Known for
Acting
Credits
65
Gender
Man
Birthday
5 Mar 1886
Day of death
6 Mar 1968 (82)
Place of birth
Roubaix, Nord, France
Also known as
Léon Désiré Joseph Mathot
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 roles
| Year | Movie / TV show / Other | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma | Self (archive footage) |
| 1939 | Deuxième bureau contre kommandantur | Abbé Gaillard |
| 1931 | Passport 13.444 | |
| 1930 | Instinct | |
| 1930 | The house of La Fleche | |
| 1930 | The mystery of the pink villa | Langeac |
| 1928 | In the Shadow of the Harem | L'Émir Si Abd El Nasser |
| 1927 | Yasmina | |
| 1926 | The Cradle of God | |
| 1925 | The Devil in the City | Marc Herner |
| 1925 | Der Maler und sein Modell | |
| 1923 | Cœur fidèle | Jean |
| 1923 | The Red Inn | Prosper Magnan |
| 1923 | Vent debout | |
| 1922 | L'Empereur des pauvres | Marc Anavan |
| 1922 | Être ou ne pas être | |
| 1921 | Blanchette | |
| 1920 | Work | Luc Froment |
| 1920 | The Empire of Diamonds | Arthur Graves |
| 1920 | L'Ami Fritz | |
| 1918 | The Count of Monte Cristo | Edmond Dantès |
| 1917 | Barberousse | Trively |
| 1917 | Will | Louis Hérault |
| 1917 | The Right to Life | Jacques Alberty |
| 1917 | La zone de la mort | |
| 1916 | The Tragic Mill | |
| 1916 | Deadly Gas | |
| 1916 | Nemrod et compagnie | |
| 1914 | The Bridge That Failed | |
| 1912 | Joachim Goethal and the Secret of Steel | Joachim Goethal |
| 1912 | Dramatic Passion of Algabert and Elisberth of Rodembourg | Prince Algabert |
| 1906 | The Wig Chase |
Credits
| Year | Movie / TV show / Other | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1953 | My Childish Father | Director |
| 1950 | La Danseuse de Marrakech | Director |
| 1949 | L'Homme aux mains d'argile | Director |
| 1948 | Le dolmen tragique | Director |
| 1947 | La dernière chevauchée | Director |
| 1946 | Alert Nights | Director |
| 1945 | La Route du bagne | Director |
| 1943 | L'homme sans nom | Director |
| 1942 | Cartacalha, reine des gitans | Director |
| 1942 | Forte tête | Director |
| 1941 | Fromont Young and Risler Elder | Director |
| 1940 | Hangman's Noose | Director |
| 1939 | Sacred Woods | Director |
| 1939 | Immediate Call | Director |
| 1938 | Chéri-Bibi | Director |
| 1938 | The Rebel | Director |
| 1937 | Aloha, the Song of the Islands | Director |
| 1937 | A Man to Kill | Director |
| 1937 | L'Ange du foyer | Director |
| 1936 | Wolves Between Them | Director |
| 1935 | Count Obligado | Director |
| 1935 | La Mascotte | Director |
| 1934 | Bouboule 1er, roi nègre | Director |
| 1933 | Naked as a Worm | Director |
| 1932 | Kiss Me | Director |
| 1931 | Passport 13.444 | Director |
| 1931 | The shelter | Director |
| 1931 | Bouboule's Gang | Director |
| 1930 | Instinct | Director |
| 1929 | L'appassionata | Director |
| 1928 | In the Shadow of the Harem | Writer |
| 1928 | In the Shadow of the Harem | Director |
| 1927 | Celle qui domine | Director |