Hume Cronyn

Deceased · Born: Jul 19, 1911 · Died: Jun 15, 2003

Personal Details

Height 5' 5"

Born Jul 19, 1911 London, Ontario, Canada

Spouse

Susan Cooper
( Jul 20, 1996 to Jun 15, 2003 )
Jessica Tandy
( Sep 27, 1942 to Sep 11, 1994 )
Emily Woodruff
( Jun 22, 1935 to Jun 18, 1936 )

Parents

Hume Blake Cronyn Sr.
Frances Amelia (Labatt) Cronyn

Biography

Hume Blake Cronyn Jr. OC (July 18, 1911 – June 15, 2003) was a Canadian-American actor and writer. Description above from the Wikipedia article Hume Cronyn, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Career

acting

2005

Alfred Hitchcock's Lifeboat: The Theater of War

Alfred Hitchcock's Lifeboat: The Theater of War as Stanley Garrett

2001

Off Season as Sam Clausner

2000

Yesterday's Children

Yesterday's Children as Old Sonny Sutton

1999

Seasons of Love

Seasons of Love as Lonzo Brewster

Sea People as Mr. John McRae

Santa and Pete as Saint Nick

1997

12 Angry Men as Juror 9

Alone as John Webb

1996

Marvin's Room as Marvin Wakefield

1995

People: A Musical Celebration

People: A Musical Celebration as Grandpa (voice)

1994

Camilla as Ewald

1993

To Dance with the White Dog

To Dance with the White Dog as Robert Samuel Peek

The Pelican Brief

The Pelican Brief as Justice Rosenberg

1992

Broadway Bound as Ben

1991

Christmas on Division Street

Christmas on Division Street as Cleveland Meriwether

1989

Day One as James F. Byrnes

Age-Old Friends

Age-Old Friends as John Cooper

1988

Cocoon: The Return

Cocoon: The Return as Joe Finley

1987

*batteries not included

*batteries not included as Frank Riley

Foxfire as Hector Nations

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame as Hector

1985

Cocoon as Joseph Finley

Brewster's Millions

Brewster's Millions as Rupert Horn

1984

Impulse as Dr. Carr

1982

The World According to Garp

The World According to Garp as Mr. Fields

1981

Rollover as Maxwell Emery

The Gin Game as Weller Martin

1974

The Parallax View

The Parallax View as Bill Rintels

1970

There Was a Crooked Man...

There Was a Crooked Man... as Dudley Whinner

Hawaii Five-O as Lewis Avery Filer

1969

Gaily, Gaily as Tim Grogan

The Arrangement

The Arrangement as Arthur Houghton

1964

Hamlet as Polonius

1963

Cleopatra as Sosigenes

1960

Sunrise at Campobello

Sunrise at Campobello as Louis Howe

1959

A Doll's House as Krogstad

The Moon and Sixpence

The Moon and Sixpence as Dirk Stroeve

1955

Producers' Showcase

Producers' Showcase

Climax! as Reverend Mr. Muldoon

1951

People Will Talk

People Will Talk as Prof. Rodney Elwell

1949

Top o' the Morning

Top o' the Morning as Hughie Devine

The Philco Television Playhouse

The Philco Television Playhouse

1948

The Bride Goes Wild

The Bride Goes Wild as John McGrath

1947

Brute Force as Capt. Munsey

The Beginning or the End

The Beginning or the End as Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer

1946

A Letter for Evie

A Letter for Evie as John Phineas McPherson

The Postman Always Rings Twice

The Postman Always Rings Twice as Arthur Keats

The Green Years

The Green Years as Papa Leckie

1945

Main Street After Dark

Main Street After Dark as Keller

The Sailor Takes a Wife

The Sailor Takes a Wife as Freddie Potts

1944

Lifeboat as Sparks

Blonde Fever as Restaurant Patron

The Seventh Cross

The Seventh Cross as Paul Roeder

1943

The Cross of Lorraine

The Cross of Lorraine as Duval

Shadow of a Doubt

Shadow of a Doubt as Herbie Hawkins

appearances

2005

James Dean: Forever Young

James Dean: Forever Young

2003

The John Garfield Story

The John Garfield Story

2001

Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood

Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood

2000

Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film

Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film

writing

1987

Foxfire as Writer

1949

Under Capricorn

Under Capricorn as Screenplay

1948

Rope as Writer