Hume Cronyn
62 movies · 18 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jul 18, 1911
- Died
- Jun 15, 2003 (age 91)
- Place of birth
- London, Ontario, Canada
- Also known as
- Hume Blake Cronyn · Hume Blake Cronyn Jr.
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.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
Hume Cronyn: movies and TV shows
Acting (76)
- 2004 A Separate Peace
as Professor Carmichael
- 2001 Off Season
as Sam Clausner
- 2000 Yesterday's Children
as Old Sonny Sutton
- 1999 Santa and Pete
as Saint Nick
- 1999
- 1999 Sea People
as Mr. John McRae
- 1998 Angel Passing
as Pianist
- 1997 Alone
as John Webb
- 1997 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
- 1993 To Dance with the White Dog
as Robert Samuel Peek
- 1993 The Pelican Brief
as Justice Rosenberg
- 1992 Broadway Bound
as Ben
- 1991 Christmas on Division Street
as Cleveland Meriwether
- 1989 Age-Old Friends
as John Cooper
- 1989 Day One
as James F. Byrnes
- 1989
- 1988
- 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
- 1982
- 1981 Rollover
as Maxwell Emery
- 1981 Honky Tonk Freeway
as Sherm
- 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 Gaily, Gaily
as Tim Grogan
- 1969 The Arrangement
as Arthur Houghton
- 1969
- 1964 Hamlet
as Polonius
- 1963 Cleopatra
as Sosigenes
- 1960 Sunrise at Campobello
as Louis Howe
- 1960
- 1959 A Doll's House
as Krogstad
- 1959 The Moon and Sixpence
as Dirk Stroeve
- 1958
- 1957
- 1956 Crowded Paradise
as George Heath
- 1956
- 1955
- 1955
- 1954
- 1954
- 1953
- 1953
- 1951
- 1951
- 1951 People Will Talk
as Rodney Elwell
- 1949 Top o' the Morning
as Hughie Devine
- 1949
- 1948
- 1948
- 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 Secret Heart
as Dinner Party Guest (Voice)
- 1946 The Green Years
as Papa Leckie
- 1946 A Letter for Evie
as John Phineas McPherson
- 1946 The Postman Always Rings Twice
as Arthur Keats
- 1945 The Sailor Takes a Wife
as Freddie Potts
- 1945 Ziegfeld Follies
as Monty (segment "A Sweepstakes Ticket")
- 1945 Main Street After Dark
as Keller
- 1944 Blonde Fever
as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
- 1944 The Seventh Cross
as Paul Roeder
- 1944 Lifeboat
as Stanley "Sparks" Garrett
- 1943 The Cross of Lorraine
as Duval
- 1943 Phantom of the Opera
as Gerard
- 1943 Shadow of a Doubt
as Herbie Hawkins
Behind the camera (5)
- Upcoming Rope
Story
- 1987 Foxfire
Writer
- 1984 The Dollmaker
Teleplay
- 1949 Under Capricorn
Screenplay, Adaptation
- 1948 Rope
Adaptation
Talk shows and appearances (14)
- 2005
- 2003
- 2003
- 2001
- 2001
- 2000
- 1999
- 1996
- 1994
- 1990
- 1978 The Kennedy Center Honors
1 episode
- 1962 The Merv Griffin Show
1 episode
- 1952 Omnibus
2 episodes
- 1948 The Ed Sullivan Show
4 episodes