Léon Mathot
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as Jean Cœur fidèle 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.
Filmography
Cœur fidèle
as Jean
The Red Inn
as Prosper Magnan
The Devil in the City
as Marc Herner
Joachim Goethal and the Secret of Steel
as Joachim Goethal
In the Shadow of the Harem
as L'Émir Si Abd El Nasser
Dramatic Passion of Algabert and Elisberth of Rodembourg
as Prince Algabert
L'instinct
as Jean Bernon
Deuxième bureau contre kommandantur
as Abbé Gaillard
Barberousse
as Trively
Work
as Luc Froment
The Count of Monte Cristo
as Edmond Dantès
The Empire of Diamonds
as Arthur Graves
L'Empereur des pauvres
as Marc Anavan
