Léon Mathot
Known for Acting
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
Immediate Call
1939
Director
Cœur fidèle
1923
as Jean
A Man to Kill
1937
Director
The Rebel
1938
Director
The shelter
1931
Director
La dernière chevauchée
1947
Director
La Route du bagne
1945
Director
The Red Inn
1923
as Prosper Magnan
L'Homme aux mains d'argile
1949
Director
Wolves Between Them
1936
Director
The Count of Monte Cristo
1918
as Edmond Dantès
Aloha, the Song of the Islands
1937
Director
Fromont Young and Risler Elder
1941
Director
Forte tête
1942
Director
Chéri-Bibi
1938
Director
L'Ange du foyer
1937
Director
La Mascotte
1935
Director
The Right to Life
1917
as Jacques Alberty
Work
1920
as Luc Froment
Le dolmen tragique
1948
Director