Hume Cronyn
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1911-07-19
Day of Death
2003-06-15 (91 years old)
Place of Birth
London, Ontario, Canada
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
Acting
(2004)
A Separate Peace
as Professor Carmichael
(2003)
(2003)
The John Garfield Story
as Self
(2001)
Off Season
as Sam Clausner
(2001)
(2001)
Rope Unleashed
as Self
(2000)
Yesterday's Children
as Old Sonny Sutton
(2000)
(1999)
Santa and Pete
as Saint Nick
(1999)
Sea People
as Mr. John McRae
(1998)
Angel Passing
as Pianist
(1997)
12 Angry Men
as Juror 9
(1997)
Alone
as John Webb
(1996)
Marvin's Room
as Marvin Wakefield
(1995)
People: A Musical Celebration
as Grandpa (voice)
(1994)
Camilla
as Ewald
(1994)
Hitchcock: Alfred the Great
as Himself
(1993)
The Pelican Brief
as Justice Rosenberg
(1993)
To Dance with the White Dog
as Robert Samuel Peek
(1992)
Broadway Bound
as Ben
(1991)
Christmas on Division Street
as Cleveland Meriwether
(1990)
Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
(1989)
Day One
as James F. Byrnes
(1989)
Age-Old Friends
as John Cooper
(1989)
(1988)
Cocoon: The Return
as Joe Finley
(1987)
*batteries not included
as Frank Riley
(1987)
Foxfire
as Hector Nations
(1985)
Cocoon
as Joseph Finley
(1985)
Brewster's Millions
as Rupert Horn
(1984)
Impulse
as Dr. Carr
(1982)
The World According to Garp
as Mr. Fields
(1981)
Honky Tonk Freeway
as Sherm
(1981)
Rollover
as Maxwell Emery
(1981)
The Gin Game
as Weller Martin
(1974)
The Parallax View
as Bill Rintels
(1974)
Conrack
as Skeffington
(1970)
There Was a Crooked Man...
as Dudley Whinner
(1969)
The Arrangement
as Arthur Houghton
(1969)
Gaily, Gaily
as Tim Grogan
(1964)
Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
as Polonius
(1963)
Cleopatra
as Sosigenes
(1960)
Sunrise at Campobello
as Louis Howe
(1959)
The Moon and Sixpence
as Dirk Stroeve
(1959)
A Doll's House
as Krogstad
(1956)
Crowded Paradise
as George Heath
(1955)
(1951)
People Will Talk
as Prof. Rodney Elwell
(1949)
Top o' the Morning
as Hughie Devine
(1948)
The Bride Goes Wild
as John McGrath
(1947)
Brute Force
as Capt. Munsey
(1947)
The Beginning or the End
as Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer
(1946)
The Postman Always Rings Twice
as Arthur Keats
(1946)
The Secret Heart
as Dinner Party Guest (Voice)
(1946)
The Green Years
as Papa Leckie
(1946)
A Letter for Evie
as John Phineas McPherson
(1945)
Ziegfeld Follies
as Monty (segment "A Sweepstakes Ticket")
(1945)
Main Street After Dark
as Keller
(1945)
The Sailor Takes a Wife
as Freddie Potts
(1944)
Lifeboat
as Stanley "Sparks" Garrett
(1944)
The Seventh Cross
as Paul Roeder
(1944)
Blonde Fever
as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
(1943)
Shadow of a Doubt
as Herbie Hawkins
(1943)
Phantom of the Opera
as Gerard
(1943)
The Cross of Lorraine
as Duval
Crew
Rope
Story
(1987)
Foxfire
Writer
(1984)
The Dollmaker
Teleplay
(1949)
Under Capricorn
Screenplay
(1948)
Rope
Adaptation