Hume Cronyn
Age: N/A | From: London, Ontario, Canada
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Hume Blake Cronyn , Hume Blake Cronyn Jr.
Gender: Male
Place of birth: London, Ontario, Canada
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 48
TV Involvements: 20
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
The Philco Television Playhouse
(1948) Ben Marriott
Hawaii Five-O
(1968) Lewis Avery Filer
American Experience
(1988) Narrator (voice)
Studio One
(1948) Pop Thatcher
Naked City
(1958) Professor Henry J. Fallon
Climax!
(1954) Reverend Mr. Muldoon
Suspense
(1949) Sig
The Kennedy Center Honors
(1978) SelfActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Professor Carmichael | |
| 2003 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| 2001 | Sam Clausner | |
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| 2000 | Old Sonny Sutton | |
| Self | ||
| 1999 | Saint Nick | |
| Mr. John McRae | ||
| 1998 | N/A | |
| 1997 | John Webb | |
| Juror 9 | ||
| 1996 | Marvin Wakefield | |
| 1995 | Grandpa (voice) | |
| 1994 | Ewald | |
| Himself | ||
| 1993 | Robert Samuel Peek | |
| Justice Rosenberg | ||
| 1992 | Ben | |
| 1991 | Cleveland Meriwether | |
| 1990 | Self | |
| 1989 | John Cooper | |
| James F. Byrnes | ||
| Narrator (Voice) | ||
| 1988 | Narrator (voice) | |
| Joe Finley | ||
| 1987 | Frank Riley | |
| Hector Nations | ||
| 1985 | Joseph Finley | |
| Rupert Horn | ||
| 1984 | Dr. Carr | |
| 1982 | Mr. Fields | |
| 1981 | Maxwell Emery | |
| Sherm | ||
| Weller Martin | ||
| 1978 | Self | |
| 1974 | Bill Rintels | |
| Skeffington | ||
| 1970 | Dudley Whinner | |
| 1969 | Tim Grogan | |
| Arthur Houghton | ||
| 1968 | Lewis Avery Filer | |
| 1964 | Polonius | |
| 1963 | Sosigenes | |
| 1962 | Self | |
| 1960 | Louis Howe | |
| Charles King | ||
| 1959 | Krogstad | |
| Dirk Stroeve | ||
| 1958 | Professor Henry J. Fallon | |
| 1957 | Uncle Pio | |
| 1956 | George Heath | |
| N/A | ||
| 1955 | Henry Daw | |
| Fitzhugh Oldham | ||
| Self - Actor and Friend | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1954 | Reverend Mr. Muldoon | |
| Ben Marriott | ||
| 1953 | Hap Martin | |
| Henry Goodens | ||
| Ralph Whitemore | ||
| Benedict Arnold Brummel | ||
| 1952 | N/A | |
| 1951 | Nils Krogstad | |
| Hector | ||
| Wilbur Meeler | ||
| Prof. Rodney Elwell | ||
| 1949 | Hughie Devine | |
| Dr. Violet | ||
| Sig | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1948 | Ben Hecht | |
| Ellis Davenport | ||
| Mr. Moore | ||
| Pop Thatcher | ||
| N/A | ||
| Ben Marriott | ||
| Self | ||
| John McGrath | ||
| 1947 | Capt. Munsey | |
| Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer | ||
| 1946 | Dinner Party Guest (Voice) | |
| Papa Leckie | ||
| Arthur Keats | ||
| John Phineas McPherson | ||
| 1945 | Freddie Potts | |
| Monty (segment "A Sweepstakes Ticket") | ||
| Keller | ||
| 1944 | Restaurant Patron (uncredited) | |
| Paul Roeder | ||
| Stanley "Sparks" Garrett | ||
| 1943 | Duval | |
| Gerard | ||
| Herbie Hawkins | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Writer | |
| 1984 | Teleplay | |
| 1949 | Screenplay | |
| 1948 | Adaptation | |
| Story | ||
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
