Jean Angelo

Jean Angelo (born Jean-Jacques Barthélémy, 17 May 1888 – 26 November 1933) was a French film actor of silent movies and early talkies. He is best known for his role as The Count of Monte Cristo in the 1929 silent film Monte Cristo. He was the son of French actor Edouard Angelo (1843-1903), also known as Émile-Télémaque Barthélémy. His father accompanied Sarah Bernhardt on her first tour of America (1880-1881) and then on the European tour that followed. When Jean was fifteen in 1903, he made his stage debut under the training of Sarah Bernhardt. His first onscreen appearance was in the 1908 film The Assassination of the Duke of Guise. He also appeared in several film adaptations of Victor Hugo's plays The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (1911) and Les Misérables (1911). Both Jean and his father Edouard were the subjects of notable paintings created by Greek-French painter Théodore Jacques Ralli.

Jean was born in Paris, France. From a young age, he was a theater actor. From early in his career, he worked with the film director Albert Capellani, appearing in the silent film adaptation of The Mysteries of Paris. He paused his career during World War I, where he suffered combat injuries but eventually rose to prominence as a French Silent film actor in the 1920s, starring in films such as L'Atlantide (1921 film) and Nana (1926 film). He appeared in over sixty films throughout his career. He died of pneumonia while filming the talkie Colomba (1933 film) at forty-five years old.