Léon Mathot
View on IMDb ↗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
Yasmina
Work
L'instinct
The Empire of Diamonds
L'Ami Fritz
The house of La Fleche
Rue de la Paix
The Tragic Mill
Cœur fidèle
Deuxième bureau contre kommandanturFilmography (36)
- 1978Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinémaSelf (archive footage)
- 1964
Pour le plaisirSelf - 1939
Deuxième bureau contre kommandanturAbbé Gaillard - 1931Passport 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 - 1925A Night of RomanceAntonio Scapa
- 1925
Der Maler und sein Modell - 1925
The Devil in the CityMarc Herner - 1923Vent debout
- 1923
Cœur fidèleJean - 1923
The Red InnProsper Magnan - 1922Être ou ne pas être
- 1922L'Empereur des pauvresMarc Anavan
- 1922
Jean d'AgrèveJean d'Agrève - 1921Blanchette
- 1920
WorkLuc Froment - 1920
The Empire of DiamondsArthur Graves - 1920
L'Ami Fritz - 1918
The Count of Monte CristoEdmond Dantès - 1917
BarberousseTrively - 1917WillLouis Hérault
- 1917
The Right to LifeJacques Alberty - 1917
The Zone of Death - 1916Nemrod et compagnie
- 1916
The Tragic Mill - 1916
Deadly Gas - 1914
The Bridge That Failed - 1912Joachim Goethal and the Secret of SteelJoachim Goethal
- 1912Dramatic Passion of Algabert and Elisberth of RodembourgPrince Algabert
- 1906The Wig Chase
Crew (29)
- 1953My Childish FatherDirector
- 1950La Danseuse de MarrakechDirector
- 1949L'Homme aux mains d'argileDirector
- 1948Le Dolmen tragiqueDirector
- 1947La dernière chevauchéeDirector
- 1946Alert NightsDirector
- 1945La Route du bagneDirector
- 1943L'Homme sans nomDirector
- 1942Cartacalha, reine des gitansDirector
- 1942Forte têteDirector
- 1941Fromont Young and Risler ElderDirector
- 1940Hangman's NooseDirector
- 1939Sacred WoodsDirector
- 1939Immediate CallDirector
- 1938The RebelDirector
- 1938Chéri-BibiDirector
- 1937A Man to KillDirector
- 1937L'Ange du foyerDirector
- 1937Aloha, the Song of the IslandsDirector
- 1936Wolves Between ThemDirector
- 1935La MascotteDirector
- 1935Count ObligadoDirector
- 1934Bouboule 1er, roi nègreDirector
- 1933Naked as a WormDirector
- 1932Kiss MeDirector
- 1931Bouboule's GangDirector
- 1931The shelterDirector
- 1929L'appassionataDirector
- 1927Celle qui domineDirector