alberty

Director

1953
My Childish Father

as Director

1950
1948
Le dolmen tragique

as Director

1947
1946
Alert Nights

as Director

1945
La Route du bagne

as Director

1943
L'homme sans nom

as Director

1942
Forte tête

as Director

1940
Hangman's Noose

as Director

1939
Sacred Woods

as Director

1939
Immediate Call

as Director

1938
Chéri-Bibi

as Director

1938
The Rebel

as Director

1937
A Man to Kill

as Director

1937
L'Ange du foyer

as Director

1936
1935
Count Obligado

as Director

1935
La Mascotte

as Director

1934
1933
Naked as a Worm

as Director

1932
Kiss Me

as Director

1931
Passport 13.444

as Director

1931
The shelter

as Director

1931
Bouboule's Gang

as Director

1930
Instinct

as Director

1929
L'appassionata

as Director

1927
Celle qui domine

as Director

Writer