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