Léon Mathot

Personal Info

Birthday

March 5, 1886

Day of Death

1968-03-06

(82 years old)

Place of Birth

Roubaix, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France

Also Known As

Léon Désiré Joseph Mathot

Léon Mathot

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

In the Shadow of the Harem

Cœur fidèle

Work

Rue de la Paix

The Red Inn

L'Empereur des pauvres

The Empire of Diamonds

The Devil in the City

Filmography

1939
Deuxième bureau contre kommandantur
as Abbé Gaillard
1930
L'instinct
as Jean Bernon
The mystery of the pink villa
as Langeac
1928
In the Shadow of the Harem
as L'Émir Si Abd El Nasser
1927
Rue de la Paix
as Ally - un millionnaire
1925
A Night of Romance
as Antonio Scapa
The Devil in the City
as Marc Herner
1923
Cœur fidèle
as Jean
The Red Inn
as Prosper Magnan
1922
Jean d'Agrève
as Jean d'Agrève
L'Empereur des pauvres
as Marc Anavan
1920
The Empire of Diamonds
as Arthur Graves
Work
as Luc Froment
1918
The Count of Monte Cristo
as Edmond Dantès
1917
Will
as Louis Hérault
Barberousse
as Trively
The Right to Life
as Jacques Alberty
1912
Joachim Goethal and the Secret of Steel
as Joachim Goethal
Dramatic Passion of Algabert and Elisberth of Rodembourg
as Prince Algabert