Hume Cronyn
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.
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Movies (72)
James Dean: Forever Young
2005 · Self (archive footage)
A Separate Peace
2004 · Professor Carmichael
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003 · Self
The John Garfield Story
2003 · Self
Off Season
2001 · Sam Clausner
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
2001 · Self
Rope Unleashed
2001 · Self
Yesterday's Children
2000 · Old Sonny Sutton
Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film
2000 · Self
Santa and Pete
1999 · Saint Nick
Omnibus: Television's Golden Age
1999 · Self - Narrator (voice)
Sea People
1999 · Mr. John McRae
Angel Passing
1998 · Pianist
Alone
1997 · John Webb
12 Angry Men
1997 · Juror 9
Marvin's Room
1996 · Marvin Wakefield
An African love story
1996 · Self
People: A Musical Celebration
1995 · Grandpa (voice)
Camilla
1994 · Ewald
Hitchcock: Alfred the Great
1994 · Self
To Dance with the White Dog
1993 · Robert Samuel Peek
The Pelican Brief
1993 · Justice Rosenberg
Broadway Bound
1992 · Ben
Christmas on Division Street
1991 · Cleveland Meriwether
Night of 100 Stars III
1990 · Self
Age-Old Friends
1989 · John Cooper
Day One
1989 · James F. Byrnes
The Wilderness Idea: John Muir, Gifford Pinchot, and the First Great Battle for Wilderness
1989 · Narrator (Voice)
Cocoon: The Return
1988 · Joe Finley
*batteries not included
1987 · Frank Riley
Foxfire
1987 · Hector Nations, Writer
Cocoon
1985 · Joseph Finley
Brewster's Millions
1985 · Rupert Horn
Impulse
1984 · Dr. Carr
The Dollmaker
1984 · Teleplay
The World According to Garp
1982 · Mr. Fields
Rollover
1981 · Maxwell Emery
Honky Tonk Freeway
1981 · Sherm
The Gin Game
1981 · Weller Martin
The Parallax View
1974 · Bill Rintels
Conrack
1974 · Skeffington
There Was a Crooked Man...
1970 · Dudley Whinner
Gaily, Gaily
1969 · Tim Grogan
The Arrangement
1969 · Arthur Houghton
Hamlet
1964 · Polonius
Cleopatra
1963 · Sosigenes
Sunrise at Campobello
1960 · Louis Howe
A Doll's House
1959 · Krogstad
The Moon and Sixpence
1959 · Dirk Stroeve
Crowded Paradise
1956 · George Heath
The Fourposter
1955
People Will Talk
1951 · Rodney Elwell
Under Capricorn
1949 · Screenplay, Adaptation
Top o' the Morning
1949 · Hughie Devine
The Bride Goes Wild
1948 · John McGrath
Rope
1948 · Adaptation
Brute Force
1947 · Capt. Munsey
The Beginning or the End
1947 · Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer
The Secret Heart
1946 · Dinner Party Guest (Voice)
The Green Years
1946 · Papa Leckie
A Letter for Evie
1946 · John Phineas McPherson
The Postman Always Rings Twice
1946 · Arthur Keats
The Sailor Takes a Wife
1945 · Freddie Potts
Ziegfeld Follies
1945 · Monty (segment "A Sweepstakes Ticket")
Main Street After Dark
1945 · Keller
Blonde Fever
1944 · Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
The Seventh Cross
1944 · Paul Roeder
Lifeboat
1944 · Stanley "Sparks" Garrett
The Cross of Lorraine
1943 · Duval
Phantom of the Opera
1943 · Gerard
Shadow of a Doubt
1943 · Herbie Hawkins
Rope
· Story
TV shows (22)
Seasons of Love
1999 · Lonzo
American Experience
1988 · Narrator (voice)
American Playhouse
1982 · Weller Martin
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978 · Self
Hawaii Five-O
1969 · Lewis Avery Filer
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Self
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960 · Charles King
Naked City
1958 · Professor Henry J. Fallon
DuPont Show of the Month
1957 · Uncle Pio
Telephone Time
1956
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Henry Daw, Fitzhugh Oldham
Climax!
1954 · Reverend Mr. Muldoon
The Marriage
1954 · Ben Marriott
Letter to Loretta
1953 · Hap Martin, Henry Goodens
General Electric Theater
1953 · Ralph Whitemore, Benedict Arnold Brummel
Omnibus
1952
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Nils Krogstad, Hector
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · Wilbur Meeler
Suspense
1949 · Dr. Violet, Sig
Studio One
1948 · Ben Hecht, Mr. Moore, Ellis Davenport, Pop Thatcher
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948 · Ben Marriott
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self