Cast
Hume Cronyn
Acting
Cast
Hume Cronyn
Known for
Acting
Born
1911-07-18
From
London, Ontario, Canada
Died
2003-06-15
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.
Cleopatra
as Sosigenes
12 Angry Men
as Juror 9
The Pelican Brief
as Justice Rosenberg
Brute Force
as Capt. Munsey
Cocoon
as Joseph Finley
Shadow of a Doubt
as Herbie Hawkins
Lifeboat
as Stanley "Sparks" Garrett
*batteries not included
as Frank Riley
Marvin's Room
as Marvin Wakefield
Brewster's Millions
as Rupert Horn
Day One
as James F. Byrnes
Cocoon: The Return
as Joe Finley
The World According to Garp
as Mr. Fields
The Postman Always Rings Twice
as Arthur Keats
Foxfire
as Hector Nations
The Parallax View
as Bill Rintels
There Was a Crooked Man...
as Dudley Whinner
Impulse
as Dr. Carr
Phantom of the Opera
as Gerard
The Arrangement
as Arthur Houghton
Camilla
as Ewald
Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
Ziegfeld Follies
as Monty (segment "A Sweepstakes Ticket")
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as Self
Alone
as John Webb
Honky Tonk Freeway
as Sherm
People Will Talk
as Prof. Rodney Elwell
The Secret Heart
as Dinner Party Guest (Voice)
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
as Self
Christmas on Division Street
as Cleveland Meriwether
Hamlet
as Polonius
Yesterday's Children
as Old Sonny Sutton
Conrack
as Skeffington
Gaily, Gaily
as Tim Grogan
Sunrise at Campobello
as Louis Howe
The Beginning or the End
as Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer
The Green Years
as Papa Leckie
To Dance with the White Dog
as Robert Samuel Peek
The Seventh Cross
as Paul Roeder
Rollover
as Maxwell Emery
Off Season
as Sam Clausner
Broadway Bound
as Ben
Main Street After Dark
as Keller
The John Garfield Story
as Self
The Cross of Lorraine
as Duval
The Bride Goes Wild
as John McGrath
A Separate Peace
as Professor Carmichael
Santa and Pete
as Saint Nick
Angel Passing
as Pianist
A Doll's House
as Krogstad
Blonde Fever
as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
The Gin Game
as Weller Martin
A Letter for Evie
as John Phineas McPherson
People: A Musical Celebration
as Grandpa (voice)
Sea People
as Mr. John McRae
Age-Old Friends
as John Cooper
The Moon and Sixpence
as Dirk Stroeve
The Fourposter
The Sailor Takes a Wife
as Freddie Potts
Rope Unleashed
as Self
Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film
as Self
Crowded Paradise
as George Heath
Top o' the Morning
as Hughie Devine
Hitchcock: Alfred the Great
as Himself
The Wilderness Idea: John Muir, Gifford Pinchot, and the First Great Battle for Wilderness
as Narrator (Voice)
An African love story
as Self
Omnibus: Television's Golden Age
as Self - Narrator (voice)