Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
July 18, 1911
Place of Birth:
London, Ontario, Canada
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Hume Cronyn
Biography
Hume Blake Cronyn Jr. (July 18, 1911 – June 15, 2003) was a Canadian-American actor and writer. Early film roles included Alfred Hitchcock's Shadow of a Doubt (1943) and Lifeboat (1944). He performed frequently alongside his second wife Jessica Tandy, including in the films The World According to Garp (1982), Cocoon (1985), and *batteries not included (1987). Their marriage lasted from 1942 until her death in 1994. He wrote the play Foxfire and television film The Dollmaker with his third wife, Susan Cooper. Many of his wide-ranging stage and screen acting roles garnered critical acclaim, including an Academy Award nomination, three Emmy Awards, and two Tony Awards.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | A Separate Peace | Professor Carmichael |
| 2003 | Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | Self |
| 2003 | The John Garfield Story | Self |
| 2001 | Off Season | Sam Clausner |
| 2001 | Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood | Self |
| 2001 | Rope Unleashed | Self |
| 2000 | Yesterday's Children | Old Sonny Sutton |
| 2000 | Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film | Self |
| 1999 | Santa and Pete | Saint Nick |
| 1999 | Sea People | Mr. John McRae |
| 1998 | Angel Passing | Pianist |
| 1997 | 12 Angry Men | Juror 9 |
| 1997 | Alone | John Webb |
| 1996 | Marvin's Room | Marvin Wakefield |
| 1995 | People: A Musical Celebration | Grandpa (voice) |
| 1994 | Camilla | Ewald |
| 1994 | Hitchcock: Alfred the Great | Himself |
| 1993 | To Dance with the White Dog | Robert Samuel Peek |
| 1993 | The Pelican Brief | Justice Rosenberg |
| 1992 | Broadway Bound | Ben |
| 1991 | Christmas on Division Street | Cleveland Meriwether |
| 1990 | Night of 100 Stars III | Self |
| 1989 | Day One | James F. Byrnes |
| 1989 | Age-Old Friends | John Cooper |
| 1989 | The Wilderness Idea: John Muir, Gifford Pinchot, and the First Great Battle for Wilderness | Narrator (Voice) |
| 1988 | Cocoon: The Return | Joe Finley |
| 1987 | *batteries not included | Frank Riley |
| 1987 | Foxfire | Hector Nations |
| 1985 | Cocoon | Joseph Finley |
| 1985 | Brewster's Millions | Rupert Horn |
| 1984 | Impulse | Dr. Carr |
| 1982 | The World According to Garp | Mr. Fields |
| 1981 | Rollover | Maxwell Emery |
| 1981 | The Gin Game | Weller Martin |
| 1981 | Honky Tonk Freeway | Sherm |
| 1974 | The Parallax View | Bill Rintels |
| 1974 | Conrack | Skeffington |
| 1970 | There Was a Crooked Man... | Dudley Whinner |
| 1969 | The Arrangement | Arthur Houghton |
| 1969 | Gaily, Gaily | Tim Grogan |
| 1964 | Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre | Polonius |
| 1963 | Cleopatra | Sosigenes |
| 1960 | Sunrise at Campobello | Louis Howe |
| 1959 | A Doll's House | Krogstad |
| 1959 | The Moon and Sixpence | Dirk Stroeve |
| 1956 | Crowded Paradise | George Heath |
| 1955 | The Fourposter | |
| 1951 | People Will Talk | Prof. Rodney Elwell |
| 1949 | Top o' the Morning | Hughie Devine |
| 1948 | The Bride Goes Wild | John McGrath |
| 1947 | Brute Force | Capt. Munsey |
| 1947 | The Beginning or the End | Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer |
| 1946 | The Postman Always Rings Twice | Arthur Keats |
| 1946 | The Green Years | Papa Leckie |
| 1946 | A Letter for Evie | John Phineas McPherson |
| 1946 | The Secret Heart | Dinner Party Guest (Voice) |
| 1945 | Main Street After Dark | Keller |
| 1945 | The Sailor Takes a Wife | Freddie Potts |
| 1945 | Ziegfeld Follies | Monty (segment "A Sweepstakes Ticket") |
| 1944 | Lifeboat | Stanley "Sparks" Garrett |
| 1944 | The Seventh Cross | Paul Roeder |
| 1944 | Blonde Fever | Restaurant Patron (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Shadow of a Doubt | Herbie Hawkins |
| 1943 | Phantom of the Opera | Gerard |
| 1943 | The Cross of Lorraine | Duval |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | American Experience | Narrator (voice) |
| 1978 | The Kennedy Center Honors | Self |
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-O | Lewis Avery Filer |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show | Self |
| 1960 | The Barbara Stanwyck Show | Charles King |
| 1958 | Naked City | Professor Henry J. Fallon |
| 1957 | DuPont Show of the Month | Uncle Pio |
| 1956 | Telephone Time | |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Henry Daw |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Fitzhugh Oldham |
| 1954 | Climax! | Reverend Mr. Muldoon |
| 1954 | The Marriage | Ben Marriott |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Ralph Whitemore |
| 1953 | Letter to Loretta | Hap Martin |
| 1953 | Letter to Loretta | Henry Goodens |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Benedict Arnold Brummel |
| 1952 | Omnibus | |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Nils Krogstad |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Wilbur Meeler |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Hector |
| 1949 | Suspense | Dr. Violet |
| 1949 | Suspense | |
| 1949 | Suspense | Sig |
| 1948 | Studio One | Ben Hecht |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse | |
| 1948 | Studio One | Ellis Davenport |
| 1948 | Studio One | Mr. Moore |
| 1948 | Studio One | Pop Thatcher |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse | Ben Marriott |