About

Known credits:
71
Birthday:
1911-07-18
Place of birth:
London, Ontario, Canada
Website:
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Hume Cronyn

Overview

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
2008 Spisok korabley Actor (archive footage) 60
Fair
2004 A Separate Peace Actor Professor Carmichael 59
Average
2003 Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There Actor Self 58
Average
2003 The John Garfield Story Actor Self 58
Average
2001 Off Season Actor Sam Clausner 58
Average
2001 Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood Actor Self 59
Average
2001 Rope Unleashed Actor Self 59
Average
2000 Yesterday's Children Actor Old Sonny Sutton 59
Average
2000 Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film Actor Self 59
Average
1999 Santa and Pete Actor Saint Nick 58
Average
1999 Sea People Actor Mr. John McRae 59
Average
1998 Angel Passing Actor N/A
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1997 Alone Actor John Webb 58
Average
1997 12 Angry Men Actor Juror 9 66
Fair
1996 Marvin's Room Actor Marvin Wakefield 63
Fair
1995 People: A Musical Celebration Actor Grandpa (voice) 59
Average
1994 Camilla Actor Ewald 58
Average
1993 To Dance with the White Dog Actor Robert Samuel Peek 58
Average
1993 The Pelican Brief Actor Justice Rosenberg 64
Fair
1992 Broadway Bound Actor Ben 58
Average
1991 Christmas on Division Street Actor Cleveland Meriwether 58
Average
1990 Night of 100 Stars III Actor Self 58
Average
1989 Age-Old Friends Actor John Cooper 58
Average
1989 Day One Actor James F. Byrnes 58
Average
1988 Cocoon: The Return Actor Joe Finley 62
Fair
1987 *batteries not included Actor Frank Riley 63
Fair
1987 Foxfire Actor Hector Nations 59
Average
1985 Cocoon Actor Joseph Finley 64
Fair
1985 Brewster's Millions Actor Rupert Horn 62
Fair
1984 Impulse Actor Dr. Carr 58
Average
1982 The World According to Garp Actor Mr. Fields 62
Fair
1981 Rollover Actor Maxwell Emery 58
Average
1981 Honky Tonk Freeway Actor Sherm 58
Average
1981 The Gin Game Actor Weller Martin 59
Average
1974 The Parallax View Actor Bill Rintels 62
Fair
1974 Conrack Actor Skeffington 59
Average
1970 There Was a Crooked Man... Actor Dudley Whinner 60
Fair
1969 Gaily, Gaily Actor Tim Grogan 58
Average
1969 The Arrangement Actor Arthur Houghton 59
Average
1964 Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre Actor Polonius 58
Average
1963 Cleopatra Actor Sosigenes 65
Fair
1963 Cleopatra Actor N/A
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1960 Sunrise at Campobello Actor Louis Howe 58
Average
1959 A Doll's House Actor Krogstad 59
Average
1959 The Moon and Sixpence Actor Dirk Stroeve N/A
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1956 Crowded Paradise Actor George Heath N/A
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1955 The Fourposter Actor N/A
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1954 The Marriage Actor Ben Marriott N/A
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1951 People Will Talk Actor Prof. Rodney Elwell 60
Fair
1949 Top o' the Morning Actor Hughie Devine 59
Average
1948 The Bride Goes Wild Actor John McGrath 58
Average
1947 Brute Force Actor Capt. Munsey 62
Fair
1947 The Beginning or the End Actor Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer 59
Average
1946 The Secret Heart Actor Dinner Party Guest (Voice) 58
Average
1946 The Green Years Actor Papa Leckie 58
Average
1946 The Postman Always Rings Twice Actor Arthur Keats 63
Fair
1946 A Letter for Evie Actor John Phineas McPherson 59
Average
1945 The Sailor Takes a Wife Actor Freddie Potts 59
Average
1945 Ziegfeld Follies Actor Monty (segment "A Sweepstakes Ticket") 58
Average
1945 Main Street After Dark Actor Keller 58
Average
1944 Blonde Fever Actor Restaurant Patron (uncredited) 58
Average
1944 The Seventh Cross Actor Paul Roeder 59
Average
1944 Lifeboat Actor Stanley "Sparks" Garrett 65
Fair
1943 The Cross of Lorraine Actor Duval 59
Average
1943 Phantom of the Opera Actor Gerard 59
Average
1943 Shadow of a Doubt Actor Herbie Hawkins 69
Fair

Writing
1987 Foxfire Writing Writer 59
Average
1984 The Dollmaker Writing Teleplay 59
Average
1949 Under Capricorn Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1948 Rope Writing Adaptation 76
Good
Rope Writing Story N/A
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