
Léon Mathot
Acting
Born: 1886-03-05 · Roubaix, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Died: 1968-03-06
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 (30)

My Childish Father
1953
Director

La Danseuse de Marrakech
1950
Director

L'Homme aux mains d'argile
1949
Director

Le Dolmen tragique
1948
Director

La dernière chevauchée
1947
Director

Alert Nights
1946
Director

La Route du bagne
1945
Director

L'Homme sans nom
1943
Director

Cartacalha, reine des gitans
1942
Director

Forte tête
1942
Director

Fromont Young and Risler Elder
1941
Director

Hangman's Noose
1940
Director

Deuxième bureau contre kommandantur
1939
Abbé Gaillard

Sacred Woods
1939
Director

Immediate Call
1939
Director

Chéri-Bibi
1938
Director

The Rebel
1938
Director

Aloha, the Song of the Islands
1937
Director

A Man to Kill
1937
Director

L'Ange du foyer
1937
Director

Wolves Between Them
1936
Director

Count Obligado
1935
Director

La Mascotte
1935
Director

Bouboule 1er, roi nègre
1934
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Naked as a Worm
1933
Director

Kiss Me
1932
Director
Passport 13.444
1931
The shelter
1931
Director

Bouboule's Gang
1931
Director

L'instinct
1930
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