Acting · London, Ontario, Canada · Born July 18, 1911
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.
MovieA Separate Peace
2004
as Professor Carmichael
MovieBroadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
as Self
MovieThe John Garfield Story
2003
as Self
MovieOff Season
2001
as Sam Clausner
MovieCleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
2001
as Self
MovieRope Unleashed
2001
as Self
MovieYesterday's Children
2000
as Old Sonny Sutton
MovieBeyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film
2000
as Self
MovieSanta and Pete
1999
as Saint Nick
Omnibus: Television's Golden Age
1999
as Self - Narrator (voice)
TVSeasons of Love
1999
as Lonzo
MovieSea People
1999
as Mr. John McRae
MovieAngel Passing
1998
as Pianist
MovieAlone
1997
as John Webb
Movie12 Angry Men
1997
as Juror 9
MovieMarvin's Room
1996
as Marvin Wakefield
An African love story
1996
as Self
MoviePeople: A Musical Celebration
1995
as Grandpa (voice)
MovieCamilla
1994
as Ewald
Hitchcock: Alfred the Great
1994
as Himself
MovieTo Dance with the White Dog
1993
as Robert Samuel Peek
MovieThe Pelican Brief
1993
as Justice Rosenberg
MovieBroadway Bound
1992
as Ben
MovieChristmas on Division Street
1991
as Cleveland Meriwether
MovieNight of 100 Stars III
1990
as Self
MovieAge-Old Friends
1989
as John Cooper
MovieDay One
1989
as James F. Byrnes
MovieThe Wilderness Idea: John Muir, Gifford Pinchot, and the First Great Battle for Wilderness
1989
as Narrator (Voice)
TVAmerican Experience
1988
as Narrator (voice)
MovieCocoon: The Return
1988
as Joe Finley
Movie*batteries not included
1987
as Frank Riley
MovieFoxfire
1987
as Hector Nations
MovieCocoon
1985
as Joseph Finley
MovieBrewster's Millions
1985
as Rupert Horn
MovieImpulse
1984
as Dr. Carr
MovieThe World According to Garp
1982
as Mr. Fields
TVAmerican Playhouse
1982
as Weller Martin
MovieRollover
1981
as Maxwell Emery
MovieHonky Tonk Freeway
1981
as Sherm
MovieThe Gin Game
1981
as Weller Martin
TVThe Kennedy Center Honors
1978
as Self
MovieThe Parallax View
1974
as Bill Rintels
MovieConrack
1974
as Skeffington
MovieThere Was a Crooked Man...
1970
as Dudley Whinner
MovieGaily, Gaily
1969
as Tim Grogan
MovieThe Arrangement
1969
as Arthur Houghton
TVHawaii Five-O
1968
as Lewis Avery Filer
MovieHamlet
1964
as Polonius
MovieCleopatra
1963
as Sosigenes
TVThe Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
MovieSunrise at Campobello
1960
as Louis Howe
TVThe Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960
as Charles King
MovieA Doll's House
1959
as Krogstad
MovieThe Moon and Sixpence
1959
as Dirk Stroeve
TVNaked City
1958
as Professor Henry J. Fallon
TVDuPont Show of the Month
1957
as Uncle Pio
MovieCrowded Paradise
1956
as George Heath
TVTelephone Time
1956
TVAlfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Henry Daw
MovieThe Fourposter
1955
TVClimax!
1954
as Reverend Mr. Muldoon
The Marriage
1954
as Ben Marriott
TVLetter to Loretta
1953
as Hap Martin
TVGeneral Electric Theater
1953
as Ralph Whitemore
TVOmnibus
1952
TVHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Nils Krogstad
TVSchlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Wilbur Meeler
MoviePeople Will Talk
1951
as Prof. Rodney Elwell
MovieTop o' the Morning
1949
as Hughie Devine
TVSuspense
1949
as Dr. Violet
TVStudio One
1948
as Ben Hecht
TVThe Philco Television Playhouse
1948
TVThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
MovieThe Bride Goes Wild
1948
as John McGrath
MovieBrute Force
1947
as Capt. Munsey
MovieThe Beginning or the End
1947
as Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer
MovieThe Secret Heart
1946
as Dinner Party Guest (Voice)
MovieThe Green Years
1946
as Papa Leckie
MovieA Letter for Evie
1946
as John Phineas McPherson
MovieThe Postman Always Rings Twice
1946
as Arthur Keats
MovieThe Sailor Takes a Wife
1945
as Freddie Potts
MovieZiegfeld Follies
1945
as Monty (segment "A Sweepstakes Ticket")
MovieMain Street After Dark
1945
as Keller
MovieBlonde Fever
1944
as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
MovieThe Seventh Cross
1944
as Paul Roeder
MovieLifeboat
1944
as Stanley "Sparks" Garrett
MovieThe Cross of Lorraine
1943
as Duval
MoviePhantom of the Opera
1943
as Gerard
MovieShadow of a Doubt
1943
as Herbie Hawkins
