Henri Letondal

Known for ActingBorn 1901-06-29Died 1955-02-15Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Mother Is a Freshman

La forteresse

Apartment for Peggy

Little Boy Lost

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

The Big Clock

The Gambler from Natchez

Kind Lady

The Wild North

The Razor's Edge

Madame Bovary

Monkey Business

Come to the Stable

The Big Sky

Royal Wedding

On the Riviera

Magnificent Doll

Dangerous When Wet

The Crime Doctor's Gamble

A Bullet for Joey

What Price Glory

Please Believe Me

South Sea Woman