Léon Mathot
Known For
Acting
Born
1886-03-05 in Roubaix, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Died
1968-03-06
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.
Most Known For
Barberousse
as Trively
Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma
as Self (archive footage)
Yasmina
Work
as Luc Froment
The Red Inn
as Prosper Magnan
Vent debout
Will
as Louis Hérault
Cœur fidèle
as Jean
L'instinct
as Jean Bernon
The Devil in the City
as Marc Herner
Deadly Gas
The Count of Monte Cristo
as Edmond Dantès
Deuxième bureau contre kommandantur
as Abbé Gaillard
Être ou ne pas être
Dramatic Passion of Algabert and Elisberth of Rodembourg
as Prince Algabert
The house of La Fleche
Blanchette
The mystery of the pink villa
as Langeac
The Right to Life
as Jacques Alberty
L'Empereur des pauvres
as Marc Anavan