Hume Cronyn

Personal Info

Birthday

July 18, 1911

Day of Death

2003-06-15

(91 years old)

Place of Birth

London, Ontario, Canada

Also Known As

Hume Blake Cronyn

Hume Cronyn

Biography

Hume Blake Cronyn Jr. 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

Climax!

Hawaii Five-O

The Philco Television Playhouse

Studio One

American Experience

Naked City

Suspense

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Filmography

2004
A Separate Peace
as Professor Carmichael
2003
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as Self
The John Garfield Story
as Self
2001
Off Season
as Sam Clausner
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
as Self
Rope Unleashed
as Self
2000
Yesterday's Children
as Old Sonny Sutton
Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film
as Self
1999
Santa and Pete
as Saint Nick
Omnibus: Television's Golden Age
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Sea People
as Mr. John McRae
1998
Angel Passing
as Pianist
1997
Alone
as John Webb
12 Angry Men
as Juror 9
1996
Marvin's Room
as Marvin Wakefield
1995
People: A Musical Celebration
as Grandpa (voice)
1994
Camilla
as Ewald
Hitchcock: Alfred the Great
as Himself
1993
To Dance with the White Dog
as Robert Samuel Peek
The Pelican Brief
as Justice Rosenberg
1992
Broadway Bound
as Ben
1991
Christmas on Division Street
as Cleveland Meriwether
1990
Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
1989
Age-Old Friends
as John Cooper
Day One
as James F. Byrnes
The Wilderness Idea: John Muir, Gifford Pinchot, and the First Great Battle for Wilderness
as Narrator (Voice)
1988
Cocoon: The Return
as Joe Finley
1987
*batteries not included
as Frank Riley
Foxfire
as Hector Nations
1985
Cocoon
as Joseph Finley
Brewster's Millions
as Rupert Horn
1984
Impulse
as Dr. Carr
1982
The World According to Garp
as Mr. Fields
1981
Rollover
as Maxwell Emery
Honky Tonk Freeway
as Sherm
The Gin Game
as Weller Martin
1974
The Parallax View
as Bill Rintels
Conrack
as Skeffington
1970
There Was a Crooked Man...
as Dudley Whinner
1969
Gaily, Gaily
as Tim Grogan
The Arrangement
as Arthur Houghton
1964
Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
as Polonius
1963
Cleopatra
as Sosigenes
1960
Sunrise at Campobello
as Louis Howe
1959
A Doll's House
as Krogstad
The Moon and Sixpence
as Dirk Stroeve
1956
Crowded Paradise
as George Heath
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
The Beginning or the End
as Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer
1946
The Secret Heart
as Dinner Party Guest (Voice)
The Green Years
as Papa Leckie
The Postman Always Rings Twice
as Arthur Keats
A Letter for Evie
as John Phineas McPherson
1945
The Sailor Takes a Wife
as Freddie Potts
Ziegfeld Follies
as Monty (segment "A Sweepstakes Ticket")
Main Street After Dark
as Keller
1944
Blonde Fever
as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
The Seventh Cross
as Paul Roeder
Lifeboat
as Stanley "Sparks" Garrett
1943
The Cross of Lorraine
as Duval
Phantom of the Opera
as Gerard
Shadow of a Doubt
as Herbie Hawkins