1901-06-29 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Henri Letondal was a French-Canadian music critic, administrator, cellist, playwright and actor. He was a man of wide interests and wrote many sketches and revues, including, on occasion, the music. In his youth he studied the cello with Gustave Labelle. Around 1920 he became a critic of concerts and variety shows for "La Patrie" (Montreal) and served 1926-29 as that paper's Paris correspondent. He also wrote about music for "Le Petit Journal" and was music critic around 1935 for "Le Canada". For CKAC radio in Montreal he was artistic director 1929-38 of 'L'Heure provinciale,' which was sponsored by the Quebec government to promote the province's musicians and composers. He also was director general of the film company France-Film. It has been estimated that Letondal wrote some 160 radio plays and sketches 1937-1948, producing them himself and occasionally writing the music. In 1946 he embarked on an intensive Hollywood film career, appearing in 35 Hollywood films and one Canadian, before he he died in Hollywood in 1955.
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A Bullet for Joey | Dubois | 1955-04-15 |
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The Gambler from Natchez | Police Commissioner Robert Renard | 1954-08-04 |
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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes | Grotier (uncredited) | 1953-07-14 |
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Dangerous When Wet | Joubert | 1953-06-18 |
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South Sea Woman | Alphonse | 1953-06-27 |
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Little Boy Lost | Tracing Service Clerk | 1953-09-21 |
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The Wild North | John Mudd (uncredited) | 1952-01-28 |
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What Price Glory | Cognac Pete | 1952-08-22 |
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Monkey Business | Jerome Kitzel | 1952-09-03 |
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The Big Sky | La Badie | 1952-08-19 |
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Kind Lady | Monsieur Malaquaise | 1951-06-20 |
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Royal Wedding | Purser (uncredited) | 1951-03-08 |
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On the Riviera | Louis Foral | 1951-04-20 |
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Please Believe Me | Jacques Carnet | 1950-05-12 |
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Come to the Stable | Father Barraud (uncredited) | 1949-07-27 |
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Mother Is a Freshman | Prof. Romaine (uncredited) | 1949-03-12 |
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Madame Bovary | Guillaumin | 1949-08-25 |
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Apartment for Peggy | Prof. Roland Pavin | 1948-09-30 |
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The Big Clock | Antique Dealer | 1948-03-18 |
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The Crime Doctor's Gamble | Louis Chabonet | 1947-11-27 |
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La forteresse | Edward Durant | 1947-04-22 |
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The Razor's Edge | Police Inspector at Sophie's Death (uncredited) | 1946-11-19 |
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Magnificent Doll | Count D'Arignon | 1946-12-08 |
