
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". 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.
Acting (23 movies)

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
1953

Monkey Business
1952

The Gambler from Natchez
1954

The Wild North
1952

A Bullet for Joey
1955

On the Riviera
1951

The Big Sky
1952

Dangerous When Wet
1953

Madame Bovary
1949

Royal Wedding
1951

The Big Clock
1948

What Price Glory
1952

The Razor's Edge
1946

The Crime Doctor's Gamble
1947

Please Believe Me
1950

Mother Is a Freshman
1949

South Sea Woman
1953

Magnificent Doll
1946

Come to the Stable
1949

La forteresse
1947

Apartment for Peggy
1948

Kind Lady
1951

Little Boy Lost
1953
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