---
name: "Henri Letondal"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/henri-letondal"
fi1m_id: "henri-letondal"
imdb_id: "nm0504728"
tmdb_id: 97284
wikidata_id: "Q23615571"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "29 June 1901"
died: "15 February 1955"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T05:18:54.759805+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Henri Letondal

## Identity

Henri Letondal

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/henri-letondal
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** henri-letondal
- **IMDb ID:** nm0504728
- **TMDB ID:** 97284
- **Wikidata ID:** Q23615571
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Letondal, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23615571, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0504728/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/97284

Actor. Born 29 June 1901 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Died 15 February 1955.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 29 June 1901, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- **Died:** 15 February 1955
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 other
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1940s 63 (1), 1950s 73 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Letondal, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23615571, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0504728/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/97284

## Biography

Henri Letondal (29 June 1901 – 15 February 1955) was a French-Canadian actor, playwright, critic and musician. Born in Montreal, he trained as a cellist and worked as a music and theatre critic for La Patrie from around 1920, serving as its Paris correspondent from 1926 to 1929. He directed radio programmes for CKAC in Montreal, including L'Heure provinciale, and wrote numerous radio plays and sketches.

In 1946 he moved to Hollywood and appeared in around 35 films as a character actor. His credits include The Razor's Edge (1946), The Big Clock (1948), Madame Bovary (1949), Royal Wedding (1951), The Big Sky (1952) as La Badie, Monkey Business (1952) and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, rottentomatoes.com, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1) — the average rests on these

- *The Big Sky* (1952), Fi1m 73, as La Badie — [page](https://film.one/film/the-big-sky.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *The Razor's Edge* (1946), Fi1m 63, as Police Inspector at Sophie's Death (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-razors-edge.md)

## Complete filmography (23)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *A Bullet for Joey* (1955), as Dubois
- *The Gambler from Natchez* (1954), as Police Commissioner Robert Renard
- *Little Boy Lost* (1953), as Tracing Service Clerk
- *Gentlemen Prefer Blondes* (1953), as Grotier (uncredited) — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/gentlemen-prefer-blondes.md)
- *South Sea Woman* (1953), as Alphonse
- *Dangerous When Wet* (1953), as Joubert
- *Monkey Business* (1952), as Jerome Kitzel
- *What Price Glory* (1952), as Cognac Pete
- *The Big Sky* (1952), as La Badie — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/the-big-sky.md)
- *The Wild North* (1952), as John Mudd (uncredited)
- *Kind Lady* (1951), as Monsieur Malaquaise
- *On the Riviera* (1951), as Louis Foral
- *Royal Wedding* (1951), as Purser (uncredited)
- *Please Believe Me* (1950), as Jacques Carnet
- *Madame Bovary* (1949), as Guillaumin
- *Come to the Stable* (1949), as Father Barraud (uncredited)
- *Mother Is a Freshman* (1949), as Prof. Romaine (uncredited)
- *Apartment for Peggy* (1948), as Prof. Roland Pavin
- *The Big Clock* (1948), as Antique Dealer
- *The Crime Doctor's Gamble* (1947), as Louis Chabonet
- *La forteresse* (1947), as Edward Durant
- *Magnificent Doll* (1946), as Count D'Arignon
- *The Razor's Edge* (1946), as Police Inspector at Sophie's Death (uncredited) — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/the-razors-edge.md)

## Gallery

- ![Henri Letondal](https://film.one/media/person/1235454/gallery-8455abb23ebd.jpg) Henri Letondal — La Presse, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Henri_Letondal%2C_1901-1955_%28with_Torr%C3%A8s%29.jpg/1280px-Henri_Letondal%2C_1901-1955_%28with_Torr%C3%A8s%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Henri Letondal](https://film.one/media/person/1235454/gallery-97cf05b6d796.jpg) Henri Letondal — Image via TMDB

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