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