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Léon Désiré Joseph Mathot
Léon Mathot
Acting
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
Filmography
Movies
Deuxième bureau contre kommandantur
as Abbé Gaillard
Passport 13.444
The house of La Fleche
The mystery of the pink villa
as Langeac
L'instinct
as Jean Bernon
In the Shadow of the Harem
as L'Émir Si Abd El Nasser
Yasmina
Rue de la Paix
as Ally - un millionnaire
The Cradle of God
A Night of Romance
as Antonio Scapa