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
Deuxième bureau contre kommandantur
1939
as Abbé Gaillard
The Red Inn
1923
as Prosper Magnan
Cœur fidèle
1923
as Jean
Vent debout
1923
The Right to Life
1917
as Jacques Alberty
The Devil in the City
1925
as Marc Herner
The Cradle of God
1926
The Count of Monte Cristo
1918
as Edmond Dantès
Work
1920
as Luc Froment
The Wig Chase
1906
Dramatic Passion of Algabert and Elisberth of Rodembourg
1912
as Prince Algabert
The Zone of Death
1917
Deadly Gas
1916
Yasmina
1927
The Empire of Diamonds
1920
as Arthur Graves
Der Maler und sein Modell
1925
A Night of Romance
1925
as Antonio Scapa
Will
1917
as Louis Hérault
In the Shadow of the Harem
1928
as L'Émir Si Abd El Nasser
Joachim Goethal and the Secret of Steel
1912
as Joachim Goethal