Hume Cronyn
Acting
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 Awards, and two Tony Awards.
Born: July 18, 1911
Place of Birth: London, Ontario, Canada
Known For
Filmography
as Professor Carmichael
as Self
as Sam Clausner
as Self
as Old Sonny Sutton
as Saint Nick
as Mr. John McRae
as Pianist
as John Webb
as Juror 9
as Marvin Wakefield
as Grandpa (voice)
as Ewald
as Robert Samuel Peek
as Justice Rosenberg
as Ben
as Cleveland Meriwether
as Self
as John Cooper
as James F. Byrnes
as Narrator (voice)
as Joe Finley
as Frank Riley
as Hector Nations
as Joseph Finley
as Rupert Horn
as Dr. Carr
as Mr. Fields
as Maxwell Emery
as Sherm
as Weller Martin
as Self
as Bill Rintels
as Skeffington
as Dudley Whinner
as Tim Grogan
as Arthur Houghton
as Lewis Avery Filer
as Polonius
as Sosigenes
as Self
as Louis Howe
as Charles King
as Krogstad
as Dirk Stroeve
as Professor Henry J. Fallon
as Uncle Pio
as George Heath
as Henry Daw
as Fitzhugh Oldham
as Reverend Mr. Muldoon
as Hap Martin
as Henry Goodens
as Ralph Whitemore
as Benedict Arnold Brummel
as Nils Krogstad
as Hector
as Wilbur Meeler
as Prof. Rodney Elwell
as Hughie Devine
as Dr. Violet
as Sig
as Ben Hecht
as Ellis Davenport
as Mr. Moore
as Pop Thatcher
as Ben Marriott
as Self
as John McGrath
as Capt. Munsey
as Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer
as Dinner Party Guest (Voice)
as Papa Leckie
as Arthur Keats
as John Phineas McPherson
as Freddie Potts
as Monty (segment "A Sweepstakes Ticket")
as Keller
as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
as Paul Roeder
as Stanley "Sparks" Garrett
as Duval
as Gerard
as Herbie Hawkins