Actor
Léon Mathot
Born March 5, 1886 in Roubaix, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, FranceDied March 6, 196833 films
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.
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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.
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First watchCœur fidèle19237.2as JeanThe good guys win out in this sweet tale about a young orphan who is abused for much of her life but who eventually finds happiness when she marries an honest man who extricates her from…View filmFilmography
33 films as actor- 1939Deuxième bureau contre kommandanturAbbé Gaillard
- 1931Passport 13.444
- 1930The house of La Fleche
- 1930The mystery of the pink villaLangeac
- 1928In the Shadow of the HaremL'Émir Si Abd El Nasser
- 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