Henri Letondal

Born: 1901-06-29

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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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

as Grotier (uncredited)
Released: 1953-07-14

Lorelei Lee is a beautiful showgirl engaged to be married to the wealthy Gus Esmond, much to the...

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The Big Sky

as La Badie
Released: 1952-08-19

Two tough Kentucky mountaineers join a trading expedition from St. Louis up the Missouri River...

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Royal Wedding

as Purser (uncredited)
Released: 1951-03-08

Tom and Ellen are asked to perform as a dance team in England at the time of Princess...

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Monkey Business

as Jerome Kitzel
Released: 1952-09-03

Research chemist Barnaby Fulton works on a fountain of youth pill for a chemical company. One of...

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The Razor's Edge

as Police Inspector at Sophie's Death (uncredited)
Released: 1946-11-19

An adventurous young man goes off to find himself and loses his socialite fiancée in the...

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The Big Clock

as Antique Dealer
Released: 1948-03-18

Stroud, a crime magazine's crusading editor has to post-pone a vacation with his wife, again,...

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Come to the Stable

as Father Barraud (uncredited)
Released: 1949-07-27

Two nuns arrive unannounced in the small New England town of Bethlehem, where they recruit...

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Magnificent Doll

as Count D'Arignon
Released: 1946-12-08

While packing her belongings in preparation of evacuating the White House because of the...

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South Sea Woman

as Alphonse
Released: 1953-06-27

Marine Sergeant James O'Hearn is being tried at the San Diego Marine base for desertion, theft,...

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On the Riviera

as Louis Foral
Released: 1951-04-20

In this fast-paced remake of the Maurice Chevalier vehicle Folies Bergère, talented Danny Kaye...

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Madame Bovary

as Guillaumin
Released: 1949-08-25

After marrying small-town doctor Charles Bovary, Emma becomes tired of her limited social status...

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A Bullet for Joey

as Dubois
Released: 1955-04-15

Raoul Leduc is a police inspector trailing a spy who plots to kidnap an important American...

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Dangerous When Wet

as Joubert
Released: 1953-06-18

The health conscious, dairy-farming Higgins family begin each day with an invigorating swim. One...

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What Price Glory

as Cognac Pete
Released: 1952-08-22

Two military men, Captain Flagg and Sergeant Quirt, who are rivals to begin with, grow more at...

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The Wild North

as John Mudd (uncredited)
Released: 1952-01-28

In the Canadian mountains, a trapper goes on the run accused of a crime and is pursued by a...

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Little Boy Lost

as Tracing Service Clerk
Released: 1953-09-21

A war correspondent who was stationed in Paris during WW II married a French girl who was...

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Please Believe Me

as Jacques Carnet
Released: 1950-05-12

A woman in London unexpectedly inherits a Texas ranching fortune, and takes a transatlantic...

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The Gambler from Natchez

as Police Commissioner Robert Renard
Released: 1954-08-04

A discharged army Captain returns home to New Orleans to take revenge on the men who murdered...

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Apartment for Peggy

as Prof. Roland Pavin
Released: 1948-09-30

Professor Henry Barnes decides he's lived long enough and contemplates suicide. His attitude is...

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Mother Is a Freshman

as Prof. Romaine (uncredited)
Released: 1949-03-12

Widow Abby Abbott is having serious money problems and has to dip into the family trust in order...

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Kind Lady

as Monsieur Malaquaise
Released: 1951-06-20

Mary Herries has a passion for art and fine furniture. Even though she is getting on in years,...

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The Crime Doctor's Gamble

as Louis Chabonet
Released: 1947-11-27

While visiting France, a criminal psychologist tries to clear a disturbed young man of his...

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La forteresse

as Edward Durant
Released: 1947-04-22

After hearing that a famous actress is dying in a hospital after being hit by a car, a reporter...

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