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

Cœur fidèle

The Red Inn

Deuxième bureau contre kommandantur

Work

The Count of Monte Cristo

The Cradle of God

The Right to Life

Yasmina

All Movies (34)

• Deuxième bureau contre kommandantur1939 · as Abbé Gaillard
• Passport 13.4441931
• The house of La Fleche1930
• L'instinct1930 · as Jean Bernon
• The mystery of the pink villa1930 · as Langeac
• In the Shadow of the Harem1928 · as L'Émir Si Abd El Nasser
• Rue de la Paix1927 · as Ally - un millionnaire
• Yasmina1927
• The Cradle of God1926
• A Night of Romance1925 · as Antonio Scapa
• Der Maler und sein Modell1925
• The Devil in the City1925 · as Marc Herner
• Cœur fidèle1923 · as Jean
• The Red Inn1923 · as Prosper Magnan
• Vent debout1923
• Être ou ne pas être1922
• Jean d'Agrève1922 · as Jean d'Agrève
• L'Empereur des pauvres1922 · as Marc Anavan
• Blanchette1921
• The Empire of Diamonds1920 · as Arthur Graves
• L'Ami Fritz1920
• Work1920 · as Luc Froment
• The Count of Monte Cristo1918 · as Edmond Dantès
• The Zone of Death1917
• Barberousse1917 · as Trively
• Will1917 · as Louis Hérault
• The Right to Life1917 · as Jacques Alberty
• Nemrod et compagnie1916
• The Tragic Mill1916
• Deadly Gas1916
• The Bridge That Failed1914
• Joachim Goethal and the Secret of Steel1912 · as Joachim Goethal
• Dramatic Passion of Algabert and Elisberth of Rodembourg1912 · as Prince Algabert
• The Wig Chase1906

All TV Shows (1)

• Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma1978 · as Self (archive footage)