Léon Mathot
Acting
- Born:
- 1886-03-05
- Died:
- 1968-03-06
- Place of birth:
- Roubaix, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
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
Filmography
Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma
Pour le plaisir
Deuxième bureau contre kommandantur
Passport 13.444
The house of La Fleche
L'instinct
The mystery of the pink villa
In the Shadow of the Harem
Rue de la Paix
Yasmina
The Cradle of God
A Night of Romance
Der Maler und sein Modell
The Devil in the City
Cœur fidèle
The Red Inn
Vent debout
Être ou ne pas être
Jean d'Agrève
L'Empereur des pauvres
Blanchette
The Empire of Diamonds
L'Ami Fritz
Work
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Zone of Death
Barberousse
Will
The Right to Life
Nemrod et compagnie
The Tragic Mill
Deadly Gas
The Bridge That Failed
Joachim Goethal and the Secret of Steel
Dramatic Passion of Algabert and Elisberth of Rodembourg
The Wig Chase