Hume Cronyn
Known for: 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.
Filmography
Series
Hawaii Five-O
Lewis Avery Filer
1968
Series
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
Series
American Experience
Narrator (voice)
1988
Series
Climax!
Reverend Mr. Muldoon
1954
Series
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
Series
The Philco Television Playhouse
Ben Marriott
1948
Series
Naked City
Professor Henry J. Fallon
1958
Series
Studio One
Ben Hecht
1948
Series
Studio One
Ellis Davenport
1948
Series
Studio One
Mr. Moore
1948
Series
Studio One
Pop Thatcher
1948
Series
American Playhouse
Weller Martin
1982
Series
Telephone Time
1956
Series
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Series
Suspense
Dr. Violet
1949
Series
Suspense
1949
Series
Suspense
Sig
1949
Series
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Henry Daw
1955
Series
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Fitzhugh Oldham
1955
Series
Omnibus
1952
Series
The Kennedy Center Honors
Self
1978
Series
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Charles King
1960
Film
Cleopatra
Sosigenes
1963
Film
The Pelican Brief
Justice Rosenberg
1993
Series
DuPont Show of the Month
Uncle Pio
1957
Film
12 Angry Men
Juror 9
1998
Film
Marvin's Room
Marvin Wakefield
1996
Film
Cocoon
Joseph Finley
1985
Film
Shadow of a Doubt
Herbie Hawkins
1943
Film
*batteries not included
Frank Riley
1987
Film
Brute Force
Capt. Munsey
1947
Film
Brewster's Millions
Rupert Horn
1985
Series
Letter to Loretta
Hap Martin
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Henry Goodens
1953
Film
Cocoon: The Return
Joe Finley
1988
Film
The Parallax View
Bill Rintels
1974
Film
The World According to Garp
Mr. Fields
1982
Film
The Postman Always Rings Twice
Arthur Keats
1946
Film
Lifeboat
Stanley "Sparks" Garrett
1944
Film
Phantom of the Opera
Gerard
1943
Film
Impulse
Dr. Carr
1984
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Nils Krogstad
1951
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hector
1951
Series
General Electric Theater
Ralph Whitemore
1953
Series
General Electric Theater
Benedict Arnold Brummel
1953
Series
Seasons of Love
Lonzo
1999
Film
There Was a Crooked Man...
Dudley Whinner
1970
Film
The Arrangement
Arthur Houghton
1969
Film
Ziegfeld Follies
Monty (segment "A Sweepstakes Ticket")
1945
Series
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Wilbur Meeler
1951
Film
Hamlet
Polonius
1964
Film
Night of 100 Stars III
Self
1990
Film
Day One
James F. Byrnes
1989
Film
Yesterday's Children
Old Sonny Sutton
2000
Film
Honky Tonk Freeway
Sherm
1981
Film
Santa and Pete
Saint Nick
1999
Film
The Bride Goes Wild
John McGrath
1948
Film
The Secret Heart
Dinner Party Guest (Voice)
1946
Film
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Self
2003
Film
The Seventh Cross
Paul Roeder
1944
Film
People Will Talk
Rodney Elwell
1951
Film
Rollover
Maxwell Emery
1981
Film
Foxfire
Hector Nations
1987
Film
Alone
John Webb
1997
Film
The Green Years
Papa Leckie
1946
Film
Angel Passing
Pianist
1998
The Marriage
Ben Marriott
1954
Film
Main Street After Dark
Keller
1945
Film
The Beginning or the End
Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer
1947
Film
Off Season
Sam Clausner
2001
Film
The John Garfield Story
Self
2003
Hitchcock: Alfred the Great
Himself
1994
Film
People: A Musical Celebration
Grandpa (voice)
1995
Film
Camilla
Ewald
1994
Film
Sunrise at Campobello
Louis Howe
1960
Film
Age-Old Friends
John Cooper
1989
Film
A Separate Peace
Professor Carmichael
2004
Film
Sea People
Mr. John McRae
1999
Film
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
Self
2001
Film
To Dance with the White Dog
Robert Samuel Peek
1993
Film
Gaily, Gaily
Tim Grogan
1969
Film
Christmas on Division Street
Cleveland Meriwether
1991
Film
Conrack
Skeffington
1974
Film
Crowded Paradise
George Heath
1956
Film
Blonde Fever
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
1944
Film
Broadway Bound
Ben
1992
Film
Top o' the Morning
Hughie Devine
1949
Film
The Moon and Sixpence
Dirk Stroeve
1959
Film
The Cross of Lorraine
Duval
1943
Film
A Doll's House
Krogstad
1959
Film
A Letter for Evie
John Phineas McPherson
1946
Film
The Sailor Takes a Wife
Freddie Potts
1945
Film
Rope Unleashed
Self
2001
Film
The Gin Game
Weller Martin
1981
Film
Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film
Self
2000
An African love story
Self
1996
Film
The Wilderness Idea: John Muir, Gifford Pinchot, and the First Great Battle for Wilderness
Narrator (Voice)
1989
Film
The Fourposter
1955
Omnibus: Television's Golden Age
Self - Narrator (voice)
1999