Hume Cronyn
Acteur·rice
18 juillet 1911
London, Ontario, Canada
Died 15 juin 2003
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
As an actor
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
Sea People
1999 · Mr. John McRae
Omnibus: Television's Golden Age
1999 · Self - Narrator (voice)
Seasons of Love
1999 · Lonzo
Angel Passing
1998 · Pianist
12 Angry Men
1997 · Juror 9
Alone
1997 · John Webb
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 · Himself
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
Day One
1989 · James F. Byrnes
Age-Old Friends
1989 · John Cooper
The Wilderness Idea: John Muir, Gifford Pinchot, and the First Great Battle for Wilderness
1989 · Narrator (Voice)
Cocoon: The Return
1988 · Joe Finley
American Experience
1988 · Narrator (voice)
*batteries not included
1987 · Frank Riley
Foxfire
1987 · Hector Nations
Cocoon
1985 · Joseph Finley
Brewster's Millions
1985 · Rupert Horn
Impulse
1984 · Dr. Carr
The World According to Garp
1982 · Mr. Fields
American Playhouse
1982 · Weller Martin
Rollover
1981 · Maxwell Emery
The Gin Game
1981 · Weller Martin
Honky Tonk Freeway
1981 · Sherm
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978 · Self
The Parallax View
1974 · Bill Rintels
Conrack
1974 · Skeffington
There Was a Crooked Man...
1970 · Dudley Whinner
The Arrangement
1969 · Arthur Houghton
Gaily, Gaily
1969 · Tim Grogan
Hawaii Five-O
1968 · Lewis Avery Filer
Hamlet
1964 · Polonius
Cleopatra
1963 · Sosigenes
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Self
Sunrise at Campobello
1960 · Louis Howe
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960 · Charles King
A Doll's House
1959 · Krogstad
The Moon and Sixpence
1959 · Dirk Stroeve
Naked City
1958 · Professor Henry J. Fallon
DuPont Show of the Month
1957 · Uncle Pio
Crowded Paradise
1956 · George Heath
Telephone Time
1956
The Fourposter
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Henry Daw, Fitzhugh Oldham
Climax!
1954 · Reverend Mr. Muldoon
The Marriage
1954 · Ben Marriott
General Electric Theater
1953 · Ralph Whitemore, Benedict Arnold Brummel
Letter to Loretta
1953 · Hap Martin, Henry Goodens
Omnibus
1952
People Will Talk
1951 · Prof. Rodney Elwell
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Nils Krogstad, Hector
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · Wilbur Meeler
Top o' the Morning
1949 · Hughie Devine
Suspense
1949 · Dr. Violet, Sig
The Bride Goes Wild
1948 · John McGrath
Studio One
1948 · Ben Hecht, Mr. Moore, Ellis Davenport, Pop Thatcher
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948 · Ben Marriott
Brute Force
1947 · Capt. Munsey
The Beginning or the End
1947 · Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer
The Postman Always Rings Twice
1946 · Arthur Keats
The Green Years
1946 · Papa Leckie
A Letter for Evie
1946 · John Phineas McPherson
The Secret Heart
1946 · Dinner Party Guest (Voice)
Main Street After Dark
1945 · Keller
The Sailor Takes a Wife
1945 · Freddie Potts
Ziegfeld Follies
1945 · Monty (segment "A Sweepstakes Ticket")
Lifeboat
1944 · Stanley "Sparks" Garrett
The Seventh Cross
1944 · Paul Roeder
Blonde Fever
1944 · Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Shadow of a Doubt
1943 · Herbie Hawkins
Phantom of the Opera
1943 · Gerard
The Cross of Lorraine
1943 · Duval
