Léon Mathot

Acting

Léon Mathot

Born 5 March 1886 · Roubaix, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France · Died 6 March 1968 at 82

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

Highlights

Cœur fidèle1923 · Film · Jean
The Red Inn1923 · Film · Prosper Magnan
Le Dolmen tragique1948 · Film · Director
Vent debout1923 · Film
Chéri-Bibi1938 · Film · Director
The Devil in the City1925 · Film · Marc Herner

Filmography

Movies

49 films

My Childish Father1953 · Film · Director
La Danseuse de Marrakech1950 · Film · Director
L'Homme aux mains d'argile1949 · Film · Director
Le Dolmen tragique1948 · Film · Director
La Dernière chevauchée1947 · Film · Director
Alert Nights1946 · Film · Director
La Route du bagne1945 · Film · Director
L'Homme sans nom1943 · Film · Director
Forte tête1942 · Film · Director
Cartacalha, reine des gitans1942 · Film · Director
Fromont Young and Risler Elder1941 · Film · Director
Hangman's Noose1940 · Film · Director
Sacred Woods1939 · Film · Director
Immediate Call1939 · Film · Director
Deuxième bureau contre kommandantur1939 · Film · Abbé Gaillard
The Rebel1938 · Film · Director
Chéri-Bibi1938 · Film · Director
Aloha, the Song of the Islands1937 · Film · Director
L'Ange du foyer1937 · Film · Director
A Man to Kill1937 · Film · Director
Wolves Between Them1936 · Film · Director
The Mascot1935 · Film · Director
Count Obligado1935 · Film · Director
Bouboule 1er, roi nègre1934 · Film · Director
Kiss Me1932 · Film · Director
Bouboule's Gang1931 · Film · Director
The house of La Fleche1930 · Film
L'instinct1930 · Film · Jean Bernon
The mystery of the pink villa1930 · Film · Langeac
In the Shadow of the Harem1928 · Film · L'Émir Si Abd El Nasser
Rue de la Paix1927 · Film · Ally - un millionnaire
Yasmina1927 · Film
The Cradle of God1926 · Film
Der Maler und sein Modell1925 · Film
The Devil in the City1925 · Film · Marc Herner
Cœur fidèle1923 · Film · Jean
The Red Inn1923 · Film · Prosper Magnan
Vent debout1923 · Film
Jean d'Agrève1922 · Film · Jean d'Agrève
The Empire of Diamonds1920 · Film · Arthur Graves
L'Ami Fritz1920 · Film
Work1920 · Film · Luc Froment
The Count of Monte Cristo1918 · Film · Edmond Dantès
The Zone of Death1917 · Film
Barberousse1917 · Film · Trively
The Right to Life1917 · Film · Jacques Alberty
The Tragic Mill1916 · Film
Deadly Gas1916 · Film
The Bridge That Failed1914 · Film