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Hume Cronyn

Hume Cronyn

ActorWriter Jul 18 (died age 91) London, Ontario, Canada 1943–2004 (61 year career)
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Biography

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, …

Known For

Rope
Film

Rope

Adaptation
Shadow of a Doubt
Film

Shadow of a Doubt

Herbie Hawkins
The Pelican Brief
Film

The Pelican Brief

Justice Rosenberg
Cocoon
Film

Cocoon

Joseph Finley
Cleopatra
Film

Cleopatra

Sosigenes
12 Angry Men
Film

12 Angry Men

Juror 9
Lifeboat
Film

Lifeboat

Stanley "Sparks" Garrett
Cocoon: The Return
Film

Cocoon: The Return

Joe Finley

Filmography

Acting (88)

·

Movies (66)

A Separate Peace

A Separate Peace

2004

as Professor Carmichael

4.8
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

2003

as Self

7.0
The John Garfield Story

The John Garfield Story

2003

as Self

8.0
Rope Unleashed

Rope Unleashed

2001

as Self

6.9
Off Season

Off Season

2001

as Sam Clausner

3.2
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood

Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood

2001

as Self

7.2
Yesterday's Children

Yesterday's Children

2000

as Old Sonny Sutton

7.3
Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film

Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film

2000

as Self

7.0
Omnibus: Television's Golden Age

Omnibus: Television's Golden Age

1999

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Sea People

Sea People

1999

as Mr. John McRae

6.3
Santa and Pete

Santa and Pete

1999

as Saint Nick

5.3
Angel Passing

Angel Passing

1998

as Pianist

12 Angry Men

12 Angry Men

1997

as Juror 9

7.7
Alone

Alone

1997

as John Webb

6.5
Marvin's Room

Marvin's Room

1996

as Marvin Wakefield

6.7
People: A Musical Celebration

People: A Musical Celebration

1995

as Grandpa (voice)

6.2
Camilla

Camilla

1994

as Ewald

5.5
Hitchcock: Alfred the Great

Hitchcock: Alfred the Great

1994

as Himself

The Pelican Brief

The Pelican Brief

1993

as Justice Rosenberg

6.6
To Dance with the White Dog

To Dance with the White Dog

1993

as Robert Samuel Peek

7.0
Broadway Bound

Broadway Bound

1992

as Ben

6.3
Christmas on Division Street

Christmas on Division Street

1991

as Cleveland Meriwether

6.2
Night of 100 Stars III

Night of 100 Stars III

1990

as Self

4.0
Day One

Day One

1989

as James F. Byrnes

5.8
Age-Old Friends

Age-Old Friends

1989

as John Cooper

7.7
The Wilderness Idea: John Muir, Gifford Pinchot, and the First Great Battle for Wilderness

The Wilderness Idea: John Muir, Gifford Pinchot, and the First Great Battle for Wilderness

1989

as Narrator (Voice)

Cocoon: The Return

Cocoon: The Return

1988

as Joe Finley

6.5
*batteries not included

*batteries not included

1987

as Frank Riley

6.7
Foxfire

Foxfire

1987

as Hector Nations

7.0
Cocoon

Cocoon

1985

as Joseph Finley

6.6
Brewster's Millions

Brewster's Millions

1985

as Rupert Horn

6.6
Impulse

Impulse

1984

as Dr. Carr

5.2
The World According to Garp

The World According to Garp

1982

as Mr. Fields

6.7
Honky Tonk Freeway

Honky Tonk Freeway

1981

as Sherm

5.2
Rollover

Rollover

1981

as Maxwell Emery

5.1
The Gin Game

The Gin Game

1981

as Weller Martin

8.0
The Parallax View

The Parallax View

1974

as Bill Rintels

6.8
Conrack

Conrack

1974

as Skeffington

6.8
There Was a Crooked Man...

There Was a Crooked Man...

1970

as Dudley Whinner

6.8
The Arrangement

The Arrangement

1969

as Arthur Houghton

6.5
Gaily, Gaily

Gaily, Gaily

1969

as Tim Grogan

3.7
Hamlet

Hamlet

1964

as Polonius

6.5
Cleopatra

Cleopatra

1963

as Sosigenes

7.0
Sunrise at Campobello

Sunrise at Campobello

1960

as Louis Howe

6.0
The Moon and Sixpence

The Moon and Sixpence

1959

as Dirk Stroeve

A Doll's House

A Doll's House

1959

as Krogstad

10.0
Crowded Paradise

Crowded Paradise

1956

as George Heath

The Fourposter

The Fourposter

1955
People Will Talk

People Will Talk

1951

as Prof. Rodney Elwell

7.1
Top o' the Morning

Top o' the Morning

1949

as Hughie Devine

5.4
The Bride Goes Wild

The Bride Goes Wild

1948

as John McGrath

6.2
Brute Force

Brute Force

1947

as Capt. Munsey

7.3
The Beginning or the End

The Beginning or the End

1947

as Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer

6.1
A Letter for Evie

A Letter for Evie

1946

as John Phineas McPherson

6.7
The Green Years

The Green Years

1946

as Papa Leckie

6.3
The Postman Always Rings Twice

The Postman Always Rings Twice

1946

as Arthur Keats

7.0
The Secret Heart

The Secret Heart

1946

as Dinner Party Guest (Voice)

6.3
Ziegfeld Follies

Ziegfeld Follies

1945

as Monty (segment "A Sweepstakes Ticket")

6.0
Main Street After Dark

Main Street After Dark

1945

as Keller

4.0
The Sailor Takes a Wife

The Sailor Takes a Wife

1945

as Freddie Potts

6.0
Lifeboat

Lifeboat

1944

as Stanley "Sparks" Garrett

7.4
The Seventh Cross

The Seventh Cross

1944

as Paul Roeder

6.8
Blonde Fever

Blonde Fever

1944

as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

3.9
Shadow of a Doubt

Shadow of a Doubt

1943

as Herbie Hawkins

7.5
Phantom of the Opera

Phantom of the Opera

1943

as Gerard

6.2
The Cross of Lorraine

The Cross of Lorraine

1943

as Duval

6.3