Henri Letondal

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

23

Gender

Male

Birthday

1901-06-29

Deathday

1955-02-15 (53 years old)

Place of Birth

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Henri Letondal

Biography

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.

Known For

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
7.3%

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Jul 14, 1953

Monkey Business
6.7%

Monkey Business

Sep 3, 1952

The Big Clock
7.3%

The Big Clock

Mar 18, 1948

Royal Wedding
6.4%

Royal Wedding

Mar 8, 1951

The Big Sky
6.5%

The Big Sky

Aug 19, 1952

The Razor's Edge
6.8%

The Razor's Edge

Nov 19, 1946

Madame Bovary
6.7%

Madame Bovary

Aug 25, 1949

A Bullet for Joey
5.5%

A Bullet for Joey

Apr 15, 1955

Come to the Stable
6.4%

Come to the Stable

Jul 27, 1949

What Price Glory
5.5%

What Price Glory

Aug 22, 1952

Dangerous When Wet
6.0%

Dangerous When Wet

Jun 18, 1953

On the Riviera
5.9%

On the Riviera

Apr 20, 1951

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Acting

1955
A Bullet for Joey as Dubois
1954
The Gambler from Natchez as Police Commissioner Robert Renard
1953
Little Boy Lost as Tracing Service Clerk
1953
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes as Grotier (uncredited)
1953
South Sea Woman as Alphonse
1953
Dangerous When Wet as Joubert
1952
Monkey Business as Jerome Kitzel
1952
What Price Glory as Cognac Pete
1952
The Big Sky as La Badie
1952
The Wild North as John Mudd (uncredited)
1951
Kind Lady as Monsieur Malaquaise
1951
On the Riviera as Louis Foral
1951
Royal Wedding as Purser (uncredited)
1950
Please Believe Me as Jacques Carnet
1949
Madame Bovary as Guillaumin
1949
Come to the Stable as Father Barraud (uncredited)
1949
Mother Is a Freshman as Prof. Romaine (uncredited)
1948
Apartment for Peggy as Prof. Roland Pavin
1948
The Big Clock as Antique Dealer
1947
The Crime Doctor's Gamble as Louis Chabonet
1947
The Fortress as Edward Durant
1946
Magnificent Doll as Count D'Arignon
1946
The Razor's Edge as Police Inspector at Sophie's Death (uncredited)
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