Person Details
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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
Most Famous Work
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
(1939) DirectorCartacalha, reine des gitans
(1942) DirectorChéri-Bibi
(1938) DirectorIn the Shadow of the Harem
(1928) WriterL'homme sans nom
(1943) DirectorFromont Young and Risler Elder
(1941) DirectorForte tête
(1942) DirectorHangman's Noose
(1940) DirectorActing
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1978 | Self (archive footage) | |
1939 | Abbé Gaillard | |
1931 | N/A | |
1930 | N/A | |
N/A | ||
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 | |
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Louis Hérault | ||
Jacques Alberty | ||
1916 | N/A | |
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1914 | N/A | |
1912 | Joachim Goethal | |
Prince Algabert | ||
1906 | N/A | |
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Directing
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1953 | Director | |
1950 | Director | |
1949 | Director | |
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1932 | Director | |
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Writing
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1928 | Writer | |
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