Acting
Léon Mathot
Born 1885-03-06 · Died 1968-03-06
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
Chéri-Bibi
L'homme aux mains d'argile
Wolves Between Them
La danseuse de Marrakech
Immediate Call
Mon gosse de père
The Rebel
Deuxième bureau contre kommandantur
La route du bagne
Aloha, le chant des îles
The Red Inn
A Man to Kill
Le dolmen tragique
L'ange du foyer
The Count of Monte Cristo
Bouboule 1er, roi nègre
The Cradle of God
Bouboule's Gang
Der Maler und sein Modell
Hangman's Noose
The Bridge That Failed
Cartacalha, reine des gitans
The Devil in the City
Fromont jeune et Risler aîné
Deadly Gas
Forte tête
La zone de la mort
L'homme sans nom
Le comte Obligado
La dernière chevauchée
Sacred Woods
Alert Nights