Hume Cronyn
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 18, 1911
- Died
- June 15, 2003 (aged 91)
- Birthplace
- London, Ontario, Canada
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.
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Filmography
James Dean: Forever Young
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
A Separate Peace
Movie · as Professor Carmichael
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Movie · as Self
The John Garfield Story
Movie · as Self
Off Season
Movie · as Sam Clausner
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
Movie · as Self
Rope Unleashed
Movie · as Self
Yesterday's Children
Movie · as Old Sonny Sutton
Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film
Movie · as Self
Santa and Pete
Movie · as Saint Nick
Sea People
Movie · as Mr. John McRae
Omnibus: Television's Golden Age
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
Seasons of Love
TV · as Lonzo · 2 eps
Angel Passing
Movie · as Pianist
12 Angry Men
Movie · as Juror 9
Alone
Movie · as John Webb
Marvin's Room
Movie · as Marvin Wakefield
An African love story
Movie · as Self
People: A Musical Celebration
Movie · as Grandpa (voice)
Camilla
Movie · as Ewald
Hitchcock: Alfred the Great
Movie · as Self
To Dance with the White Dog
Movie · as Robert Samuel Peek
The Pelican Brief
Movie · as Justice Rosenberg
Broadway Bound
Movie · as Ben
Christmas on Division Street
Movie · as Cleveland Meriwether
Night of 100 Stars III
Movie · as Self
Day One
Movie · as James F. Byrnes
Age-Old Friends
Movie · as John Cooper
The Wilderness Idea: John Muir, Gifford Pinchot, and the First Great Battle for Wilderness
Movie · as Narrator (Voice)
Cocoon: The Return
Movie · as Joe Finley
American Experience
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 1 ep
*batteries not included
Movie · as Frank Riley
Foxfire
Movie · as Hector Nations
Cocoon
Movie · as Joseph Finley
Brewster's Millions
Movie · as Rupert Horn
Impulse
Movie · as Dr. Carr
The World According to Garp
Movie · as Mr. Fields
American Playhouse
TV · as Weller Martin · 1 ep
Rollover
Movie · as Maxwell Emery
The Gin Game
Movie · as Weller Martin
Honky Tonk Freeway
Movie · as Sherm
The Kennedy Center Honors
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Parallax View
Movie · as Bill Rintels
Conrack
Movie · as Skeffington
There Was a Crooked Man...
Movie · as Dudley Whinner
The Arrangement
Movie · as Arthur Houghton
Gaily, Gaily
Movie · as Tim Grogan
Hawaii Five-O
TV · as Lewis Avery Filer · 2 eps
Hamlet
Movie · as Polonius
Cleopatra
Movie · as Sosigenes
The Merv Griffin Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Sunrise at Campobello
Movie · as Louis Howe
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
TV · as Charles King · 1 ep
A Doll's House
Movie · as Krogstad
The Moon and Sixpence
Movie · as Dirk Stroeve
Naked City
TV · as Professor Henry J. Fallon · 1 ep
DuPont Show of the Month
TV · as Uncle Pio · 1 ep
Crowded Paradise
Movie · as George Heath
Telephone Time
TV · 1 ep
The Fourposter
Movie
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV · as Henry Daw, Fitzhugh Oldham · 1 ep
Climax!
TV · as Reverend Mr. Muldoon · 1 ep
The Marriage
TV · as Ben Marriott · 8 eps
General Electric Theater
TV · as Ralph Whitemore, Benedict Arnold Brummel · 1 ep
Letter to Loretta
TV · as Hap Martin, Henry Goodens · 1 ep
Omnibus
TV · 2 eps
People Will Talk
Movie · as Rodney Elwell
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Nils Krogstad, Hector · 1 ep
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV · as Wilbur Meeler · 1 ep
Top o' the Morning
Movie · as Hughie Devine
Suspense
TV · as Dr. Violet, Sig · 1 ep
The Bride Goes Wild
Movie · as John McGrath
Studio One
TV · as Ben Hecht, Mr. Moore, Ellis Davenport, Pop Thatcher · 1 ep
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV · as Self · 4 eps
The Philco Television Playhouse
TV · as Ben Marriott · 1 ep
Brute Force
Movie · as Capt. Munsey
The Beginning or the End
Movie · as Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer
The Postman Always Rings Twice
Movie · as Arthur Keats
The Green Years
Movie · as Papa Leckie
A Letter for Evie
Movie · as John Phineas McPherson
The Secret Heart
Movie · as Dinner Party Guest (Voice)
Main Street After Dark
Movie · as Keller
The Sailor Takes a Wife
Movie · as Freddie Potts
Ziegfeld Follies
Movie · as Monty (segment "A Sweepstakes Ticket")
Lifeboat
Movie · as Stanley "Sparks" Garrett
The Seventh Cross
Movie · as Paul Roeder
Blonde Fever
Movie · as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Shadow of a Doubt
Movie · as Herbie Hawkins
Phantom of the Opera
Movie · as Gerard
The Cross of Lorraine
Movie · as Duval