Hume Cronyn

Hume Cronyn

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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Filmography

2004

A Separate Peace
A Separate Peace
as Professor Carmichael
Movie - Released: 9/12/2004

2003

The John Garfield Story
The John Garfield Story
as Self
Movie - Released: 2/3/2003

2001

Off Season
Off Season
as Sam Clausner
Movie - Released: 12/16/2001
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
as Self
Movie - Released: 4/3/2001
Rope Unleashed
Rope Unleashed
as Self
Movie - Released: 3/6/2001

2000

Yesterday's Children
Yesterday's Children
as Old Sonny Sutton
Movie - Released: 10/15/2000
Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film

1999

Santa and Pete
Santa and Pete
as Saint Nick
Movie - Released: 12/5/1999
Sea People
Sea People
as Mr. John McRae
Movie - Released: 6/21/1999

1998

Angel Passing
Angel Passing
as Pianist
Movie - Released: 1/1/1998

1997

12 Angry Men
12 Angry Men
as Juror 9
Movie - Released: 8/17/1997
Alone
Alone
as John Webb
Movie - Released: 12/21/1997

1996

Marvin's Room
Marvin's Room
as Marvin Wakefield
Movie - Released: 12/18/1996

1995

People: A Musical Celebration
People: A Musical Celebration
as Grandpa (voice)
Movie - Released: 1/1/1995

1994

Camilla
Camilla
as Ewald
Movie - Released: 11/25/1994
Movie
Hitchcock: Alfred the Great
as Himself
Movie - Released: 7/1/1994

1993

To Dance with the White Dog
To Dance with the White Dog
as Robert Samuel Peek
Movie - Released: 12/5/1993
The Pelican Brief
The Pelican Brief
as Justice Rosenberg
Movie - Released: 9/17/1993

1992

Broadway Bound
Broadway Bound
as Ben
Movie - Released: 3/22/1992

1991

Christmas on Division Street
Christmas on Division Street
as Cleveland Meriwether
Movie - Released: 12/15/1991

1990

Night of 100 Stars III
Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
Movie - Released: 5/21/1990

1989

Day One
Day One
as James F. Byrnes
Movie - Released: 5/12/1989
Age-Old Friends
Age-Old Friends
as John Cooper
Movie - Released: 12/16/1989

1988

Cocoon: The Return
Cocoon: The Return
as Joe Finley
Movie - Released: 9/13/1988
American Experience
American Experience
as Narrator (voice)
TV - Released: 10/4/1988

1987

*batteries not included
*batteries not included
as Frank Riley
Movie - Released: 12/18/1987
Foxfire
Foxfire
as Hector Nations
Movie - Released: 12/13/1987

1985

Cocoon
Cocoon
as Joseph Finley
Movie - Released: 6/21/1985
Brewster's Millions
Brewster's Millions
as Rupert Horn
Movie - Released: 5/22/1985

1984

Impulse
Impulse
as Dr. Carr
Movie - Released: 9/28/1984

1982

The World According to Garp
The World According to Garp
as Mr. Fields
Movie - Released: 8/13/1982

1981

Rollover
Rollover
as Maxwell Emery
Movie - Released: 10/11/1981
The Gin Game
The Gin Game
as Weller Martin
Movie - Released: 4/21/1981
Honky Tonk Freeway
Honky Tonk Freeway
as Sherm
Movie - Released: 8/21/1981

1978

The Kennedy Center Honors
The Kennedy Center Honors
as Self
TV - Released: 12/28/1978

1974

The Parallax View
The Parallax View
as Bill Rintels
Movie - Released: 6/14/1974
Conrack
Conrack
as Skeffington
Movie - Released: 3/27/1974

1970

There Was a Crooked Man...
There Was a Crooked Man...
as Dudley Whinner
Movie - Released: 9/18/1970

1969

The Arrangement
The Arrangement
as Arthur Houghton
Movie - Released: 11/18/1969
Gaily, Gaily
Gaily, Gaily
as Tim Grogan
Movie - Released: 12/16/1969

1968

Hawaii Five-O
Hawaii Five-O
as Lewis Avery Filer
TV - Released: 9/20/1968

1964

Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
as Polonius
Movie - Released: 9/23/1964

1963

Cleopatra
Cleopatra
as Sosigenes
Movie - Released: 6/12/1963

1962

The Merv Griffin Show
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
TV - Released: 10/1/1962

1960

Sunrise at Campobello
Sunrise at Campobello
as Louis Howe
Movie - Released: 9/28/1960
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
as Charles King
TV - Released: 9/19/1960

1959

A Doll's House
A Doll's House
as Krogstad
Movie - Released: 11/15/1959
The Moon and Sixpence
The Moon and Sixpence
as Dirk Stroeve
Movie - Released: 10/30/1959

1958

Naked City
Naked City
as Professor Henry J. Fallon
TV - Released: 9/30/1958

1957

DuPont Show of the Month
DuPont Show of the Month
as Uncle Pio
TV - Released: 9/29/1957

1956

Crowded Paradise
Crowded Paradise
as George Heath
Movie - Released: 6/21/1956
Telephone Time
Telephone Time
TV - Released: 4/8/1956

1955

The Fourposter
The Fourposter
Movie - Released: 1/1/1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Henry Daw
TV - Released: 10/2/1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Fitzhugh Oldham
TV - Released: 10/2/1955

1954

Climax!
Climax!
as Reverend Mr. Muldoon
TV - Released: 10/7/1954
TV
The Marriage
as Ben Marriott
TV - Released: 7/1/1954

1953

General Electric Theater
General Electric Theater
as Ralph Whitemore
TV - Released: 2/1/1953
Letter to Loretta
Letter to Loretta
as Hap Martin
TV - Released: 9/20/1953
Letter to Loretta
Letter to Loretta
as Henry Goodens
TV - Released: 9/20/1953
General Electric Theater
General Electric Theater
as Benedict Arnold Brummel
TV - Released: 2/1/1953

1952

Omnibus
Omnibus
TV - Released: 11/9/1952

1951

People Will Talk
People Will Talk
as Prof. Rodney Elwell
Movie - Released: 8/29/1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Nils Krogstad
TV - Released: 12/24/1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Wilbur Meeler
TV - Released: 10/5/1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Hector
TV - Released: 12/24/1951

1949

Top o' the Morning
Top o' the Morning
as Hughie Devine
Movie - Released: 8/31/1949
Suspense
Suspense
as Dr. Violet
TV - Released: 1/6/1949
Suspense
Suspense
TV - Released: 1/6/1949
Suspense
Suspense
as Sig
TV - Released: 1/6/1949

1948

The Bride Goes Wild
The Bride Goes Wild
as John McGrath
Movie - Released: 3/3/1948
Studio One
Studio One
as Ben Hecht
TV - Released: 11/7/1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
TV - Released: 6/20/1948
The Philco Television Playhouse
The Philco Television Playhouse
TV - Released: 10/3/1948
Studio One
Studio One
as Mr. Moore
TV - Released: 11/7/1948
Studio One
Studio One
as Ellis Davenport
TV - Released: 11/7/1948
Studio One
Studio One
as Pop Thatcher
TV - Released: 11/7/1948
The Philco Television Playhouse
The Philco Television Playhouse
as Ben Marriott
TV - Released: 10/3/1948

1947

Brute Force
Brute Force
as Capt. Munsey
Movie - Released: 7/16/1947
The Beginning or the End
The Beginning or the End
as Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer
Movie - Released: 2/19/1947

1946

The Postman Always Rings Twice
The Postman Always Rings Twice
as Arthur Keats
Movie - Released: 5/2/1946
The Green Years
The Green Years
as Papa Leckie
Movie - Released: 7/4/1946
A Letter for Evie
A Letter for Evie
as John Phineas McPherson
Movie - Released: 1/28/1946
The Secret Heart
The Secret Heart
as Dinner Party Guest (Voice)
Movie - Released: 12/25/1946

1945

Main Street After Dark
Main Street After Dark
as Keller
Movie - Released: 1/12/1945
The Sailor Takes a Wife
The Sailor Takes a Wife
as Freddie Potts
Movie - Released: 12/28/1945
Ziegfeld Follies
Ziegfeld Follies
as Monty (segment "A Sweepstakes Ticket")
Movie - Released: 8/26/1945

1944

Lifeboat
Lifeboat
as Stanley "Sparks" Garrett
Movie - Released: 1/28/1944
The Seventh Cross
The Seventh Cross
as Paul Roeder
Movie - Released: 7/24/1944
Blonde Fever
Blonde Fever
as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 12/5/1944

1943

Shadow of a Doubt
Shadow of a Doubt
as Herbie Hawkins
Movie - Released: 1/15/1943
Phantom of the Opera
Phantom of the Opera
as Gerard
Movie - Released: 8/12/1943
The Cross of Lorraine
The Cross of Lorraine
as Duval
Movie - Released: 11/12/1943