Léon Mathot was a French

France

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 film actor and film director

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 best known perhaps for playing Edmond Dantes in The Count of Monte Cristo

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film serial

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 in 1918.

He appeared in the 1923 silent film Coeur fidèle

Coeur fidèle

Cœur fidèle is a 1923 French drama film directed by Jean Epstein. It has the alternative English title Faithful Heart. The film tells a melodramatic story of thwarted romance, set against a background of the Marseille docks, and experiments with many techniques of camerawork and...

, directed by Jean Epstein

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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

• La Maison de la Fléche
  La Maison de la Fléche
  La Maison de la Fléche is a 1930 French mystery film directed by Henri Fescourt and starring Alice Field, Léon Mathot and Gaston Dupray. The film was based on the novel The House of the Arrow by A.E.W. Mason, and was made at Twickenham Studios in London as part of a co-production that saw an...
  
  (1930)
• Coeur fidèle
  Coeur fidèle
  Cœur fidèle is a 1923 French drama film directed by Jean Epstein. It has the alternative English title Faithful Heart. The film tells a melodramatic story of thwarted romance, set against a background of the Marseille docks, and experiments with many techniques of camerawork and...
  
   (1923
  1923 in film
  -Events:*April 15 - Lee De Forest demonstrates the Phonofilm sound-on-film system at the Rivoli Theater in New York with a series of short musical films featuring vaudeville performers.-Top grossing films :-Films released in 1923:U.S.A...
  
  )
• The Zone of Death
  The Zone of Death
  The Zone of Death is a 1917 silent French film directed by Abel Gance.-Cast:* Andrée Brabant* Julien Clément * Anthony Gildès* Andrée Lionel* Léon Mathot* Gaston Modot* Georges Paulais* Paul Vermoyal...
  
   (1917
  1917 in film
  The year 1917 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*Foundation of Universum Film AG , as a propaganda film company, in Berlin.*Technicolor System 1, a two-color process, is introduced...
  
  )
• Barberousse
  Barberousse
  Barberousse is a 1917 silent French film directed by Abel Gance.-Cast:* Léon Mathot - Trively* Émile Keppens - Gesmus* Maud Richard - Odette Trively* Germaine Pelisse - Pauline* Yvonne Briey* Henri Maillard* Doriani* Paul Vermoyal...
  
   (1917)
• Le droit à la vie
  Le droit à la vie
  Le droit à la vie is a 1917 silent French film directed by Abel Gance. -Cast:* Paul Vermoyal - Pierre Veryal* Léon Mathot - Jacques Alberty* Andrée Brabant - Andree Mael* Georges Paulais - Marc Toln* Eugénie Bade - Grandmother* Lebrey - Magistrate...
  
   (1917)
• Les Gaz mortels
  Les Gaz mortels
  Les Gaz mortels is a 1916 silent French film directed by Abel Gance. -Cast:* Doriani* Émile Keppens* Henri Maillard* Léon Mathot* Germaine Pelisse* Maud Richard* Jean Fleury...
  
   (1916
  1916 in film
  The year 1916 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* October 17 - release of A Daughter of the Gods, the first US production with a million dollar budget, with the first nude scene by a major star....
  
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