*** Welcome to piglix ***

Léon Mathot

Léon Mathot
Léon Mathot.jpg
Born (1886-03-05)5 March 1886
Roubaix, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Died 6 March 1968(1968-03-06) (aged 82)
Paris
Occupation actor
Years active 1906—1939 (actor)
1927 - 1953 (director)

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.



...
Wikipedia

...