Léon Mathot (5 March 1886,

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best known perhaps for playing Edmond Dantes in ''

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in 1918. He appeared in the 1923 silent film ''

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'', 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.

Selected filmography

* '' Les Gaz mortels'' ( 1916) * '' The Zone of Death'' ( 1917) * ''

Barberousse ''Barberousse'' is a 1917 silent French film directed by Abel Gance. Cast * Léon Mathot as Trively * Émile Keppens as Gesmus * Maud Richard as Odette Trively * Germaine Pelisse as Pauline * Yvonne Briey * Henri Maillard * Doriani * Pau ...

'' (1917) * ''

Le droit à la vie ''Le droit à la vie'' is a 1917 silent French film directed by Abel Gance. Cast * Paul Vermoyal as Pierre Veryal * Léon Mathot as Jacques Alberty * Andrée Brabant as Andree Mael * Georges Paulais as Marc Toln * Eugénie Bade as Grandmother ...

'' (1917) * ''

'' (1918) * '' In Old Alsace'' (1920) * ''

The Empire of Diamonds ''The Empire of Diamonds'' is a 1920 American silent crime film directed by Léonce Perret and starring Robert Elliott, Lucy Fox and Léon Mathot.Connelly p.343 Cast * Robert Elliott as Matthew Versigny * Lucy Fox as Marguerite Versigny * ...

'' (1920) * ''

'' ( 1923) * '' My Uncle Benjamin'' (1924) * ''

The Painter and His Model ''The Painter and His Model'' (French titles: ''Le Peintre dans son atelier'', ''Le peintre et son modèle, l'Atelier, quai Saint-Michel'') is a work by Henri Matisse painted late 1916, early 1917. It is currently in the collection of the Musée ...

'' (1925) * ''

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'' (1927) * ''

La Maison de la Fléche ''La Maison de la Fléche'' is a 1930 French mystery film directed by Henri Fescourt, starring Alice Field, Léon Mathot and Gaston Dupray. The film was based on the 1924 novel '' The House of the Arrow'' by A.E.W. Mason, and was made at Twi ...

'' (1930) * ''

The Mystery of the Villa Rose ''The Mystery of the Villa Rose'' (French: ''Le mystère de la villa rose'') is a 1930 French mystery film directed by René Hervil and Louis Mercanton and starring Léon Mathot, Simone Vaudry, and Louis Baron fils. Production The film is based ...

'' (1930) * ''

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'' (1930) * '' Kiss Me'' (1932) * '' Aloha, le chant des îles'' (1937) * ''

Sacred Woods ''Sacred Woods'' (French:'' Le bois sacré'') is a 1939 French comedy film directed by Léon Mathot and starring Elvire Popesco, Gaby Morlay and Victor Boucher.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.113 It was based on a play by Robert de Flers and Gaston Arman ...

'' (1939) * ''

Immediate Call ''Immediate Call'' (French: ''Rappel immédiat'') is a 1939 French comedy drama film directed by Léon Mathot and starring Mireille Balin, Roger Duchesne and Bernard Lancret.Lennig p.392 Cast * Mireille Balin as Helen Wells * Roger Duchesne as ...

'' (1939) * '' The Man Without a Name'' (1943) * '' Night Warning'' (1946) * ''

The Dancer of Marrakesh ''The Dancer of Marrakesh'' (French: ''La danseuse de Marrakech'') is a 1949 French drama film directed by Léon Mathot and starring Yves Vincent, Katia Lova and Aimé Clariond.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.279 It was made at the Victorine Studios i ...

'' (1949) * '' My Childish Father'' (1953)

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* 1886 births 1968 deaths French male film actors French male silent film actors French film directors 20th-century French male actors Articles containing video clips {{france-film-actor-stub