Léon Mathot
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
- Acting
- Born
- 1886-03-05 · Roubaix, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
- Died
- 1968-03-06
Known for
- Cœur fidèle (1923) — Jean
- The Red Inn (1923) — Prosper Magnan
- Le Dolmen tragique (1948) — Director
- Chéri-Bibi (1938) — Director
- Vent debout (1923)
- The Devil in the City (1925) — Marc Herner
- Joachim Goethal and the Secret of Steel (1912) — Joachim Goethal
- In the Shadow of the Harem (1928) — L'Émir Si Abd El Nasser
- Dramatic Passion of Algabert and Elisberth of Rodembourg (1912) — Prince Algabert
- The Tragic Mill (1916)
- Passport 13.444 (1931)
- Fromont Young and Risler Elder (1941) — Director
- The Wig Chase (1906)
- L'instinct (1930) — Jean Bernon
- The house of La Fleche (1930)
- Deuxième bureau contre kommandantur (1939) — Abbé Gaillard