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Hume Cronyn

Actor, Writer, Producer, Additional Credits
Born July 18, 1911Died June 15, 2003 (91 years)
Hume Blake Cronyn Jr. 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.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Brute Force
  • People Will Talk
  • There Was a Crooked Man...
  • Yesterday's Children
  • The Dollmaker
  • To Dance with the White Dog
  • Foxfire
  • Sea People
  • Santa and Pete
  • Off Season

Known For

  • Rope
  • *batteries not included
  • Cocoon
  • Shadow of a Doubt
  • The Pelican Brief
  • Cleopatra
  • Marvin's Room
  • Brute Force
  • The World According to Garp
  • The Postman Always Rings Twice
  • Brewster's Millions
  • Cocoon: The Return
  • The Parallax View
  • Lifeboat
  • 12 Angry Men
  • Under Capricorn
  • People Will Talk
  • There Was a Crooked Man...
  • The Seventh Cross
  • To Dance with the White Dog
  • Impulse
  • Sunrise at Campobello
  • Rollover
  • Sea People

Filmography

2004
A Separate Peace · as Professor Carmichael
2001
Off Season · as Sam Clausner
2000
Yesterday's Children · as Old Sonny Sutton
2000
1999
Santa and Pete · as Saint Nick
1999
Seasons of Love (TV Series) · as Lonzo
1999
Sea People · as Mr. John Mcrae
1997
Alone · as John Webb
1997
12 Angry Men · as Juror 9
1996
Marvin's Room · as Marvin Wakefield
1995
People: A Musical Celebration · as Grandpa (voice)
1994
Camilla · as Ewald
1993
To Dance with the White Dog · as Robert Samuel Peek
1993
The Pelican Brief · as Justice Rosenberg
1992
Broadway Bound · as Ben
1991
Christmas on Division Street · as Cleveland Meriwether
1989
Age-Old Friends · as John Cooper
1989
Day One · as James F. Byrnes
1988
Cocoon: The Return · as Joe Finley
1988
American Experience (TV Series) · as Narrator (voice)
1987
*batteries not included · as Frank Riley
1987
Foxfire · as Hector Nations
1985
Cocoon · as Joseph Finley
1985
Brewster's Millions · as Rupert Horn
1984
Impulse · as Dr. Carr
1982
1981
Rollover · as Maxwell Emery
1981
Honky Tonk Freeway · as Sherm
1981
The Gin Game · as Weller Martin
1974
The Parallax View · as Bill Rintels
1974
Conrack · as Skeffington
1970
1969
The Arrangement · as Arthur Houghton
1969
Gaily, Gaily · as Tim Grogan
1968
Hawaii Five-O (TV Series) · as Lewis Avery Filer
1964
Hamlet · as Polonius
1963
Cleopatra · as Sosigenes
1960
Spartacus · as Gladiator
1960
Sunrise at Campobello · as Louis Howe
1960
The Barbara Stanwyck Show (TV Series) · as Charles King
1959
A Doll's House · as Krogstad
1959
The Moon and Sixpence · as Dirk Stroeve
1959
The Play of the Week (TV Series) · as Jack Boyle
1958
Naked City (TV Series) · as Professor Henry J. Fallon
1957
The DuPont Show of the Month (TV Series) · as Uncle Pio
1956
Kaiser Aluminum Hour (TV Series) · as Holtz
1956
Telephone Time (TV Series)
1955
Alcoa Hour (TV Series) · as Ralph Grimes
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series) · as Henry Daw
1954
Producers' Showcase (TV Series) · as Michael
1954
Climax! (TV Series) · as Reverend Mr. Muldoon
1954
Studio 57 (TV Series) · as Mr. Shaw
1953
The United States Steel Hour (TV Series) · as Priam Farll
1953
The Loretta Young Show (TV Series) · as Hap Martin
1953
General Electric Theater (TV Series) · as Ralph Whitemore
1952
Omnibus (TV Series)
1951
Hallmark Hall Of Fame (TV Series) · as Nils Krogstad
1951
Goodyear Television Playhouse (TV Series) · as Ben Marriott
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (TV Series) · as Wilbur Meeler
1951
People Will Talk · as Prof. Rodney Elwell
1950
The Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (TV Series) · as Charles Ponzi
1949
Top o' the Morning · as Hughie Devine
1949
Suspense (TV Series) · as Sig
1948
Studio One (TV Series) · as Pop Thatcher
1948
Ford Theatre (TV Series) · as Harry Binion
1948
The Philco Television Playhouse (TV Series) · as Ben Marriott
1948
The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (TV Series) · as Cast
1948
The Bride Goes Wild · as John Mcgrath
1947
Brute Force · as Capt. Munsey
1947
The Beginning or the End · as Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer
1946
The Secret Heart · as Dinner Party Guest (voice)
1946
1946
The Green Years · as Papa Leckie
1946
A Letter for Evie · as John Phineas Mcpherson
1945
The Sailor Takes a Wife · as Freddie Potts
1945
Ziegfeld Follies · as Monty (segment "a Sweepstakes Ticket")
1945
1944
Blonde Fever · as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
1944
The Seventh Cross · as Paul Roeder
1944
Lifeboat · as Stanley "sparks" Garrett
1943
1943
1943
Shadow of a Doubt · as Herbie Hawkins

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