About

Known credits:
23
Birthday:
1901-06-29
Place of birth:
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Website:
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Henri Letondal

Overview

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

Acting

1955 A Bullet for Joey Actor Dubois 58
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1954 The Gambler from Natchez Actor Police Commissioner Robert Renard 58
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1953 Little Boy Lost Actor Tracing Service Clerk 59
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1953 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Actor Grotier (uncredited) 68
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1953 South Sea Woman Actor Alphonse 58
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1953 Dangerous When Wet Actor Joubert 58
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1952 Monkey Business Actor Jerome Kitzel 61
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1952 What Price Glory Actor Cognac Pete 58
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1952 The Big Sky Actor La Badie 59
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1952 The Wild North Actor John Mudd (uncredited) 59
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1951 Kind Lady Actor Monsieur Malaquaise 59
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1951 On the Riviera Actor Louis Foral 59
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1951 Royal Wedding Actor Purser (uncredited) 59
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1950 Please Believe Me Actor Jacques Carnet 58
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1949 Madame Bovary Actor Guillaumin 59
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1949 Come to the Stable Actor Father Barraud (uncredited) 59
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1949 Mother Is a Freshman Actor Prof. Romaine (uncredited) N/A
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1948 Apartment for Peggy Actor Prof. Roland Pavin 59
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1948 The Big Clock Actor Antique Dealer 62
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1947 The Crime Doctor's Gamble Actor Louis Chabonet 59
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1947 La forteresse Actor Edward Durant N/A
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1946 Magnificent Doll Actor Count D'Arignon 59
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1946 The Razor's Edge Actor Police Inspector at Sophie's Death (uncredited) 60
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