Léon Mathot
Acting Born: 1886-03-05 Roubaix, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
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.
Movies
Barberousse
Cœur fidèle
The Right to Life
Deadly Gas
The Zone of Death
Deuxième bureau contre kommandantur
Yasmina
The Red Inn
The Empire of Diamonds
L'Empereur des pauvres
Dramatic Passion of Algabert and Elisberth of Rodembourg
Passport 13.444
Joachim Goethal and the Secret of Steel
Der Maler und sein Modell
The Devil in the City
Blanchette
The house of La Fleche
L'Ami Fritz
Nemrod et compagnie
Rue de la Paix