Henri Letondal
Known For
Acting
Born
1901-06-29 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Died
1955-02-15
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.
Most Known For
Kind Lady
as Monsieur Malaquaise
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
as Grotier (uncredited)
Monkey Business
as Jerome Kitzel
The Big Clock
as Antique Dealer
The Razor's Edge
as Police Inspector at Sophie's Death (uncredited)
The Big Sky
as La Badie
Royal Wedding
as Purser (uncredited)
A Bullet for Joey
as Dubois
Please Believe Me
as Jacques Carnet
The Wild North
as John Mudd (uncredited)
Dangerous When Wet
as Joubert
What Price Glory
as Cognac Pete
Madame Bovary
as Guillaumin
On the Riviera
as Louis Foral
The Gambler from Natchez
as Police Commissioner Robert Renard
Magnificent Doll
as Count D'Arignon
The Crime Doctor's Gamble
as Louis Chabonet
South Sea Woman
as Alphonse
Come to the Stable
as Father Barraud (uncredited)
Apartment for Peggy
as Prof. Roland Pavin