Henri Letondal (29 June 1901 – 15 February 1955) was a French-Canadian actor, critic, playwright and musician.
Life and career The son of pianist Arthur Letondal and grandson of pianist Paul Letondal, Henri Letondal was born in Montreal on 29 June 1901. He was educated by the Jesuits at the Collège Sainte-Marie de Montréal and the College d'Edmonton in Alberta. He trained as a cellist with Gustave Labelle and Jean-Baptiste Dubois. He became interested in film during a trip to Paris which led to work as film critic and journalist. He became a music and theatre critic for La Patrie in , and later severed as that paper's foreign correspondent in Paris from 1926 to 1929.
Letondal served as artistic director of the radio program L'Heure provinciale which was broadcast by CKAC. Other CKAC radio programs he oversaw included Histories d'amour, Capitaine Bravo, and Les Deux Copains. Late in life he had a career as a character actor in American cinema; moving to Hollywood in 1946.
He died in Hollywood on 15 February 1955.
Filmography Year Title Role Notes1946 The Razor's Edge Police Inspector at Sophie's Death Uncredited1946 Magnificent Doll Count D'Arignon 1947 La Forteresse Edward Durant 1947 The Foxes of Harrow Maspero Uncredited1947 The Crime Doctor's Gamble Louis Chabonet 1948 The Big Clock Antique Dealer 1948 Apartment for Peggy Prof. Roland Pavin Uncredited1949 Mother Is a Freshman Prof. Romaine Uncredited1949 Come to the Stable Father Barraud Uncredited1949 Madame Bovary Guillaumin 1950 Please Believe Me Jacques Carnet 1951 Royal Wedding Purser Uncredited1951 On the Riviera Louis Foral 1951 Kind Lady Monsieur Malaquaise 1951 Across the Wide Missouri Lucien Chennault Uncredited1951 Ten Tall Men Administrator Uncredited1952 The Wild North John Mudd Uncredited1952 Lovely to Look At Creditor Uncredited1952 What Price Glory Cognac Pete 1952 The Big Sky La Badie 1952 Monkey Business Dr. Jerome Kitzel 1953 Desert Legion General Uncredited1953 South Sea Woman Alphonse 1953 Dangerous When Wet Joubert 1953 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Grotier Uncredited1953 Little Boy Lost Tracing Service Clerk 1954 Yankee Pasha Clerk Uncredited1954 The Gambler from Natchez Robert Renard 1954 Deep in My Heart François Uncredited1955 A Bullet for Joey Dubois
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