Léon Mathot
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 | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.261 |
| Birthday | 1886-03-05 |
| Place of Birth | Roubaix, Nord, France |
| Also Known As | Léon Désiré Joseph Mathot, |
1923
Cœur fidèle
7.128/47
The good guys win out in this sweet tale about a young orphan who is abused for much of her life but who eventually finds happiness when she marries a...
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Cœur fidèle
1917
Barberousse
5/1
A journalist attempt to stop a mysterious criminal : "Barbe rousse".
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Barberousse
1923
The Red Inn
5.5/7
Two young doctors, surprised by the storm, take refuge in an inn. A diamond broker joins them and, for lack of space, shares their room. At dawn he is...
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The Red Inn
1912
Joachim Goethal and the Secret of Steel
4.5/2
A steel worker is told by his girl friend, that she only wants to marry a rich man. A foreign spy hears this and offers him money if he gives him the...
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Joachim Goethal and the Secret of Steel
1917
Will
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The story takes place in the Parisian "High Society" of the time. Two long-time friends become enemies because of a beautiful girl.
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Will
1920
Work
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Luc Froment, a reform-minded engineer, starts working at a steel mill in a small town. There he founds small groups of workers (and their families) un...
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Work
1925
The Devil in the City
5/2
The story is about a superstitious village, where the mayor has sold a tower to an unknown, who is soon suspected of being the devil.
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The Devil in the City
1912
Dramatic Passion of Algabert and Elisberth of Rodembourg
4.5/2
Prince Algabert, upholding the traditions of his forefathers, wages a ceaseless feud against the house of Rodembourg, whose reigning lord has one daug...
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Dramatic Passion of Algabert and Elisberth of Rodembourg
1916
The Tragic Mill
5/1
Propaganda spy-movie, Belgian-French production, directed by Honoré and Georges Lainé. A village girl repels the advances of the miller's son, who cow...
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The Tragic Mill
1918
The Count of Monte Cristo
6/1
Le comte de Monte Cristo (15 Episodes). Monte Cristo, based upon Alexandre Dumas' novel of the same name, tells the story of Edmond Dantès, an innocen...
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The Count of Monte Cristo
1931
Passport 13.444
4/1
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Passport 13.444
1920
The Empire of Diamonds
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Shot on location in Paris, Monte Carlo and the Riviera with both American and French actors. When Matthew Versigny discovers that the jewels his diamo...
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The Empire of Diamonds
1922
L'Empereur des pauvres
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Marc Anavan, a rich young man, leads a profligate life and when he understands his fortune is about to evaporate he decides to change his life, to bec...
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L'Empereur des pauvres
1917
The Right to Life
0/0
A young girl marries a financier knowing he has only a short time to live, so she can inherit his money.Her lover, who has made a fortune away in Amer...
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The Right to Life
1916
Deadly Gas
5/1
Hopson, a prestigious scientist, studies the effect of snake venom to cure many diseases of mankind. His son enlists in the army when the Great War br...
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Deadly Gas
1925
Der Maler und sein Modell
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Der Maler und sein Modell
1916
Nemrod et compagnie
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Nemrod et compagnie
1930
The mystery of the pink villa
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The mystery of the pink villa
1917
La zone de la mort
0/0
Film by Abel Gance.
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La zone de la mort
1926
The Cradle of God
0/0
A young intellectual, J. Powers, loses his faith in God after the untimely death of his wife. He devotes his great talents to writing a shockingly bla...
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The Cradle of God
1914
The Bridge That Failed
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The Bridge That Failed
1920
L'Ami Fritz
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L'Ami Fritz
1922
Être ou ne pas être
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Être ou ne pas être
1921
Blanchette
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Blanchette, whose parents have sacrificed to give her an education, has received her teaching diploma, but is unable to find work. A dispute with her...
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Blanchette
1927
Yasmina
0/0
Yasmina, a rich Tunisian Princess, daughter of a French lady and a Muslim gentleman, is betrothed by a father to a rich fifty year old man named Afsen...
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Yasmina
1906
The Wig Chase
0/0
Child prank causes chase for few ballons and one lady's wig
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The Wig Chase
1930
Instinct
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Instinct
1930
The house of La Fleche
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After a rich English lady is killed in a Dijon house, the only person there who doesn't have a solid alibi is about to be arrested.Will a detective fr...
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The house of La Fleche
1939
Deuxième bureau contre kommandantur
0/0
In 1917, in a small village in the North, Abbe Gaillard is suspected by the Germans of facilitating the escape of French and Belgian soldiers. A false...
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Deuxième bureau contre kommandantur
1923
Vent debout
0/0
Jacques Averil leads an idle life which plunges him into weariness and melancholy. When he learns of the suicide of his father, a banker ruined by dar...
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Vent debout
1928
In the Shadow of the Harem
7/1
An emir wants revenge on a secretary who posed as a rival to a beautiful woman. He holds in his palace which refers to himself as a trap, the wife of...
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