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Léon Mathot
Born: 1886-03-05 in Roubaix, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
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.
Rated Filmography (21)
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Work
1920
10.0
Yasmina
1927
9.0
L'instinct
1930
9.0
The Empire of Diamonds
1920
9.0
L'Ami Fritz
1920
8.0
The house of La Fleche
1930
8.0
Rue de la Paix
1927
7.5
The Tragic Mill
1916
7.3
Vent debout
1923
7.2
Cœur fidèle
1923
7.0
Deuxième bureau contre kommandantur
1939
7.0
In the Shadow of the Harem
1928
7.0
Der Maler und sein Modell
1925
7.0
The mystery of the pink villa
1930
7.0
The Cradle of God
1926
7.0
The Bridge That Failed
1914
6.1
The Red Inn
1923
6.0
The Devil in the City
1925
6.0
The Count of Monte Cristo
1918
5.0
Barberousse
1917
5.0
Deadly Gas
1916