Hume Cronyn
Acting
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Acting Credits
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, ...
Known For
Filmography
James Dean: Forever Young
2005
as Self (archive footage)
A Separate Peace
2004
as Professor Carmichael
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
as Self
The John Garfield Story
2003
as Self
Off Season
2001
as Sam Clausner
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
2001
as Self
Rope Unleashed
2001
as Self
Yesterday's Children
2000
as Old Sonny Sutton
Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film
2000
as Self
Santa and Pete
1999
as Saint Nick
Sea People
1999
as Mr. John McRae
Omnibus: Television's Golden Age
1999
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Seasons of Love
1999
as Lonzo
Angel Passing
1998
as Pianist
12 Angry Men
1997
as Juror 9
Alone
1997
as John Webb
Marvin's Room
1996
as Marvin Wakefield
An African love story
1996
as Self
People: A Musical Celebration
1995
as Grandpa (voice)
Camilla
1994
as Ewald
Hitchcock: Alfred the Great
1994
as Himself
To Dance with the White Dog
1993
as Robert Samuel Peek
The Pelican Brief
1993
as Justice Rosenberg
Broadway Bound
1992
as Ben
Christmas on Division Street
1991
as Cleveland Meriwether
Night of 100 Stars III
1990
as Self
Day One
1989
as James F. Byrnes
Age-Old Friends
1989
as John Cooper
The Wilderness Idea: John Muir, Gifford Pinchot, and the First Great Battle for Wilderness
1989
as Narrator (Voice)
Cocoon: The Return
1988
as Joe Finley
American Experience
1988
as Narrator (voice)
*batteries not included
1987
as Frank Riley
Foxfire
1987
as Hector Nations
Cocoon
1985
as Joseph Finley
Brewster's Millions
1985
as Rupert Horn
Impulse
1984
as Dr. Carr
The World According to Garp
1982
as Mr. Fields
American Playhouse
1982
as Weller Martin
Rollover
1981
as Maxwell Emery
The Gin Game
1981
as Weller Martin
Honky Tonk Freeway
1981
as Sherm
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978
as Self
The Parallax View
1974
as Bill Rintels
Conrack
1974
as Skeffington
There Was a Crooked Man...
1970
as Dudley Whinner
The Arrangement
1969
as Arthur Houghton
Gaily, Gaily
1969
as Tim Grogan
Hawaii Five-O
1969
as Lewis Avery Filer
Hamlet
1964
as Polonius
Cleopatra
1963
as Sosigenes
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
Sunrise at Campobello
1960
as Louis Howe
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960
as Charles King
A Doll's House
1959
as Krogstad
The Moon and Sixpence
1959
as Dirk Stroeve
Naked City
1958
as Professor Henry J. Fallon
DuPont Show of the Month
1957
as Uncle Pio
Crowded Paradise
1956
as George Heath
Telephone Time
1956
The Fourposter
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Henry Daw
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Fitzhugh Oldham
Climax!
1954
as Reverend Mr. Muldoon
The Marriage
1954
as Ben Marriott
General Electric Theater
1953
as Ralph Whitemore
Letter to Loretta
1953
as Hap Martin
Letter to Loretta
1953
as Henry Goodens
General Electric Theater
1953
as Benedict Arnold Brummel
Omnibus
1952
People Will Talk
1951
as Rodney Elwell
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Nils Krogstad
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Wilbur Meeler
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Hector
Top o' the Morning
1949
as Hughie Devine
Suspense
1949
as Dr. Violet
Suspense
1949
Suspense
1949
as Sig
The Bride Goes Wild
1948
as John McGrath
Studio One
1948
as Ben Hecht
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
Studio One
1948
as Ellis Davenport
Studio One
1948
as Mr. Moore
Studio One
1948
as Pop Thatcher
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
as Ben Marriott
Brute Force
1947
as Capt. Munsey
The Beginning or the End
1947
as Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer
The Postman Always Rings Twice
1946
as Arthur Keats
The Green Years
1946
as Papa Leckie
A Letter for Evie
1946
as John Phineas McPherson
The Secret Heart
1946
as Dinner Party Guest (Voice)
Main Street After Dark
1945
as Keller
The Sailor Takes a Wife
1945
as Freddie Potts
Ziegfeld Follies
1945
as Monty (segment "A Sweepstakes Ticket")
Lifeboat
1944
as Stanley "Sparks" Garrett
The Seventh Cross
1944
as Paul Roeder
Blonde Fever
1944
as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Shadow of a Doubt
1943
as Herbie Hawkins
Phantom of the Opera
1943
as Gerard
The Cross of Lorraine
1943
as Duval