Léon Mathot

Léon Mathot

1886-03-05 – 1968-03-06 (age 82) 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.

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Known For

Deuxième bureau contre kommandantur
The Right to Life
The Right to Life

1917

as Jacques Alberty

Cœur fidèle
Cœur fidèle

1923

as Jean

The mystery of the pink villa
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Count of Monte Cristo

1918

as Edmond Dantès

Deadly Gas
The Red Inn
The Red Inn

1923

as Prosper Magnan

The Devil in the City
The Devil in the City

1925

as Marc Herner

Yasmina
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The Zone of Death
Work
Work

1920

as Luc Froment

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The Tragic Mill
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L'Empereur des pauvres

1922

as Marc Anavan

In the Shadow of the Harem
In the Shadow of the Harem

1928

as L'Émir Si Abd El Nasser

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L'instinct
L'instinct

1930

as Jean Bernon

Barberousse
Barberousse

1917

as Trively

The Cradle of God