1901-06-29 ( 123 years old ) in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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.
Movies
A Bullet for Joey
1955-04-15
The Gambler from Natchez
1954-08-04
Little Boy Lost
1953-09-21
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
1953-07-14
South Sea Woman
1953-06-27
Dangerous When Wet
1953-06-18
Monkey Business
1952-09-03
What Price Glory
1952-08-22
The Big Sky
1952-08-19
The Wild North
1952-01-28
Kind Lady
1951-06-20
On the Riviera
1951-04-20
Royal Wedding
1951-03-08
Please Believe Me
1950-05-12
Madame Bovary
1949-08-25
Come to the Stable
1949-07-27
Mother Is a Freshman
1949-03-12
Apartment for Peggy
1948-09-30
The Big Clock
1948-03-18
The Crime Doctor's Gamble
1947-11-27
La forteresse
1947-04-22
Magnificent Doll
1946-12-08
The Razor's Edge
1946-11-19
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