Léon Mathot
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 5 March 1886 · Roubaix, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
- Died
- 6 March 1968
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
Directing 32
- 1953My Childish Father · director
- 1950La Danseuse de Marrakech · director
- 1949L'Homme aux mains d'argile · director
- 1948Le Dolmen tragique · director
- 1947La dernière chevauchée · director
- 1946Alert Nights · director
- 1945La Route du bagne · director
- 1943L'Homme sans nom · director
- 1942Forte tête · director
- 1942Cartacalha, reine des gitans · director
- 1941Fromont Young and Risler Elder · director
- 1940Hangman's Noose · director
- 1939Sacred Woods · director
- 1939Immediate Call · director
- 1938The Rebel · director
- 1938Chéri-Bibi · director
- 1937Aloha, the Song of the Islands · director
- 1937L'Ange du foyer · director
- 1937A Man to Kill · director
- 1936Wolves Between Them · director
- 1935The Mascot · director
- 1935Count Obligado · director
- 1934Bouboule 1er, roi nègre · director
- 1933Naked as a Worm · director
- 1932Kiss Me · director
- 1931Bouboule's Gang · director
- 1931Passport 13.444 · director
- 1931The shelter · director
- 1930L'instinct · director
- 1929L'appassionata · director
- 1928In the Shadow of the Harem · director
- 1927Celle qui domine · director
Acting 34
- 1939Deuxième bureau contre kommandantur as Abbé Gaillard
- 1931Passport 13.444
- 1930The house of La Fleche
- 1930L'instinct as Jean Bernon
- 1930The mystery of the pink villa as Langeac
- 1928In the Shadow of the Harem as L'Émir Si Abd El Nasser
- 1927Rue de la Paix as Ally - un millionnaire
- 1927Yasmina
- 1926The Cradle of God
- 1925A Night of Romance as Antonio Scapa
- 1925Der Maler und sein Modell
- 1925The Devil in the City as Marc Herner
- 1923Cœur fidèle as Jean
- 1923The Red Inn as Prosper Magnan
- 1923Vent debout
- 1922Être ou ne pas être
- 1922Jean d'Agrève as Jean d'Agrève
- 1922L'Empereur des pauvres as Marc Anavan
- 1921Blanchette
- 1920The Empire of Diamonds as Arthur Graves
- 1920L'Ami Fritz
- 1920Work as Luc Froment
- 1918The Count of Monte Cristo as Edmond Dantès
- 1917The Zone of Death
- 1917Barberousse as Trively
- 1917Will as Louis Hérault
- 1917The Right to Life as Jacques Alberty
- 1916Nemrod et compagnie
- 1916The Tragic Mill
- 1916Deadly Gas
- 1914The Bridge That Failed
- 1912Joachim Goethal and the Secret of Steel as Joachim Goethal
- 1912Dramatic Passion of Algabert and Elisberth of Rodembourg as Prince Algabert
- 1906The Wig Chase
Writing 1
- 1928In the Shadow of the Harem · writer