Léon Mathot
An image from In the Shadow of the Harem, one of the productions that also features Léon Mathot.
Léon Mathot

Léon Mathot

March 5, 1886 — 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.

Cœur fidèle

Cœur fidèle

1923

The Red Inn

The Red Inn

1923

The Devil in the City

The Devil in the City

1925

Joachim Goethal and the Secret of Steel

Joachim Goethal and the Secret of Steel

1912

Dramatic Passion of Algabert and Elisberth of Rodembourg

1912

In the Shadow of the Harem

In the Shadow of the Harem

1928

The Count of Monte Cristo

The Count of Monte Cristo

1918

Barberousse

Barberousse

1917