Hume Cronyn
Acting • Born 1911-07-18 – Died 2003-06-15
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.
Filmography
96 credits
Cocoon
Movie • 1985
Joseph Finley
Brewster's Millions
Movie • 1985
Rupert Horn
Cocoon: The Return
Movie • 1988
Joe Finley
*batteries not included
Movie • 1987
Frank Riley
The World According to Garp
Movie • 1982
Mr. Fields
Shadow of a Doubt
Movie • 1943
Herbie Hawkins
People Will Talk
Movie • 1951
Prof. Rodney Elwell
Cleopatra
Movie • 1963
Sosigenes
12 Angry Men
Movie • 1997
Juror 9
The Postman Always Rings Twice
Movie • 1946
Arthur Keats
There Was a Crooked Man...
Movie • 1970
Dudley Whinner
Marvin's Room
Movie • 1996
Marvin Wakefield
Lifeboat
Movie • 1944
Stanley "Sparks" Garrett
Brute Force
Movie • 1947
Capt. Munsey
Impulse
Movie • 1984
Dr. Carr
Phantom of the Opera
Movie • 1943
Gerard
Day One
Movie • 1989
James F. Byrnes
Rollover
Movie • 1981
Maxwell Emery
Yesterday's Children
Movie • 2000
Old Sonny Sutton
The Parallax View
Movie • 1974
Bill Rintels
The Arrangement
Movie • 1969
Arthur Houghton
People: A Musical Celebration
Movie • 1995
Grandpa (voice)
Sunrise at Campobello
Movie • 1960
Louis Howe
Off Season
Movie • 2001
Sam Clausner
Santa and Pete
Movie • 1999
Saint Nick
A Separate Peace
Movie • 2004
Professor Carmichael
The Beginning or the End
Movie • 1947
Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer
The Seventh Cross
Movie • 1944
Paul Roeder
The Cross of Lorraine
Movie • 1943
Duval
Camilla
Movie • 1994
Ewald
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Movie • 2003
Self
Main Street After Dark
Movie • 1945
Keller
Sea People
Movie • 1999
Mr. John McRae
The Green Years
Movie • 1946
Papa Leckie
The Bride Goes Wild
Movie • 1948
John McGrath
Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
Movie • 1964
Polonius
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
Movie • 2001
Self
To Dance with the White Dog
Movie • 1993
Robert Samuel Peek
Gaily, Gaily
Movie • 1969
Tim Grogan
Foxfire
Movie • 1987
Hector Nations
Top o' the Morning
Movie • 1949
Hughie Devine
Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film
Movie • 2000
Self
The Fourposter
Movie • 1955
A Letter for Evie
Movie • 1946
John Phineas McPherson
Christmas on Division Street
Movie • 1991
Cleveland Meriwether
Rope Unleashed
Movie • 2001
Self
Age-Old Friends
Movie • 1989
John Cooper
The Sailor Takes a Wife
Movie • 1945
Freddie Potts
Night of 100 Stars III
Movie • 1990
Self
Alone
Movie • 1997
John Webb
The Wilderness Idea: John Muir, Gifford Pinchot, and the First Great Battle for Wilderness
Movie • 1989
Narrator (Voice)
Angel Passing
Movie • 1998
Pianist
Conrack
Movie • 1974
Skeffington
The Pelican Brief
Movie • 1993
Justice Rosenberg
Broadway Bound
Movie • 1992
Ben
Crowded Paradise
Movie • 1956
George Heath
The Gin Game
Movie • 1981
Weller Martin
Blonde Fever
Movie • 1944
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
A Doll's House
Movie • 1959
Krogstad
The Secret Heart
Movie • 1946
Dinner Party Guest (Voice)
Ziegfeld Follies
Movie • 1945
Monty (segment "A Sweepstakes Ticket")
Honky Tonk Freeway
Movie • 1981
Sherm
The John Garfield Story
Movie • 2003
Self
The Moon and Sixpence
Movie • 1959
Dirk Stroeve
Hitchcock: Alfred the Great
Movie • 1994
Himself
Omnibus: Television's Golden Age
Movie • 1999
Self - Narrator (voice)
Hawaii Five-O
TV • 1968
Lewis Avery Filer
Omnibus
TV • 1952
Naked City
TV • 1958
Professor Henry J. Fallon
The Merv Griffin Show
TV • 1962
Self
Studio One
TV • 1948
Ben Hecht
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948
Self
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Ralph Whitemore
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Nils Krogstad
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1955
Henry Daw
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV • 1951
Wilbur Meeler
Climax!
TV • 1954
Reverend Mr. Muldoon
The Philco Television Playhouse
TV • 1948
Suspense
TV • 1949
Dr. Violet
Telephone Time
TV • 1956
The Kennedy Center Honors
TV • 1978
Self
Letter to Loretta
TV • 1953
Hap Martin
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
TV • 1960
Charles King
The Marriage
TV • 1954
Ben Marriott
Letter to Loretta
TV • 1953
Henry Goodens
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Benedict Arnold Brummel
American Experience
TV • 1988
Narrator (voice)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1955
Fitzhugh Oldham
Studio One
TV • 1948
Ellis Davenport
Studio One
TV • 1948
Mr. Moore
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Hector
Studio One
TV • 1948
Pop Thatcher
DuPont Show of the Month
TV • 1957
Uncle Pio
Suspense
TV • 1949
Sig
Suspense
TV • 1949
The Philco Television Playhouse
TV • 1948
Ben Marriott