Henri Letondal
Age: N/A | From: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Movie Involvements: 13
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
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 Famous Work
The Big Clock
(1948) Antique Dealer
The Big Sky
(1952) La Badie
The Razor's Edge
(1946) Police Inspector at Sophie's Death (uncredited)
Madame Bovary
(1949) Guillaumin
A Bullet for Joey
(1955) Dubois
The Gambler from Natchez
(1954) Police Commissioner Robert Renard
The Wild North
(1952) John Mudd (uncredited)
Kind Lady
(1951) Monsieur MalaquaiseActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1955 | Dubois | |
| 1954 | Police Commissioner Robert Renard | |
| 1953 | Tracing Service Clerk | |
| Grotier (uncredited) | ||
| Alphonse | ||
| Joubert | ||
| 1952 | Jerome Kitzel | |
| Cognac Pete | ||
| La Badie | ||
| John Mudd (uncredited) | ||
| 1951 | Monsieur Malaquaise | |
| Louis Foral | ||
| Purser (uncredited) | ||
| 1950 | Jacques Carnet | |
| 1949 | Guillaumin | |
| Prof. Romaine (uncredited) | ||
| Father Barraud (uncredited) | ||
| 1948 | Prof. Roland Pavin | |
| Antique Dealer | ||
| 1947 | Louis Chabonet | |
| Edward Durant | ||
| 1946 | Count D'Arignon | |
| Police Inspector at Sophie's Death (uncredited) | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
