Hume Cronyn
Acting
Born July 18, 1911 · London, Ontario, Canada
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.
Films (67)
A Separate Peace
2004
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
The John Garfield Story
2003
Off Season
2001
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
2001
Rope Unleashed
2001
Yesterday's Children
2000
Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film
2000
Santa and Pete
1999
Omnibus: Television's Golden Age
1999
Sea People
1999
Angel Passing
1998
Alone
1997
12 Angry Men
1997
Marvin's Room
1996
An African love story
1996
People: A Musical Celebration
1995
Camilla
1994
Hitchcock: Alfred the Great
1994
To Dance with the White Dog
1993
The Pelican Brief
1993
Broadway Bound
1992
Christmas on Division Street
1991
Night of 100 Stars III
1990
Age-Old Friends
1989
Day One
1989
The Wilderness Idea: John Muir, Gifford Pinchot, and the First Great Battle for Wilderness
1989
Cocoon: The Return
1988
*batteries not included
1987
Foxfire
1987
Cocoon
1985
Brewster's Millions
1985
Impulse
1984
The World According to Garp
1982
Rollover
1981
Honky Tonk Freeway
1981
The Gin Game
1981
The Parallax View
1974
Conrack
1974
There Was a Crooked Man...
1970
Gaily, Gaily
1969
The Arrangement
1969
Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
1964
Cleopatra
1963
Sunrise at Campobello
1960
A Doll's House
1959
The Moon and Sixpence
1959
Crowded Paradise
1956
The Fourposter
1955
People Will Talk
1951
Top o' the Morning
1949
The Bride Goes Wild
1948
Brute Force
1947
The Beginning or the End
1947
The Secret Heart
1946
The Green Years
1946
The Postman Always Rings Twice
1946
A Letter for Evie
1946
The Sailor Takes a Wife
1945
Ziegfeld Follies
1945
Main Street After Dark
1945
Blonde Fever
1944
The Seventh Cross
1944
Lifeboat
1944
The Cross of Lorraine
1943
Phantom of the Opera
1943
Shadow of a Doubt
1943