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.
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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Filmography (Movies)
A Bullet for Joey
Character:Dubois
Release Date:15/04/1955
The Gambler from Natchez
Character:Police Commissioner Robert Renard
Release Date:04/08/1954
Little Boy Lost
Character:Tracing Service Clerk
Release Date:21/09/1953
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Character:Grotier (uncredited)
Release Date:14/07/1953
South Sea Woman
Character:Alphonse
Release Date:27/06/1953
Dangerous When Wet
Character:Joubert
Release Date:18/06/1953
Monkey Business
Character:Jerome Kitzel
Release Date:03/09/1952
What Price Glory
Character:Cognac Pete
Release Date:22/08/1952
The Big Sky
Character:La Badie
Release Date:19/08/1952
The Wild North
Character:John Mudd (uncredited)
Release Date:28/01/1952
Kind Lady
Character:Monsieur Malaquaise
Release Date:20/06/1951
On the Riviera
Character:Louis Foral
Release Date:20/04/1951
Royal Wedding
Character:Purser (uncredited)
Release Date:08/03/1951
Please Believe Me
Character:Jacques Carnet
Release Date:12/05/1950
Madame Bovary
Character:Guillaumin
Release Date:25/08/1949
Come to the Stable
Character:Father Barraud (uncredited)
Release Date:27/07/1949
Mother Is a Freshman
Character:Prof. Romaine (uncredited)
Release Date:12/03/1949
Apartment for Peggy
Character:Prof. Roland Pavin
Release Date:30/09/1948
The Big Clock
Character:Antique Dealer
Release Date:18/03/1948
The Crime Doctor's Gamble
Character:Louis Chabonet
Release Date:27/11/1947
La forteresse
Character:Edward Durant
Release Date:22/04/1947
Magnificent Doll
Character:Count D'Arignon
Release Date:08/12/1946
The Razor's Edge
Character:Police Inspector at Sophie's Death (uncredited)
Release Date:19/11/1946
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