Henri Letondal

Personal Info

Birthday

June 29, 1901

Day of Death

1955-02-15

(53 years old)

Place of Birth

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Henri Letondal

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".

Known For

The Big Sky

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

A Bullet for Joey

Monkey Business

The Razor's Edge

Royal Wedding

The Big Clock

Magnificent Doll

Filmography

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