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.
Cœur fidèle
as JeanThe good guys win out in this sweet tale about a young orphan who is abused for much of her life...
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The Red Inn
as Prosper MagnanTwo young doctors, surprised by the storm, take refuge in an inn. A diamond broker joins them...
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The Count of Monte Cristo
as Edmond DantèsLe comte de Monte Cristo (15 Episodes). Monte Cristo, based upon Alexandre Dumas' novel of the...
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The Cradle of God
as uncreditedA young intellectual, J. Powers, loses his faith in God after the untimely death of his wife. He...
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Barberousse
as TrivelyA journalist attempt to stop a mysterious criminal : "Barbe rousse".
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The Devil in the City
as Marc HernerThe story is about a superstitious village, where the mayor has sold a tower to an unknown, who...
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Deuxième bureau contre kommandantur
as Abbé GaillardIn 1917, in a small village in the North, Abbe Gaillard is suspected by the Germans of...
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Vent debout
as uncreditedJacques Averil leads an idle life which plunges him into weariness and melancholy. When he...
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The house of La Fleche
as uncreditedAfter a rich English lady is killed in a Dijon house, the only person there who doesn't have a...
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In the Shadow of the Harem
as L'Émir Si Abd El NasserAn emir wants revenge on a secretary who posed as a rival to a beautiful woman. He holds in his...
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Yasmina
as uncreditedYasmina, a rich Tunisian Princess, daughter of a French lady and a Muslim gentleman, is...
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The Empire of Diamonds
as Arthur GravesShot on location in Paris, Monte Carlo and the Riviera with both American and French actors....
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Deadly Gas
as uncreditedHopson, a prestigious scientist, studies the effect of snake venom to cure many diseases of...
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Joachim Goethal and the Secret of Steel
as Joachim GoethalA steel worker is told by his girl friend, that she only wants to marry a rich man. A foreign...
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