10.0
10.0
A Doll's House
1959
as Krogstad
Hume Cronyn
Acting
Born:July 18, 1911
Died:June 15, 2003(aged 91)
Birthplace:London, Ontario, Canada
Nationality:United States
Height:5'6" (167 cm)
Education:McGill University, American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Ridley College
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CommunityBiography
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.
Filmography (66 movies)
8.0
8.0
The Gin Game
1981
as Weller Martin
8.0
8.0
The John Garfield Story
2003
as Self
7.7
7.7
Age-Old Friends
1989
as John Cooper
7.7
7.7
12 Angry Men
1997
as Juror 9
7.5
7.5
Shadow of a Doubt
1943
as Herbie Hawkins
7.4
7.4
Lifeboat
1944
as Stanley "Sparks" Garrett
7.3
7.3
Yesterday's Children
2000
as Old Sonny Sutton
7.3
7.3
Brute Force
1947
as Capt. Munsey
7.2
7.2
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
2001
as Self
7.1
7.1
People Will Talk
1951
as Prof. Rodney Elwell
7.0
7.0
Cleopatra
1963
as Sosigenes
7.0
7.0
The Postman Always Rings Twice
1946
as Arthur Keats
7.0
7.0
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
as Self
7.0
7.0
To Dance with the White Dog
1993
as Robert Samuel Peek
7.0
7.0
Foxfire
1987
Writer
7.0
7.0
Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film
2000
as Self
6.9
6.9
Rope Unleashed
2001
as Self
6.8
6.8
There Was a Crooked Man...
1970
as Dudley Whinner
6.8
6.8
The Parallax View
1974
as Bill Rintels
6.8
6.8
Conrack
1974
as Skeffington
6.7
6.7
Marvin's Room
1996
as Marvin Wakefield
6.7
6.7
A Letter for Evie
1946
as John Phineas McPherson
6.7
6.7
The Seventh Cross
1944
as Paul Roeder
6.7
6.7
The World According to Garp
1982
as Mr. Fields
6.7
6.7
*batteries not included
1987
as Frank Riley
6.6
6.6
Cocoon
1985
as Joseph Finley
6.6
6.6
Brewster's Millions
1985
as Rupert Horn
6.6
6.6
The Pelican Brief
1993
as Justice Rosenberg
6.5
6.5
The Arrangement
1969
as Arthur Houghton
6.5
6.5
Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
1964
as Polonius
6.5
6.5
Alone
1997
as John Webb
6.5
6.5
Cocoon: The Return
1988
as Joe Finley
6.3
6.3
The Cross of Lorraine
1943
as Duval
6.3
6.3
Sea People
1999
as Mr. John McRae
6.3
6.3
Broadway Bound
1992
as Ben
6.3
6.3
The Secret Heart
1946
as Dinner Party Guest (Voice)
6.3
6.3
The Green Years
1946
as Papa Leckie
6.2
6.2
People: A Musical Celebration
1995
as Grandpa (voice)
6.2
6.2
Christmas on Division Street
1991
as Cleveland Meriwether
6.2
6.2
Phantom of the Opera
1943
as Gerard
6.2
6.2
The Bride Goes Wild
1948
as John McGrath
6.1
6.1
The Beginning or the End
1947
as Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer
6.1
6.1
Under Capricorn
1949
Screenplay
6.0
6.0
The Sailor Takes a Wife
1945
as Freddie Potts
6.0
6.0
Sunrise at Campobello
1960
as Louis Howe
6.0
6.0
Ziegfeld Follies
1945
as Monty (segment "A Sweepstakes Ticket")
5.8
5.8
Day One
1989
as James F. Byrnes
5.5
5.5
Camilla
1994
as Ewald
5.4
5.4
Top o' the Morning
1949
as Hughie Devine
5.3
5.3
Santa and Pete
1999
as Saint Nick
5.2
5.2
Honky Tonk Freeway
1981
as Sherm
5.1
5.1
Rollover
1981
as Maxwell Emery
5.1
5.1
Impulse
1984
as Dr. Carr
4.8
4.8
A Separate Peace
2004
as Professor Carmichael
4.0
4.0
Main Street After Dark
1945
as Keller
3.9
3.9
Blonde Fever
1944
as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
3.7
3.7
Gaily, Gaily
1969
as Tim Grogan
3.2
3.2
Off Season
2001
as Sam Clausner
Crowded Paradise
1956
as George Heath
The Fourposter
1955
Angel Passing
1998
as Pianist
The Wilderness Idea: John Muir, Gifford Pinchot, and the First Great Battle for Wilderness
1989
as Narrator (Voice)
Hitchcock: Alfred the Great
1994
as Himself
Omnibus: Television's Golden Age
1999
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Moon and Sixpence
1959
as Dirk Stroeve
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