Hume Cronyn
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.
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Movies (45)
A Separate Peace
as Professor Carmichael
2004
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as Self
2003
The John Garfield Story
as Self
2003
Off Season
as Sam Clausner
2001
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
as Self
2001
Rope Unleashed
as Self
2001
Yesterday's Children
as Old Sonny Sutton
2000
Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film
as Self
2000
Santa and Pete
as Saint Nick
1999
Omnibus: Television's Golden Age
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1999
Sea People
as Mr. John McRae
1999
Angel Passing
as Pianist
1998
Alone
as John Webb
1997
12 Angry Men
as Juror 9
1997
Marvin's Room
as Marvin Wakefield
1996
People: A Musical Celebration
as Grandpa (voice)
1995
Camilla
as Ewald
1994
Hitchcock: Alfred the Great
as Himself
1994
To Dance with the White Dog
as Robert Samuel Peek
1993
The Pelican Brief
as Justice Rosenberg
1993
Broadway Bound
as Ben
1992
Christmas on Division Street
as Cleveland Meriwether
1991
Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
1990
Age-Old Friends
as John Cooper
1989
Day One
as James F. Byrnes
1989
The Wilderness Idea: John Muir, Gifford Pinchot, and the First Great Battle for Wilderness
as Narrator (Voice)
1989
Cocoon: The Return
as Joe Finley
1988
*batteries not included
as Frank Riley
1987
Foxfire
as Hector Nations
1987
Cocoon
as Joseph Finley
1985
Brewster's Millions
as Rupert Horn
1985
Impulse
as Dr. Carr
1984
The Dollmaker
Teleplay (Writing)
1984
The World According to Garp
as Mr. Fields
1982
Rollover
as Maxwell Emery
1981
Honky Tonk Freeway
as Sherm
1981
The Gin Game
as Weller Martin
1981
The Parallax View
as Bill Rintels
1974
Conrack
as Skeffington
1974
There Was a Crooked Man...
as Dudley Whinner
1970
Gaily, Gaily
as Tim Grogan
1969
The Arrangement
as Arthur Houghton
1969
Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
as Polonius
1964
Cleopatra
as Sosigenes
1963
Sunrise at Campobello
as Louis Howe
1960
