Hume Cronyn
Acting
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
Acting89
movieA Separate Peace
2004
Professor Carmichael
movieOff Season
2001
Sam Clausner
movieYesterday's Children
2000
Old Sonny Sutton
movieSanta and Pete
1999
Saint Nick
Omnibus: Television's Golden Age
1999
Self - Narrator (voice)
movieSea People
1999
Mr. John McRae
movieAngel Passing
1998
Pianist
movieAlone
1997
John Webb
movie12 Angry Men
1997
Juror 9
movieMarvin's Room
1996
Marvin Wakefield
moviePeople: A Musical Celebration
1995
Grandpa (voice)
movieCamilla
1994
Ewald
movieTo Dance with the White Dog
1993
Robert Samuel Peek
movieThe Pelican Brief
1993
Justice Rosenberg
movieChristmas on Division Street
1991
Cleveland Meriwether
movieAge-Old Friends
1989
John Cooper
movieDay One
1989
James F. Byrnes
movieThe Wilderness Idea: John Muir, Gifford Pinchot, and the First Great Battle for Wilderness
1989
Narrator (Voice)
tvAmerican Experience
1988
Narrator (voice)
movieCocoon: The Return
1988
Joe Finley
movie*batteries not included
1987
Frank Riley
movieFoxfire
1987
Hector Nations
movieCocoon
1985
Joseph Finley
movieBrewster's Millions
1985
Rupert Horn
movieImpulse
1984
Dr. Carr
movieThe World According to Garp
1982
Mr. Fields
tvAmerican Playhouse
1982
Weller Martin
movieRollover
1981
Maxwell Emery
movieThe Gin Game
1981
Weller Martin
movieThe Parallax View
1974
Bill Rintels
movieConrack
1974
Skeffington
movieThere Was a Crooked Man...
1970
Dudley Whinner
movieGaily, Gaily
1969
Tim Grogan
movieThe Arrangement
1969
Arthur Houghton
tvHawaii Five-O
1968
Lewis Avery Filer
movieHamlet
1964
Polonius
movieCleopatra
1963
Sosigenes
movieSunrise at Campobello
1960
Louis Howe
tvThe Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960
Charles King
movieA Doll's House
1959
Krogstad
movieThe Moon and Sixpence
1959
Dirk Stroeve
tvNaked City
1958
Professor Henry J. Fallon
tvDuPont Show of the Month
1957
Uncle Pio
movieCrowded Paradise
1956
George Heath
tvAlfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Henry Daw / Fitzhugh Oldham
tvClimax!
1954
Reverend Mr. Muldoon
The Marriage
1954
Ben Marriott
tvLetter to Loretta
1953
Hap Martin / Henry Goodens
tvGeneral Electric Theater
1953
Ralph Whitemore / Benedict Arnold Brummel
tvHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Nils Krogstad / Hector
tvSchlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Wilbur Meeler
moviePeople Will Talk
1951
Prof. Rodney Elwell
movieTop o' the Morning
1949
Hughie Devine
tvSuspense
1949
Dr. Violet / Sig
tvStudio One
1948
Ben Hecht / Mr. Moore / Ellis Davenport / Pop Thatcher
tvThe Philco Television Playhouse
1948
Ben Marriott
movieThe Bride Goes Wild
1948
John McGrath
movieBrute Force
1947
Capt. Munsey
movieThe Beginning or the End
1947
Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer
movieThe Secret Heart
1946
Dinner Party Guest (Voice)
movieThe Green Years
1946
Papa Leckie
movieA Letter for Evie
1946
John Phineas McPherson
movieThe Postman Always Rings Twice
1946
Arthur Keats
movieThe Sailor Takes a Wife
1945
Freddie Potts
movieZiegfeld Follies
1945
Monty (segment "A Sweepstakes Ticket")
movieBlonde Fever
1944
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
movieThe Seventh Cross
1944
Paul Roeder
movieLifeboat
1944
Stanley "Sparks" Garrett
movieShadow of a Doubt
1943
Herbie Hawkins
Writing5
movieFoxfire
1987
Writer
movieThe Dollmaker
1984
Teleplay
movieUnder Capricorn
1949
Screenplay
movieRope
1948
Adaptation
movieRope
Story