- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- July 18, 1911
- Place of Birth
- London, Ontario, Canada
- Died
- June 15, 2003
Hume Cronyn
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
movieA Separate Peace
2004 · Professor Carmichael
movieBroadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003 · Self
movieThe John Garfield Story
2003 · Self
movieOff Season
2001 · Sam Clausner
movieCleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
2001 · Self
movieRope Unleashed
2001 · Self
movieYesterday's Children
2000 · Old Sonny Sutton
movieBeyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film
2000 · Self
movieSanta and Pete
1999 · Saint Nick
Omnibus: Television's Golden Age
movieOmnibus: Television's Golden Age
1999 · Self - Narrator (voice)
tvSeasons of Love
1999 · Lonzo
movieSea People
1999 · Mr. John McRae
movieAngel Passing
1998 · Pianist
movieAlone
1997 · John Webb
movie12 Angry Men
1997 · Juror 9
movieMarvin's Room
1996 · Marvin Wakefield
An African love story
movieAn African love story
1996 · Self
moviePeople: A Musical Celebration
1995 · Grandpa (voice)
movieCamilla
1994 · Ewald
Hitchcock: Alfred the Great
movieHitchcock: Alfred the Great
1994 · Himself
movieTo Dance with the White Dog
1993 · Robert Samuel Peek
movieThe Pelican Brief
1993 · Justice Rosenberg
movieBroadway Bound
1992 · Ben
movieChristmas on Division Street
1991 · Cleveland Meriwether
movieNight of 100 Stars III
1990 · Self
movieAge-Old Friends
1989 · John Cooper
movieDay One
1989 · James F. Byrnes
movieThe Wilderness Idea: John Muir, Gifford Pinchot, and the First Great Battle for Wilderness
1989 · Narrator (Voice)
tvAmerican Experience
1988 · Narrator (voice)
movieCocoon: The Return
1988 · Joe Finley
movie*batteries not included
1987 · Frank Riley
movieFoxfire
1987 · Hector Nations, Writer
movieCocoon
1985 · Joseph Finley
movieBrewster's Millions
1985 · Rupert Horn
movieImpulse
1984 · Dr. Carr
movieThe Dollmaker
1984 · Teleplay
movieThe World According to Garp
1982 · Mr. Fields
tvAmerican Playhouse
1982 · Weller Martin
movieRollover
1981 · Maxwell Emery
movieHonky Tonk Freeway
1981 · Sherm
movieThe Gin Game
1981 · Weller Martin
tvThe Kennedy Center Honors
1978 · Self
movieThe Parallax View
1974 · Bill Rintels
movieConrack
1974 · Skeffington
movieThere Was a Crooked Man...
1970 · Dudley Whinner
movieGaily, Gaily
1969 · Tim Grogan
movieThe Arrangement
1969 · Arthur Houghton
tvHawaii Five-O
1968 · Lewis Avery Filer
movieHamlet
1964 · Polonius
movieCleopatra
1963 · Sosigenes
tvThe Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Self
movieSunrise at Campobello
1960 · Louis Howe
tvThe Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960 · Charles King
movieA Doll's House
1959 · Krogstad
movieThe Moon and Sixpence
1959 · Dirk Stroeve
tvNaked City
1958 · Professor Henry J. Fallon
tvDuPont Show of the Month
1957 · Uncle Pio
movieCrowded Paradise
1956 · George Heath
tvTelephone Time
1956
tvAlfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Henry Daw, Fitzhugh Oldham
movieThe Fourposter
1955
tvClimax!
1954 · Reverend Mr. Muldoon
The Marriage
tvThe Marriage
1954 · Ben Marriott
tvLetter to Loretta
1953 · Hap Martin, Henry Goodens
tvGeneral Electric Theater
1953 · Ralph Whitemore, Benedict Arnold Brummel
tvOmnibus
1952
tvHallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Nils Krogstad, Hector
tvSchlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · Wilbur Meeler
moviePeople Will Talk
1951 · Prof. Rodney Elwell
movieUnder Capricorn
1949 · Screenplay
movieTop o' the Morning
1949 · Hughie Devine
tvSuspense
1949 · Dr. Violet, Sig
tvStudio One
1948 · Ben Hecht, Ellis Davenport, Mr. Moore, Pop Thatcher
tvThe Philco Television Playhouse
1948 · , Ben Marriott
tvThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self
movieThe Bride Goes Wild
1948 · John McGrath
movieRope
1948 · Adaptation
movieBrute Force
1947 · Capt. Munsey
movieThe Beginning or the End
1947 · Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer
movieThe Secret Heart
1946 · Dinner Party Guest (Voice)
movieThe Green Years
1946 · Papa Leckie
movieA Letter for Evie
1946 · John Phineas McPherson
movieThe Postman Always Rings Twice
1946 · Arthur Keats
movieThe Sailor Takes a Wife
1945 · Freddie Potts
movieZiegfeld Follies
1945 · Monty (segment "A Sweepstakes Ticket")
movieMain Street After Dark
1945 · Keller
movieBlonde Fever
1944 · Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
movieThe Seventh Cross
1944 · Paul Roeder
movieLifeboat
1944 · Stanley "Sparks" Garrett
movieThe Cross of Lorraine
1943 · Duval
moviePhantom of the Opera
1943 · Gerard
movieShadow of a Doubt
1943 · Herbie Hawkins
movieRope
— · Story