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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1886-03-05 (139 years old)

Place of Birth

Roubaix, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France

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.

Known For

Acting

1978

Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma as Self (archive footage)

1939

1931

1930

L'instinct as Jean Bernon

1928

In the Shadow of the Harem as L'Émir Si Abd El Nasser

1927

Rue de la Paix as Ally - un millionnaire

1926

1925

The Devil in the City as Marc Herner
A Night of Romance as Antonio Scapa

1923

The Red Inn as Prosper Magnan

1922

L'Empereur des pauvres as Marc Anavan
Jean d'Agrève as Jean d'Agrève

1921

1920

Work as Luc Froment
The Empire of Diamonds as Arthur Graves

1918

The Count of Monte Cristo as Edmond Dantès

1917

Barberousse as Trively
Will as Louis Hérault
The Right to Life as Jacques Alberty

1916

1914

1912

1906

Directing

1953

My Childish Father as Director

1950

1948

Le dolmen tragique as Director

1947

1946

Alert Nights as Director

1945

La Route du bagne as Director

1943

L'homme sans nom as Director

1942

Forte tête as Director

1940

Hangman's Noose as Director

1939

Sacred Woods as Director
Immediate Call as Director

1938

Chéri-Bibi as Director
The Rebel as Director

1937

A Man to Kill as Director
L'Ange du foyer as Director

1936

1935

Count Obligado as Director
La Mascotte as Director

1934

1933

Naked as a Worm as Director

1932

Kiss Me as Director

1931

Passport 13.444 as Director
The shelter as Director
Bouboule's Gang as Director

1930

L'instinct as Director

1929

L'appassionata as Director

1927

Celle qui domine as Director

Writing