Hume Cronyn
Known for Acting · 88 credits
- Born
- 1911-07-18
- Died
- 2003-06-15
- Place of birth
- London, Ontario, Canada
- Also known as
- Hume Blake Cronyn · Hume Blake Cronyn Jr.
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
TV Shows (21)
Hawaii Five-O
1968
as Lewis Avery Filer
American Experience
1988
as Narrator (voice)
Climax!
1954
as Reverend Mr. Muldoon
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
as Ben Marriott
Naked City
1958
as Professor Henry J. Fallon
Studio One
1948
as Ben Hecht / Ellis Davenport / Mr. Moore / Pop Thatcher
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
Omnibus
1952
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Henry Daw / Fitzhugh Oldham
Suspense
1949
as Dr. Violet / Sig
Telephone Time
1956
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960
as Charles King
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978
as Self
DuPont Show of the Month
1957
as Uncle Pio
Letter to Loretta
1953
as Hap Martin / Henry Goodens
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Nils Krogstad / Hector
General Electric Theater
1953
as Ralph Whitemore / Benedict Arnold Brummel
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Wilbur Meeler
Seasons of Love
1999
as Lonzo
The Marriage
1954
as Ben Marriott
Movies (67)
Cleopatra
1963
as Sosigenes
12 Angry Men
1997
as Juror 9
The Pelican Brief
1993
as Justice Rosenberg
*batteries not included
1987
as Frank Riley
Cocoon
1985
as Joseph Finley
Brute Force
1947
as Capt. Munsey
Shadow of a Doubt
1943
as Herbie Hawkins
Marvin's Room
1996
as Marvin Wakefield
The Postman Always Rings Twice
1946
as Arthur Keats
Lifeboat
1944
as Stanley "Sparks" Garrett
Brewster's Millions
1985
as Rupert Horn
Day One
1989
as James F. Byrnes
The Parallax View
1974
as Bill Rintels
Cocoon: The Return
1988
as Joe Finley
The World According to Garp
1982
as Mr. Fields
Phantom of the Opera
1943
as Gerard
There Was a Crooked Man...
1970
as Dudley Whinner
Foxfire
1987
as Hector Nations
Ziegfeld Follies
1945
as Monty (segment "A Sweepstakes Ticket")
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
as Self
Camilla
1994
as Ewald
Impulse
1984
as Dr. Carr
Night of 100 Stars III
1990
as Self
The Arrangement
1969
as Arthur Houghton
Hamlet
1964
as Polonius
Alone
1997
as John Webb
Honky Tonk Freeway
1981
as Sherm
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
2001
as Self
People Will Talk
1951
as Prof. Rodney Elwell
The Green Years
1946
as Papa Leckie
The Secret Heart
1946
as Dinner Party Guest (Voice)
Conrack
1974
as Skeffington
Sunrise at Campobello
1960
as Louis Howe
Yesterday's Children
2000
as Old Sonny Sutton
To Dance with the White Dog
1993
as Robert Samuel Peek
The Beginning or the End
1947
as Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer
Gaily, Gaily
1969
as Tim Grogan
Christmas on Division Street
1991
as Cleveland Meriwether
A Separate Peace
2004
as Professor Carmichael
A Doll's House
1959
as Krogstad
The Seventh Cross
1944
as Paul Roeder
The Bride Goes Wild
1948
as John McGrath
Rollover
1981
as Maxwell Emery
Off Season
2001
as Sam Clausner
Main Street After Dark
1945
as Keller
Santa and Pete
1999
as Saint Nick
Broadway Bound
1992
as Ben
The John Garfield Story
2003
as Self
Blonde Fever
1944
as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
People: A Musical Celebration
1995
as Grandpa (voice)
Sea People
1999
as Mr. John McRae
The Cross of Lorraine
1943
as Duval
The Moon and Sixpence
1959
as Dirk Stroeve
The Gin Game
1981
as Weller Martin
Age-Old Friends
1989
as John Cooper
Angel Passing
1998
as Pianist
Rope Unleashed
2001
as Self
A Letter for Evie
1946
as John Phineas McPherson
The Sailor Takes a Wife
1945
as Freddie Potts
The Fourposter
1955
Top o' the Morning
1949
as Hughie Devine
Crowded Paradise
1956
as George Heath
Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film
2000
as Self
Omnibus: Television's Golden Age
1999
as Self - Narrator (voice)
An African love story
1996
as Self
The Wilderness Idea: John Muir, Gifford Pinchot, and the First Great Battle for Wilderness
1989
as Narrator (Voice)
Hitchcock: Alfred the Great
1994
as Himself
About 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… With 88 credits spanning from 1943 to 2004, Hume Cronyn has appeared in 67 films and 21 TV shows.
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Most Popular Hume Cronyn Movies
- Cleopatra (1963) — as Sosigenes
- 12 Angry Men (1997) — as Juror 9
- The Pelican Brief (1993) — as Justice Rosenberg
- *batteries not included (1987) — as Frank Riley
- Cocoon (1985) — as Joseph Finley
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