Hume Cronyn
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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
Credits
The Pelican Brief (1993)
as Justice Rosenberg
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
as Herbie Hawkins
Cleopatra (1963)
as Sosigenes
12 Angry Men (1997)
as Juror 9
Marvin's Room (1996)
as Marvin Wakefield
Brewster's Millions (1985)
as Rupert Horn
*batteries not included (1987)
as Frank Riley
Cocoon (1985)
as Joseph Finley
Cocoon: The Return (1988)
as Joe Finley
The Parallax View (1974)
as Bill Rintels
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
as Arthur Keats
The World According to Garp (1982)
as Mr. Fields
Brute Force (1947)
as Capt. Munsey
Phantom of the Opera (1943)
as Gerard
The Arrangement (1969)
as Arthur Houghton
There Was a Crooked Man... (1970)
as Dudley Whinner
Lifeboat (1944)
as Stanley "Sparks" Garrett
Hamlet (1964)
as Polonius
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003)
as Self
The Seventh Cross (1944)
as Paul Roeder
Off Season (2001)
as Sam Clausner
Night of 100 Stars III (1990)
as Self
Impulse (1984)
as Dr. Carr
James Dean: Forever Young (2005)
as Self (archive footage)
Honky Tonk Freeway (1981)
as Sherm
Ziegfeld Follies (1945)
as Monty (segment "A Sweepstakes Ticket")
The John Garfield Story (2003)
as Self
The Beginning or the End (1947)
as Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood (2001)
as Self
The Bride Goes Wild (1948)
as John McGrath
Yesterday's Children (2000)
as Old Sonny Sutton
To Dance with the White Dog (1993)
as Robert Samuel Peek
People Will Talk (1951)
as Rodney Elwell
Santa and Pete (1999)
as Saint Nick
The Secret Heart (1946)
as Dinner Party Guest (Voice)
The Cross of Lorraine (1943)
as Duval
Main Street After Dark (1945)
as Keller
The Sailor Takes a Wife (1945)
as Freddie Potts
Rollover (1981)
as Maxwell Emery
Top o' the Morning (1949)
as Hughie Devine
Angel Passing (1998)
as Pianist
Christmas on Division Street (1991)
as Cleveland Meriwether
The Gin Game (1981)
as Weller Martin
A Doll's House (1959)
as Krogstad
Camilla (1994)
as Ewald
Sunrise at Campobello (1960)
as Louis Howe
Hitchcock: Alfred the Great (1994)
as Self
Conrack (1974)
as Skeffington
Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film (2000)
as Self
The Green Years (1946)
as Papa Leckie
Gaily, Gaily (1969)
as Tim Grogan
Age-Old Friends (1989)
as John Cooper
Sea People (1999)
as Mr. John McRae
The Moon and Sixpence (1959)
as Dirk Stroeve
A Separate Peace (2004)
as Professor Carmichael
Alone (1997)
as John Webb
A Letter for Evie (1946)
as John Phineas McPherson
Day One (1989)
as James F. Byrnes
The Wilderness Idea: John Muir, Gifford Pinchot, and the First Great Battle for Wilderness (1989)
as Narrator (Voice)
Broadway Bound (1992)
as Ben
An African love story (1996)
as Self
Foxfire (1987)
as Hector Nations
Rope Unleashed (2001)
as Self
People: A Musical Celebration (1995)
as Grandpa (voice)
Blonde Fever (1944)
as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Crowded Paradise (1956)
as George Heath
The Fourposter (1955)
Actor
Omnibus: Television's Golden Age (1999)
as Self - Narrator (voice)