Hume Cronyn
Acting
Born July 18, 1911 · London, Ontario, Canada
Died June 15, 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
Filmography
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
2001 · Self
Yesterday's Children
2000 · Old Sonny Sutton
12 Angry Men
1997 · Juror 9
Marvin's Room
1996 · Marvin Wakefield
Camilla
1994 · Ewald
To Dance with the White Dog
1993 · Robert Samuel Peek
The Pelican Brief
1993 · Justice Rosenberg
Christmas on Division Street
1991 · Cleveland Meriwether
Cocoon: The Return
1988 · Joe Finley
*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
Rollover
1981 · Maxwell Emery
Honky Tonk Freeway
1981 · Sherm
The Parallax View
1974 · Bill Rintels
Conrack
1974 · Skeffington
There Was a Crooked Man...
1970 · Dudley Whinner
The Arrangement
1969 · Arthur Houghton
Cleopatra
1963 · Sosigenes
Sunrise at Campobello
1960 · Louis Howe
People Will Talk
1951 · Prof. Rodney Elwell
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
The Secret Heart
1946 · Dinner Party Guest (Voice)
Ziegfeld Follies
1945 · Monty (segment "A Sweepstakes Ticket")
Lifeboat
1944 · Stanley "Sparks" Garrett
The Seventh Cross
1944 · Paul Roeder
Shadow of a Doubt
1943 · Herbie Hawkins
Phantom of the Opera
1943 · Gerard
The Cross of Lorraine
1943 · Duval