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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
codirected with Léon Mathot
- 1929 : "L'Appassionata", codirected with Léon Mathot after the play by Pierre Frondaie
- 1930 : "Instinct", codirected avec Léon Mathot after the work by Henry Kistemaeckers
- Assistant director
- 1924 : "Paris" by René Hervil
- 1926 : "La Femme nue" by Léonce Perret after the play by Henry Bataille
- 1928 : "Morgane la sirène" by Léonce Perret after the work of Charles Le Goffic
- Screenwriter
- 1928 : "Dans