Léon Mathot
ActingMarch 5, 1886— March 6, 1968 (age 82)
Roubaix, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Also Known As
Léon Désiré Joseph 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.
Movies
(34 total)
Cœur fidèle
19237.2
as Jean
The Red Inn
19235.5
as Prosper Magnan
Joachim Goethal and the Secret of Steel
19124.5
as Joachim Goethal
The Devil in the City
19255.0
as Marc Herner
Barberousse
19175.0
as Trively
In the Shadow of the Harem
19287.0
as L'Émir Si Abd El Nasser
The Count of Monte Cristo
19186.0
as Edmond Dantès
L'instinct
1930
as Jean Bernon
Deuxième bureau contre kommandantur
1939
as Abbé Gaillard
The Right to Life
1917
as Jacques Alberty
The Empire of Diamonds
1920
as Arthur Graves
The mystery of the pink villa
1930
as Langeac
