Léon Mathot

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.

Cast

The house of La Fleche

Deuxième bureau contre kommandantur

Joachim Goethal and the Secret of Steel

Joachim Goethal

In the Shadow of the Harem

L'Émir Si Abd El Nasser

The Devil in the City

Dramatic Passion of Algabert and Elisberth of Rodembourg

Prince Algabert

The Right to Life

Jacques Alberty

The Tragic Mill

The Count of Monte Cristo

Passport 13.444

The Empire of Diamonds

L'Empereur des pauvres

Der Maler und sein Modell

Nemrod et compagnie

The mystery of the pink villa

The Cradle of God

The Zone of Death

The Bridge That Failed

Être ou ne pas être

Ally - un millionnaire

A Night of Romance