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Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 29, 1901
Died
February 15, 1955
Place of Birth
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Henri Letondal
0.4 Popularity
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
5.6
Dubois
A Bullet for Joey
1955
6.8
Police Commissioner Robert Renard
The Gambler from Natchez
1954
7.7
Tracing Service Clerk
Little Boy Lost
1953
7.3
Grotier (uncredited)
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
1953
4.4
Alphonse
South Sea Woman
1953
5.9
Joubert
Dangerous When Wet
1953
6.7
Jerome Kitzel
Monkey Business
1952
5.5
Cognac Pete
What Price Glory
1952
6.5
La Badie
The Big Sky
1952
6.9
John Mudd (uncredited)
The Wild North
1952
Credits
A Bullet for Joey
as Dubois
1955
5.6
The Gambler from Natchez
as Police Commissioner Robert Renard
1954
6.8
Little Boy Lost
as Tracing Service Clerk
1953
7.7
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
as Grotier (uncredited)
1953
7.3
South Sea Woman
as Alphonse
1953
4.4
Dangerous When Wet
as Joubert
1953
5.9
Monkey Business
as Jerome Kitzel
1952
6.7
What Price Glory
as Cognac Pete
1952
5.5
The Big Sky
as La Badie
1952
6.5
The Wild North
as John Mudd (uncredited)
1952
6.9
Kind Lady
as Monsieur Malaquaise
1951
7.0
On the Riviera
as Louis Foral
1951
5.9
Royal Wedding
as Purser (uncredited)
1951
6.4
Please Believe Me
as Jacques Carnet
1950
4.8
Madame Bovary
as Guillaumin
1949
6.7
Come to the Stable
as Father Barraud (uncredited)
1949
6.4
Mother Is a Freshman
as Prof. Romaine (uncredited)
1949
8.0
Apartment for Peggy
as Prof. Roland Pavin
1948
7.9
The Big Clock
as Antique Dealer
1948
7.3
The Crime Doctor's Gamble
as Louis Chabonet
1947
4.7
La forteresse
as Edward Durant
1947
0.0
Magnificent Doll
as Count D'Arignon
1946
5.9
The Razor's Edge
as Police Inspector at Sophie's Death (uncredited)
1946
6.9