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Léon Mathot

Léon Mathot

Actor · 1886–1968 · Roubaix, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France

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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.

Acted in 24

1930s

  1. 1939

    Deuxième bureau contre kommandantur

    Abbé Gaillard

  2. 1930

    The house of La Fleche

    Movie

  3. L'instinct

    Jean Bernon

  4. The mystery of the pink villa

    Langeac

1920s

  1. 1928

    In the Shadow of the Harem

    L'Émir Si Abd El Nasser

  2. 1927

    Rue de la Paix

    Ally - un millionnaire

  3. Yasmina

    Movie

  4. 1926

    The Cradle of God

    Movie

  5. 1925

    Der Maler und sein Modell

    Movie

  6. The Devil in the City

    Marc Herner

  7. 1923

    Cœur fidèle

    Jean

  8. The Red Inn

    Prosper Magnan

  9. Vent debout

    Movie · Drama

  10. 1922

    Jean d'Agrève

    Jean d'Agrève

  11. 1920

    The Empire of Diamonds

    Arthur Graves

  12. L'Ami Fritz

    Movie

  13. Work

    Luc Froment

1910s

  1. 1918

    The Count of Monte Cristo

    Edmond Dantès

  2. 1917

    The Zone of Death

    Movie

  3. Barberousse

    Trively

  4. The Right to Life

    Jacques Alberty

  5. 1916

    The Tragic Mill

    Movie

  6. Deadly Gas

    Movie

  7. 1914

    The Bridge That Failed

    Movie

Directed 27

1950s

  1. 1953

    My Childish Father

    Director

  2. 1950

    La Danseuse de Marrakech

    Director

1940s

  1. 1949

    L'Homme aux mains d'argile

    Director

  2. 1948

    Le Dolmen tragique

    Director

  3. 1947

    La Dernière chevauchée

    Director

  4. 1946

    Alert Nights

    Director

  5. 1945

    La Route du bagne

    Director

  6. 1943

    L'Homme sans nom

    Director

  7. 1942

    Forte tête

    Director

  8. Cartacalha, reine des gitans

    Director

  9. 1941

    Fromont Young and Risler Elder

    Director

  10. 1940

    Hangman's Noose

    Director

1930s

  1. 1939

    Sacred Woods

    Director

  2. Immediate Call

    Director

  3. 1938

    The Rebel

    Director

  4. Chéri-Bibi

    Director

  5. 1937

    Aloha, the Song of the Islands

    Director

  6. L'Ange du foyer

    Director

  7. A Man to Kill

    Director

  8. 1936

    Wolves Between Them

    Director

  9. 1935

    The Mascot

    Director

  10. Count Obligado

    Director

  11. 1934

    Bouboule 1er, roi nègre

    Director

  12. 1932

    Kiss Me

    Director

  13. 1931

    Bouboule's Gang

    Director

  14. 1930

    L'instinct

    Director

1920s

  1. 1928

    In the Shadow of the Harem

    Director

Wrote 1

1920s

  1. 1928

    In the Shadow of the Harem

    Writer

Appearances1

1960s

  1. 1964

    Pour le plaisir

    Self · 1 episode