Person
Léon Mathot
Acting · 1886–1968 · 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
Work
Luc Froment
Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma
Self (archive footage)
The Right to Life
Jacques Alberty
The shelter
Director
Deuxième bureau contre kommandantur
Abbé Gaillard
La Mascotte
Director
Vent debout
1923
Fromont Young and Risler Elder
Director
Kiss Me
Director
The Count of Monte Cristo
Edmond Dantès
Filmography
- 1978Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinémaSelf (archive footage)
- 1953My Childish FatherDirector
- 1950La Danseuse de MarrakechDirector
- 1949L'Homme aux mains d'argileDirector
- 1948Le Dolmen tragiqueDirector
- 1947La dernière chevauchéeDirector
- 1946Alert NightsDirector
- 1945La Route du bagneDirector
- 1943L'Homme sans nomDirector
- 1942Forte têteDirector
- 1942Cartacalha, reine des gitansDirector
- 1941Fromont Young and Risler ElderDirector
- 1940Hangman's NooseDirector
- 1939Sacred WoodsDirector
- 1939Immediate CallDirector
- 1939Deuxième bureau contre kommandanturAbbé Gaillard
- 1938The RebelDirector
- 1938Chéri-BibiDirector
- 1937Aloha, the Song of the IslandsDirector
- 1937L'Ange du foyerDirector
- 1937A Man to KillDirector
- 1936Wolves Between ThemDirector
- 1935La MascotteDirector
- 1935Count ObligadoDirector
- 1934Bouboule 1er, roi nègreDirector
- 1933Naked as a WormDirector
- 1932Kiss MeDirector
- 1931Bouboule's GangDirector
- 1931Passport 13.444
- 1931The shelterDirector
- 1930The house of La Fleche
- 1930L'instinctJean Bernon
- 1930The mystery of the pink villaLangeac
- 1929L'appassionataDirector
- 1928In the Shadow of the HaremL'Émir Si Abd El Nasser
- 1927Celle qui domineDirector
- 1927Rue de la PaixAlly - un millionnaire
- 1927Yasmina
- 1926The Cradle of God
- 1925A Night of RomanceAntonio Scapa
- 1925Der Maler und sein Modell
- 1925The Devil in the CityMarc Herner
- 1923Cœur fidèleJean
- 1923The Red InnProsper Magnan
- 1923Vent debout
- 1922Être ou ne pas être
- 1922Jean d'AgrèveJean d'Agrève
- 1922L'Empereur des pauvresMarc Anavan
- 1921Blanchette
- 1920The Empire of DiamondsArthur Graves
- 1920L'Ami Fritz
- 1920WorkLuc Froment
- 1918The Count of Monte CristoEdmond Dantès
- 1917The Zone of Death
- 1917BarberousseTrively
- 1917WillLouis Hérault
- 1917The Right to LifeJacques Alberty
- 1916Nemrod et compagnie
- 1916The Tragic Mill
- 1916Deadly Gas
- 1914The Bridge That Failed
- 1912Joachim Goethal and the Secret of SteelJoachim Goethal
- 1912Dramatic Passion of Algabert and Elisberth of RodembourgPrince Algabert
- 1906The Wig Chase
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