Henri Letondal
Henri Letondal | |
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.jpg) Henri Letondal (right) at CKAC | |
| Born | 29 June 1901 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Died | 15 February 1955 (aged 53) Hollywood, California, US |
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Henri Letondal (29 June 1901 – 15 February 1955) was a French-Canadian actor, critic, playwright and musician.[1]
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.[1] He was educated by the Jesuits at the Collège Sainte-Marie de Montréal and the College d'Edmonton in Alberta.[2] He trained as a cellist with Gustave Labelle[1] and Jean-Baptiste Dubois.[2] He became interested in film during a trip to Paris which led to work as film critic and journalist.[2] He became a music and theatre critic for La Patrie in c. 1920, and later severed as that paper's foreign correspondent in Paris from 1926 to 1929.[1]
Letondal served as artistic director of the radio program L'Heure provinciale which was broadcast by CKAC.[1] Other CKAC radio programs he oversaw included Histories d'amour, Capitaine Bravo, and Les Deux Copains.[2] Late in life he had a career as a character actor in American cinema; moving to Hollywood in 1946.[3]
He died in Hollywood on 15 February 1955.[4]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | The Razor's Edge | Police Inspector at Sophie's Death | Uncredited |
| 1946 | Magnificent Doll | Count D'Arignon | |
| 1947 | La Forteresse | Edward Durant | |
| 1947 | The Foxes of Harrow | Maspero | Uncredited |
| 1947 | The Crime Doctor's Gamble | Louis Chabonet | |
| 1948 | The Big Clock | Antique Dealer | |
| 1948 | Apartment for Peggy | Prof. Roland Pavin | Uncredited |
| 1949 | Mother Is a Freshman | Prof. Romaine | Uncredited |
| 1949 | Come to the Stable | Father Barraud | Uncredited |
| 1949 | Madame Bovary | Guillaumin | |
| 1950 | Please Believe Me | Jacques Carnet | |
| 1951 | Royal Wedding | Purser | Uncredited |
| 1951 | On the Riviera | Louis Foral | |
| 1951 | Kind Lady | Monsieur Malaquaise | |
| 1951 | Across the Wide Missouri | Lucien Chennault | Uncredited |
| 1951 | Ten Tall Men | Administrator | Uncredited |
| 1952 | The Wild North | John Mudd | Uncredited |
| 1952 | Lovely to Look At | Creditor | Uncredited |
| 1952 | What Price Glory | Cognac Pete | |
| 1952 | The Big Sky | La Badie | |
| 1952 | Monkey Business | Dr. Jerome Kitzel | |
| 1953 | Desert Legion | General | Uncredited |
| 1953 | South Sea Woman | Alphonse | |
| 1953 | Dangerous When Wet | Joubert | |
| 1953 | Gentlemen Prefer Blondes | Grotier | Uncredited |
| 1953 | Little Boy Lost | Tracing Service Clerk | |
| 1954 | Yankee Pasha | Clerk | Uncredited |
| 1954 | The Gambler from Natchez | Robert Renard | |
| 1954 | Deep in My Heart | François | Uncredited |
| 1955 | A Bullet for Joey | Dubois |
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Potvin, Gilles (16 December 2013). "Henri Letondal". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 "Henri Letondal a eu une carriere bien remplie". Le Devoir. 17 February 1955. p. 3.
- ↑ "Movie Character Actor, Writer Dead". Star-Phoenix. 17 February 1955. p. 19.
- ↑ "Henri Letondal - AlloCiné". Allocine.fr. Retrieved 29 March 2016.