Léon Mathot
Director
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.
Filmography
Cœur fidèle
as Jean 1923
The Red Inn
as Prosper Magnan 1923
Joachim Goethal and the Secret of Steel
as Joachim Goethal 1912
The Devil in the City
as Marc Herner 1925
Dramatic Passion of Algabert and Elisberth of Rodembourg
as Prince Algabert 1912
The Wig Chase
1906
Barberousse
as Trively 1917
In the Shadow of the Harem
as L'Émir Si Abd El Nasser 1928
The Tragic Mill
1916
The Count of Monte Cristo
as Edmond Dantès 1918
Passport 13.444
1931
Deadly Gas
1916
L'instinct
as Jean Bernon 1930
The house of La Fleche
1930
Deuxième bureau contre kommandantur
as Abbé Gaillard 1939
Vent debout
1923
Work
as Luc Froment 1920