Hume Cronyn

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.

Known For

American Experience

Hawaii Five-O

The Philco Television Playhouse

The Philco Television Playhouse

The Merv Griffin Show

Climax!

Naked City

Studio One

All Movies (67)

• A Separate Peace2004 · as Professor Carmichael
• Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There2003 · as Self
• The John Garfield Story2003 · as Self
• Off Season2001 · as Sam Clausner
• Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood2001 · as Self
• Rope Unleashed2001 · as Self
• Yesterday's Children2000 · as Old Sonny Sutton
• Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film2000 · as Self
• Santa and Pete1999 · as Saint Nick
• Omnibus: Television's Golden Age1999 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• Sea People1999 · as Mr. John McRae
• Angel Passing1998 · as Pianist
• Alone1997 · as John Webb
• 12 Angry Men1997 · as Juror 9
• Marvin's Room1996 · as Marvin Wakefield
• An African love story1996 · as Self
• People: A Musical Celebration1995 · as Grandpa (voice)
• Camilla1994 · as Ewald
• Hitchcock: Alfred the Great1994 · as Himself
• To Dance with the White Dog1993 · as Robert Samuel Peek
• The Pelican Brief1993 · as Justice Rosenberg
• Broadway Bound1992 · as Ben
• Christmas on Division Street1991 · as Cleveland Meriwether
• Night of 100 Stars III1990 · as Self
• Age-Old Friends1989 · as John Cooper
• Day One1989 · as James F. Byrnes
• The Wilderness Idea: John Muir, Gifford Pinchot, and the First Great Battle for Wilderness1989 · as Narrator (Voice)
• Cocoon: The Return1988 · as Joe Finley
• *batteries not included1987 · as Frank Riley
• Foxfire1987 · as Hector Nations
• Cocoon1985 · as Joseph Finley
• Brewster's Millions1985 · as Rupert Horn
• Impulse1984 · as Dr. Carr
• The World According to Garp1982 · as Mr. Fields
• Rollover1981 · as Maxwell Emery
• Honky Tonk Freeway1981 · as Sherm
• The Gin Game1981 · as Weller Martin
• The Parallax View1974 · as Bill Rintels
• Conrack1974 · as Skeffington
• There Was a Crooked Man...1970 · as Dudley Whinner
• Gaily, Gaily1969 · as Tim Grogan
• The Arrangement1969 · as Arthur Houghton
• Hamlet1964 · as Polonius
• Cleopatra1963 · as Sosigenes
• Sunrise at Campobello1960 · as Louis Howe
• A Doll's House1959 · as Krogstad
• The Moon and Sixpence1959 · as Dirk Stroeve
• Crowded Paradise1956 · as George Heath
• The Fourposter1955
• People Will Talk1951 · as Prof. Rodney Elwell
• Top o' the Morning1949 · as Hughie Devine
• The Bride Goes Wild1948 · as John McGrath
• Brute Force1947 · as Capt. Munsey
• The Beginning or the End1947 · as Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer
• The Secret Heart1946 · as Dinner Party Guest (Voice)
• The Green Years1946 · as Papa Leckie
• A Letter for Evie1946 · as John Phineas McPherson
• The Postman Always Rings Twice1946 · as Arthur Keats
• The Sailor Takes a Wife1945 · as Freddie Potts
• Ziegfeld Follies1945 · as Monty (segment "A Sweepstakes Ticket")
• Main Street After Dark1945 · as Keller
• Blonde Fever1944 · as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
• The Seventh Cross1944 · as Paul Roeder
• Lifeboat1944 · as Stanley "Sparks" Garrett
• The Cross of Lorraine1943 · as Duval
• Phantom of the Opera1943 · as Gerard
• Shadow of a Doubt1943 · as Herbie Hawkins

All TV Shows (31)

• Seasons of Love1999 · as Lonzo
• American Experience1988 · as Narrator (voice)
• The Kennedy Center Honors1978 · as Self
• Hawaii Five-O1968 · as Lewis Avery Filer
• The Merv Griffin Show1962 · as Self
• The Barbara Stanwyck Show1960 · as Charles King
• Naked City1958 · as Professor Henry J. Fallon
• DuPont Show of the Month1957 · as Uncle Pio
• Telephone Time1956
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955 · as Henry Daw
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955 · as Fitzhugh Oldham
• Climax!1954 · as Reverend Mr. Muldoon
• The Marriage1954 · as Ben Marriott
• Letter to Loretta1953 · as Hap Martin
• Letter to Loretta1953 · as Henry Goodens
• General Electric Theater1953 · as Ralph Whitemore
• General Electric Theater1953 · as Benedict Arnold Brummel
• Omnibus1952
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Nils Krogstad
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Hector
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars1951 · as Wilbur Meeler
• Suspense1949 · as Dr. Violet
• Suspense1949
• Suspense1949 · as Sig
• Studio One1948 · as Ben Hecht
• Studio One1948 · as Ellis Davenport
• Studio One1948 · as Mr. Moore
• Studio One1948 · as Pop Thatcher
• The Philco Television Playhouse1948
• The Philco Television Playhouse1948 · as Ben Marriott
• The Ed Sullivan Show1948 · as Self