Léon Mathot
Acting·March 5, 1886·† March 6, 1968 — 82 years old·Roubaix, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
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
Cœur fidèle
1923·7.2
The Red Inn
1923·6.1
Le Dolmen tragique
1948·6.3
Chéri-Bibi
1938·5.0
The Devil in the City
1925·6.0
Fromont Young and Risler Elder
1941·7.5
In the Shadow of the Harem
1928·7.0
The Tragic Mill
1916·7.5
My Childish Father
1953·10.0
La Danseuse de Marrakech
1950·10.0
L'Homme aux mains d'argile
1949·10.0
La dernière chevauchée
1947·9.0
Filmography · 64
1978Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinémaTVSelf (archive footage)1953My Childish FatherDirector1950La Danseuse de MarrakechDirector1949L'Homme aux mains d'argileDirector1948Le Dolmen tragiqueDirector1947La dernière chevauchéeDirector1946Alert NightsDirector1945La Route du bagneDirector1943L'Homme sans nomDirector1942Forte têteDirector1942Cartacalha, reine des gitansDirector1941Fromont Young and Risler ElderDirector1940Hangman's NooseDirector1939Sacred WoodsDirector1939Immediate CallDirector1939Deuxième bureau contre kommandanturAbbé Gaillard1938The RebelDirector1938Chéri-BibiDirector1937Aloha, the Song of the IslandsDirector1937L'Ange du foyerDirector1937A Man to KillDirector1936Wolves Between ThemDirector1935La MascotteDirector1935Count ObligadoDirector1934Bouboule 1er, roi nègreDirector1933Naked as a WormDirector1932Kiss MeDirector1931Bouboule's GangDirector1931Passport 13.444Director1931The shelterDirector1930The house of La Fleche1930L'instinctJean Bernon · Director1930The mystery of the pink villaLangeac1929L'appassionataDirector1928In the Shadow of the HaremL'Émir Si Abd El Nasser · Writer · Director1927Celle qui domineDirector1927Rue de la PaixAlly - un millionnaire1927Yasmina1926The Cradle of God1925A Night of RomanceAntonio Scapa1925Der Maler und sein Modell1925The Devil in the CityMarc Herner1923Cœur fidèleJean1923The Red InnProsper Magnan1923Vent debout1922Être ou ne pas être1922Jean d'AgrèveJean d'Agrève1922L'Empereur des pauvresMarc Anavan1921Blanchette1920The Empire of DiamondsArthur Graves1920L'Ami Fritz1920WorkLuc Froment1918The Count of Monte CristoEdmond Dantès1917The Zone of Death1917BarberousseTrively1917WillLouis Hérault1917The Right to LifeJacques Alberty1916Nemrod et compagnie1916The Tragic Mill1916Deadly Gas1914The Bridge That Failed1912Joachim Goethal and the Secret of SteelJoachim Goethal1912Dramatic Passion of Algabert and Elisberth of RodembourgPrince Algabert1906The Wig Chase