Occupation actor Name Leon Mathot | Role Film actor | |
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Born 5 March 1886 ( 1886-03-05 ) Roubaix, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France Years active 1906—1939 (actor)1927 - 1953 (director) Died March 6, 1968, Paris, France Movies The Faithful Heart, Immediate Call, Night Warning Similar People Jean Epstein, Henri Fescourt, Gaby Morlay, Victor Boucher, Abel Gance | ||
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.
Filmography
Actor
1939
Deuxième bureau contre kommandantur as
Abbé Gaillard
1931
Passeport 13.444 as
André de Bussac
1930
La maison de La Flèche as
Langeac
1930
L'instinct as
Jean Bernon
1930
Le mystère de la villa rose as
Langeac
1929
L'appassionata as
Pierre Langer
1928
Dans l'ombre du harem as
L'émir Si Abd en Nasser
1927
Rue de la paix as
Ally - un millionnaire
1927
Celle qui domine as
Capitaine Steele
1927
Yasmina as
Docteur Hector Grandier
1926
Le berceau de dieu as
John Powers / Saül / Hérode
1925
Le puits de Jacob as
Leon
1925
La nuit de la revanche
1925
Les cinquante ans de Don Juan as
Ruggiero di Maddalone
1925
Der Maler und sein Modell as
Charles Bonard
1925
La blessure as
Jean Kren
1925
Le diable dans la ville as
Marc Herner - l'étranger
1924
Mon oncle Benjamin as
Benjamin Rathery
1923
Vent debout
1923
The Faithful Heart as
Jean
1923
The Red Inn as
Prosper Magnan
1922
La robe déchirée (Short)
1922
Jean d'Agrève as
Jean d'Agrève
1922
Être ou ne pas être as
Pierre de Kérouec
1922
L'empereur des pauvres as
Marc Anavan - un fils de riche presque ruiné qui deviendra chemineau et bienfaiteur de l'humanité
1921
Blanchette as
Auguste Morillon
1920
The Empire of Diamonds as
Arthur Graves
1920
Papillons as
Pierre
1920
In Old Alsace as
Fritz Kobus
1920
Travail (Short) as
Luc Froment
1919
Les dames de Croix-Mort
1918
La course du flambeau as
Stangy
1918
La maison d'argile as
Jean Rouchon
1918
Les petites marionnettes
1918
Le comte de Monte Cristo - Épisode 15: Le triomphe de Dantès (Short) as
Edmond Dantes
1918
The Count of Monte Cristo - Episode 14: Villefort's Punishment (Short) as
Edmond Dantès
1918
The Count of Monte Cristo - Episode 13: The Last Exploits of Caderousse (Short) as
Edmond Dantès
1918
Le comte de Monte Cristo - Épisode 12: Le crédit illimité (Short) as
Edmond Dantes
1918
Le comte de Monte Cristo - Épisode 11: La revanche d'Haydée (Short) as
Edmond Dantes
1918
The Count of Monte Cristo - Episode 10: Haydée's Story (Short) as
Edmond Dantès
1918
The Count of Monte Cristo - Episode 9: The Conquest of Paris (Short) as
Edmond Dantès
1918
Le comte de Monte Cristo - Épisode 8: Les grottes de Monte Cristo (Short) as
Edmond Dantes
1918
The Count of Monte Cristo - Episode 7: The Philanthropist (Short) as
Edmond Dantès
1918
The Count of Monte Cristo - Episode 6: The Vendetta (Short) as
Edmond Dantès
1918
Le comte de Monte Cristo - Épisode 5: L'auberge du pont du Gard (Short) as
Edmond Dantes
1918
The Count of Monte Cristo - Episode 4: The Secret of Monte Cristo (Short) as
Edmond Dantès
1918
Le comte de Monte Cristo - Épisode 3: L'abbé Faria (Short) as
Edmond Dantes
1918
Le comte de Monte Cristo - Épisode 2: Le prisonnier du Château d'If (Short) as
Edmond Dantès
1918
The Count of Monte Cristo - Episode 1: Edmond Dantès (Short) as
Edmond Dantès
1917
Les écrits restent
1917
Son héros (Short) as
Sancerre
1917
The Zone of Death as
Pierre Jubal
1917
Barberousse as
Trively
1917
Volonté as
Louis Hérault
1917
Le droit à la vie as
Jacques Alberty
1916
Fioritures as
Julien Darvoncourt
1916
Nemrod et compagnie as
Marquis de Pont-Croix
1916
Le Moulin tragique (Short) as
Herrmann
1916
Les gaz mortels as
Mathus
1915
Les faussaires (Short)
1915
Sous l'uniforme (Short) as
Maurice
1914
The Bridge That Failed (Short)
1912
De Arnhemsche Medeminnaars (Short)
1912
The Love of Algabert and Elizabeth (Short)
1912
Le secret de l'acier (Short) as
Joachim Goethal
1912
Les rivaux d'Arnheim (Short)
1912
La dramatique passion d'Algabert et d'Élisabeth de Rodembourg (Short) as
Prince Algabert
1912
Gontran, a Snake Charmer (Short)
1911
Gontran a le coup de foudre (Short)
1911
Gontran Is Fond of Animals (Short)
1911
The World's Champion (Short)
1908
Le secret de l'acier (Short)
1906
The Wig Chase (Short)
Director
1953
Mon gosse de père
1950
La danseuse de Marrakech
1949
L'homme aux mains d'argile
1948
Le dolmen tragique
1947
La dernière chevauchée
1946
Nuits d'alerte
1945
La route du bagne
1943
L'homme sans nom
1942
Forte tête
1942
Cartacalha, reine des gitans
1941
Fromont jeune et Risler aîné
1940
Le collier de chanvre
1939
Le bois sacré
1939
Rappel immédiat
1938
Le révolté
1938
Chéri-Bibi
1937
Aloha, le chant des îles
1937
L'ange du foyer
1937
L'homme à abattre
1936
Les loups entre eux
1935
La mascotte
1935
Le comte Obligado
1934
Bouboule 1er, roi nègre
1933
Nu comme un ver
1932
Embrassez-moi
1931
La bande à Bouboule
1931
Passeport 13.444
1931
Le refuge
1930
L'instinct
1929
L'appassionata
1928
Dans l'ombre du harem
1927
Celle qui domine
Writer
1949
L'homme aux mains d'argile (writer)
1942
Forte tête (adaptation)
1942
Cartacalha, reine des gitans (adaptation)
1928
Dans l'ombre du harem (writer)
Art Director
1927
Celle qui domine
Miscellaneous
1950
Lawless Street (technical director)
Self
1964
Pour le plaisir (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Mémoire de l'imaginaire (1964) - Self
Archive Footage
2012
Cinéphiles de notre temps (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Charlton Heston est un axiome (1957-1959) (2012) - Self
1978
Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Jean Epstein ou Le Cinéma pour lui-même (1978) - Self
References
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