Léon Mathot
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Mar 5, 1886 (140 years old)
Place of Birth
Roubaix, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
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
| 1978 | Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinémaSelf (archive footage) | |
| 1939 | Deuxième bureau contre kommandanturAbbé Gaillard | |
| 1931 | Passport 13.444 | |
| 1930 | L'instinctJean Bernon | |
| 1930 | The house of La Fleche | |
| 1930 | The mystery of the pink villaLangeac | |
| 1928 | In the Shadow of the HaremL'Émir Si Abd El Nasser | |
| 1927 | Yasmina | |
| 1927 | Rue de la PaixAlly - un millionnaire | |
| 1926 | The Cradle of God | |
| 1925 | The Devil in the CityMarc Herner | |
| 1925 | Der Maler und sein Modell | |
| 1925 | A Night of RomanceAntonio Scapa | |
| 1923 | Cœur fidèleJean | |
| 1923 | Vent debout | |
| 1923 | The Red InnProsper Magnan | |
| 1922 | L'Empereur des pauvresMarc Anavan | |
| 1922 | Être ou ne pas être | |
| 1922 | Jean d'AgrèveJean d'Agrève | |
| 1921 | Blanchette | |
| 1920 | WorkLuc Froment | |
| 1920 | The Empire of DiamondsArthur Graves | |
| 1920 | L'Ami Fritz | |
| 1918 | The Count of Monte CristoEdmond Dantès | |
| 1917 | BarberousseTrively | |
| 1917 | WillLouis Hérault | |
| 1917 | The Right to LifeJacques Alberty | |
| 1917 | The Zone of Death | |
| 1916 | The Tragic Mill | |
| 1916 | Deadly Gas | |
| 1916 | Nemrod et compagnie | |
| 1914 | The Bridge That Failed | |
| 1912 | Joachim Goethal and the Secret of SteelJoachim Goethal | |
| 1912 | Dramatic Passion of Algabert and Elisberth of RodembourgPrince Algabert | |
| 1906 | The Wig Chase |
| 1953 | My Childish FatherDirector | |
| 1950 | La Danseuse de MarrakechDirector | |
| 1949 | L'Homme aux mains d'argileDirector | |
| 1948 | Le dolmen tragiqueDirector | |
| 1947 | La dernière chevauchéeDirector | |
| 1946 | Alert NightsDirector | |
| 1945 | La Route du bagneDirector | |
| 1943 | L'homme sans nomDirector | |
| 1942 | Cartacalha, reine des gitansDirector | |
| 1942 | Forte têteDirector | |
| 1941 | Fromont Young and Risler ElderDirector | |
| 1940 | Hangman's NooseDirector | |
| 1939 | Sacred WoodsDirector | |
| 1939 | Immediate CallDirector | |
| 1938 | Chéri-BibiDirector | |
| 1938 | The RebelDirector | |
| 1937 | A Man to KillDirector | |
| 1937 | Aloha, the Song of the IslandsDirector | |
| 1937 | L'Ange du foyerDirector | |
| 1936 | Wolves Between ThemDirector | |
| 1935 | Count ObligadoDirector | |
| 1935 | La MascotteDirector | |
| 1934 | Bouboule 1er, roi nègreDirector | |
| 1933 | Naked as a WormDirector | |
| 1932 | Kiss MeDirector | |
| 1931 | Passport 13.444Director | |
| 1931 | The shelterDirector | |
| 1931 | Bouboule's GangDirector | |
| 1930 | L'instinctDirector | |
| 1929 | L'appassionataDirector | |
| 1928 | In the Shadow of the HaremDirector | |
| 1927 | Celle qui domineDirector |
| 1928 | In the Shadow of the HaremWriter |