Léon Mathot
Known for
Acting
Born
March 5, 1886
Birthplace
Roubaix, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Died
March 6, 1968 (aged 82)
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.
Best known work
Cœur fidèle
1923
The Red Inn
1923
Le Dolmen tragique
1948
Chéri-Bibi
1938
Vent debout
1923
The Devil in the City
1925
Joachim Goethal and the Secret of Steel
1912
In the Shadow of the Harem
1928Dramatic Passion of Algabert and Elisberth of Rodembourg
1912
The Tragic Mill
1916Filmography
1978
1964
1953
My Childish FatherDirector
1950
La Danseuse de MarrakechDirector
1949
L'Homme aux mains d'argileDirector
1948
Le Dolmen tragiqueDirector
1947
La Dernière chevauchéeDirector
1946
Alert NightsDirector
1945
La Route du bagneDirector
1943
L'Homme sans nomDirector
1942
Forte têteDirector
1942
Cartacalha, reine des gitansDirector
1941
Fromont Young and Risler ElderDirector
1940
Hangman's NooseDirector
1939
Sacred WoodsDirector
1939
Immediate CallDirector
1939
Deuxième bureau contre kommandanturas Abbé Gaillard
1938
The RebelDirector
1938
Chéri-BibiDirector
1937
Aloha, the Song of the IslandsDirector
1937
L'Ange du foyerDirector
1937
A Man to KillDirector
1936
Wolves Between ThemDirector
1935
The MascotDirector
1935
Count ObligadoDirector