Hume Cronyn
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 18, 1911
- Died
- June 15, 2003
- Birthplace
- London, Ontario, Canada
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
Rope TBA
Story
James Dean: Forever Young 2005
as Self (archive footage)
A Separate Peace 2004
as Professor Carmichael
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There 2003
as Self
The John Garfield Story 2003
as Self
Off Season 2001
as Sam Clausner
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood 2001
as Self
Rope Unleashed 2001
as Self
Yesterday's Children 2000
as Old Sonny Sutton
Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film 2000
as Self
Santa and Pete 1999
as Saint Nick
- Omnibus: Television's Golden Age
Omnibus: Television's Golden Age 1999
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Sea People 1999
as Mr. John McRae
Angel Passing 1998
as Pianist
Alone 1997
as John Webb
12 Angry Men 1997
as Juror 9
Marvin's Room 1996
as Marvin Wakefield
- An African love story
An African love story 1996
as Self
People: A Musical Celebration 1995
as Grandpa (voice)
Camilla 1994
as Ewald
Hitchcock: Alfred the Great 1994
as Self
To Dance with the White Dog 1993
as Robert Samuel Peek
The Pelican Brief 1993
as Justice Rosenberg
Broadway Bound 1992
as Ben
Christmas on Division Street 1991
as Cleveland Meriwether
Night of 100 Stars III 1990
as Self
Age-Old Friends 1989
as John Cooper
Day One 1989
as James F. Byrnes
The Wilderness Idea: John Muir, Gifford Pinchot, and the First Great Battle for Wilderness 1989
as Narrator (Voice)
Cocoon: The Return 1988
as Joe Finley
*batteries not included 1987
as Frank Riley
Foxfire 1987
as Hector Nations, Writer
Cocoon 1985
as Joseph Finley
Brewster's Millions 1985
as Rupert Horn
Impulse 1984
as Dr. Carr
The Dollmaker 1984
Teleplay
The World According to Garp 1982
as Mr. Fields
Rollover 1981
as Maxwell Emery
Honky Tonk Freeway 1981
as Sherm
The Gin Game 1981
as Weller Martin
The Parallax View 1974
as Bill Rintels
Conrack 1974
as Skeffington
There Was a Crooked Man... 1970
as Dudley Whinner
Gaily, Gaily 1969
as Tim Grogan
The Arrangement 1969
as Arthur Houghton
Hamlet 1964
as Polonius
Cleopatra 1963
as Sosigenes
Sunrise at Campobello 1960
as Louis Howe
A Doll's House 1959
as Krogstad
The Moon and Sixpence 1959
as Dirk Stroeve
Crowded Paradise 1956
as George Heath
The Fourposter 1955
Actor
People Will Talk 1951
as Rodney Elwell
Under Capricorn 1949
Screenplay, Adaptation
Top o' the Morning 1949
as Hughie Devine
The Bride Goes Wild 1948
as John McGrath
Rope 1948
Adaptation
Brute Force 1947
as Capt. Munsey
The Beginning or the End 1947
as Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer
The Secret Heart 1946
as Dinner Party Guest (Voice)
The Green Years 1946
as Papa Leckie
A Letter for Evie 1946
as John Phineas McPherson
The Postman Always Rings Twice 1946
as Arthur Keats
The Sailor Takes a Wife 1945
as Freddie Potts
Ziegfeld Follies 1945
as Monty (segment "A Sweepstakes Ticket")
Main Street After Dark 1945
as Keller
Blonde Fever 1944
as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
The Seventh Cross 1944
as Paul Roeder
Lifeboat 1944
as Stanley "Sparks" Garrett
The Cross of Lorraine 1943
as Duval
Phantom of the Opera 1943
as Gerard
Shadow of a Doubt 1943
as Herbie Hawkins
Credits from TMDB.