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Aliases: Léon Désiré Joseph Mathot

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Roubaix, Nord, France

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Movie Involvements: 47

TV Involvements: 1


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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.

Most Famous Work

Immediate Call
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Immediate Call

(1939) Director
Cartacalha, reine des gitans
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Chéri-Bibi
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5

Chéri-Bibi

(1938) Director
In the Shadow of the Harem
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7
L'homme sans nom
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L'homme sans nom

(1943) Director
Fromont Young and Risler Elder
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6
Forte tête
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Forte tête

(1942) Director
Hangman's Noose
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Hangman's Noose

(1940) Director

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1978 Self (archive footage)
1939 Abbé Gaillard
1931 N/A
1930 N/A
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Langeac
1928 L'Émir Si Abd El Nasser
1927 N/A
1926 N/A
1925 N/A
Marc Herner
1923 Jean
Prosper Magnan
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1922 N/A
Marc Anavan
1921 N/A
1920 Arthur Graves
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Luc Froment
1918 Edmond Dantès
1917 N/A
Trively
Louis Hérault
Jacques Alberty
1916 N/A
N/A
N/A
1914 N/A
1912 Joachim Goethal
Prince Algabert
1906 N/A
Year Character Movie/Tv

Directing

Year Role Movie/Tv
1953 Director
1950 Director
1949 Director
1948 Director
1947 Director
1946 Director
1945 Director
1943 Director
1942 Director
Director
1941 Director
1940 Director
1939 Director
Director
1938 Director
Director
1937 Director
Director
Director
1936 Director
1935 Director
Director
1934 Director
1933 Director
1932 Director
1931 Director
Director
Director
1930 Director
1929 Director
1928 Director
1927 Director
Year Role Movie/Tv

Writing

Year Role Movie/Tv
1928 Writer
Year Role Movie/Tv

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