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.
Acting (24 movies)
Cœur fidèle
1923
L'instinct
1930
The house of La Fleche
1930
Deuxième bureau contre kommandantur
1939
Barberousse
1917
Joachim Goethal and the Secret of Steel
1912
Vent debout
1923
In the Shadow of the Harem
1928
The Devil in the City
1925
The Right to Life
1917
The Tragic Mill
1916
The Count of Monte Cristo
1918
The Empire of Diamonds
1920
The Red Inn
1923
Deadly Gas
1916
Der Maler und sein Modell
1925
The mystery of the pink villa
1930
The Zone of Death
1917
The Cradle of God
1926
The Bridge That Failed
1914
Blanchette
1921
Yasmina
1927
Rue de la Paix
1927
Jean d'Agrève
1922
Directing (32 movies)
Count Obligado
1935
La Mascotte
1935
Passport 13.444
1931
Sacred Woods
1939
La Route du bagne
1945
Chéri-Bibi
1938
Wolves Between Them
1936
Immediate Call
1939
The Rebel
1938
Aloha, the Song of the Islands
1937
A Man to Kill
1937
L'Ange du foyer
1937
Naked as a Worm
1933
Bouboule 1er, roi nègre
1934
L'instinct
1930
L'appassionata
1929
The shelter
1931
Bouboule's Gang
1931
Kiss Me
1932
Celle qui domine
1927
In the Shadow of the Harem
1928
Hangman's Noose
1940
Cartacalha, reine des gitans
1942
Fromont Young and Risler Elder
1941
Forte tête
1942
L'homme sans nom
1943
Alert Nights
1946
La dernière chevauchée
1947
Le dolmen tragique
1948
L'Homme aux mains d'argile
1949
La Danseuse de Marrakech
1950
My Childish Father
1953
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| In the Shadow of the Harem | 1928 | Writer |