Léon Mathot

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

35

Gender

Male

Birthday

1886-03-05

Deathday

1968-03-06 (82 years old)

Place of Birth

Roubaix, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France

Also Known As

  • Léon Désiré Joseph Mathot

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
7.2%

Cœur fidèle

Nov 23, 1923

The Red Inn
5.5%

The Red Inn

Sep 27, 1923

The Devil in the City
5.0%

The Devil in the City

Jan 30, 1925

TWC
4.0%

The Wig Chase

Apr 6, 1906

Barberousse
5.0%

Barberousse

Apr 13, 1917

The Tragic Mill
5.0%

The Tragic Mill

Nov 22, 1916

P1
4.0%

Passport 13.444

Jul 8, 1931

Deadly Gas
5.0%

Deadly Gas

Sep 1, 1916

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Acting

1978
Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma as Self (archive footage)
1939
Deuxième bureau contre kommandantur as Abbé Gaillard
1931
Passport 13.444
1930
The house of La Fleche
1930
L'instinct as Jean Bernon
1930
The mystery of the pink villa as Langeac
1928
In the Shadow of the Harem as L'Émir Si Abd El Nasser
1927
Rue de la Paix as Ally - un millionnaire
1927
Yasmina
1926
The Cradle of God
1925
A Night of Romance as Antonio Scapa
1925
Der Maler und sein Modell
1925
The Devil in the City as Marc Herner
1923
Cœur fidèle as Jean
1923
The Red Inn as Prosper Magnan
1923
Vent debout
1922
Être ou ne pas être
1922
Jean d'Agrève as Jean d'Agrève
1922
L'Empereur des pauvres as Marc Anavan
1921
Blanchette
1920
The Empire of Diamonds as Arthur Graves
1920
L'Ami Fritz
1920
Work as Luc Froment
1918
The Count of Monte Cristo as Edmond Dantès
1917
The Zone of Death
1917
Barberousse as Trively
1917
Will as Louis Hérault
1917
The Right to Life as Jacques Alberty
1916
Nemrod et compagnie
1916
The Tragic Mill
1916
Deadly Gas
1914
The Bridge That Failed
1912
Joachim Goethal and the Secret of Steel as Joachim Goethal
1912
Dramatic Passion of Algabert and Elisberth of Rodembourg as Prince Algabert
1906
The Wig Chase

Directing

1953
My Childish Father as Director
1950
La Danseuse de Marrakech as Director
1949
L'Homme aux mains d'argile as Director
1948
Le dolmen tragique as Director
1947
La dernière chevauchée as Director
1946
Alert Nights as Director
1945
La Route du bagne as Director
1943
L'homme sans nom as Director
1942
Forte tête as Director
1942
Cartacalha, reine des gitans as Director
1941
Fromont Young and Risler Elder as Director
1940
Hangman's Noose as Director
1939
Sacred Woods as Director
1939
Immediate Call as Director
1938
The Rebel as Director
1938
Chéri-Bibi as Director
1937
Aloha, the Song of the Islands as Director
1937
L'Ange du foyer as Director
1937
A Man to Kill as Director
1936
Wolves Between Them as Director
1935
La Mascotte as Director
1935
Count Obligado as Director
1934
Bouboule 1er, roi nègre as Director
1933
Naked as a Worm as Director
1932
Kiss Me as Director
1931
Bouboule's Gang as Director
1931
Passport 13.444 as Director
1931
The shelter as Director
1930
L'instinct as Director
1929
L'appassionata as Director
1928
In the Shadow of the Harem as Director
1927
Celle qui domine as Director

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