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