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.
1955
as Dubois
1954
as Police Commissioner Robert Renard
1953
as Tracing Service Clerk
1953
as Grotier (uncredited)
1953
as Alphonse
1953
as Joubert
1952
as Jerome Kitzel
1952
as Cognac Pete
1952
as La Badie
1952
as John Mudd (uncredited)
1951
as Monsieur Malaquaise
1951
as Louis Foral
1951
as Purser (uncredited)
1950
as Jacques Carnet
1949
as Guillaumin
1949
as Father Barraud (uncredited)
1949
as Prof. Romaine (uncredited)
1948
as Prof. Roland Pavin
1948
as Antique Dealer
1947
as Louis Chabonet
1947
as Edward Durant
1946
as Count D'Arignon
1946
as Police Inspector at Sophie's Death (uncredited)