Hume Cronyn
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1911-07-19 (92 years old)
Deathday
2003-06-15
Place of Birth
London, Ontario, Canada
Also known As
Hume Blake Cronyn
Hume Cronyn
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, Susan Cooper. Many of his wide-ranging stage and screen acting roles garnered critical acclaim, including an Academy Award nomination, three Emmy Awar...
Acting
1985
as Joseph Finley
1985
as Rupert Horn
1987
as Frank Riley
1988
as Joe Finley
1982
as Mr. Fields
1943
as Herbie Hawkins
1951
as Prof. Rodney Elwell
1963
as Sosigenes
1997
as Juror 9
1946
as Arthur Keats
1970
as Dudley Whinner
1996
as Marvin Wakefield
1944
as Stanley "Sparks" Garrett
1947
as Capt. Munsey
1984
as Dr. Carr
1943
as Gerard
1989
as James F. Byrnes
1981
as Maxwell Emery
2000
as Old Sonny Sutton
1974
as Bill Rintels
1969
as Arthur Houghton
1995
as Grandpa (voice)
1960
as Louis Howe
2001
as Sam Clausner
1999
as Saint Nick
2004
as Professor Carmichael
1947
as Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer
1944
as Paul Roeder
1943
as Duval
1994
as Ewald
1945
as Keller
1999
as Mr. John McRae
1946
as Papa Leckie
1948
as John McGrath
1964
as Polonius
2001
1993
as Robert Samuel Peek
1969
as Tim Grogan
1987
as Hector Nations
1949
as Hughie Devine
1955
1946
as John Phineas McPherson
1991
as Cleveland Meriwether
2001
as Self
1989
as John Cooper
1945
as Freddie Potts
1990
as Self
1997
as John Webb
1989
1998
as Pianist
1974
as Skeffington
1993
as Justice Rosenberg
1992
as Ben
1956
as George Heath
1981
as Weller Martin
1944
as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
1959
as Krogstad
1946
as Dinner Party Guest (Voice)
1945
as Monty (segment "A Sweepstakes Ticket")
1981
as Sherm
2003
as Self
1959
as Dirk Stroeve
1994
as Himself
Production
1984
as Teleplay
1987
as Writer
1948
as Adaptation
1949
as Screenplay
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as Story
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