Hume Cronyn
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.
Known For
Top 40 Movies
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
*batteries not included
1987
Cleopatra
1963
The Pelican Brief
1993
There Was a Crooked Man...
1970
The Parallax View
1974
Shadow of a Doubt
1943
People Will Talk
1951
Sunrise at Campobello
1960
Brewster's Millions
1985
Phantom of the Opera
1943
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
2001
Conrack
1974
A Letter for Evie
1946
A Separate Peace
2004
The Wilderness Idea: John Muir, Gifford Pinchot, and the First Great Battle for Wilderness
1989
Ziegfeld Follies
1945
The John Garfield Story
2003
The Postman Always Rings Twice
1946
Cocoon
1985
12 Angry Men
1997
Christmas on Division Street
1991
The Gin Game
1981
Lifeboat
1944
The World According to Garp
1982
Cocoon: The Return
1988
Yesterday's Children
2000
Brute Force
1947
The Arrangement
1969
The Cross of Lorraine
1943
Night of 100 Stars III
1990
Marvin's Room
1996
Honky Tonk Freeway
1981
Gaily, Gaily
1969
Impulse
1984
Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film
2000
Rope Unleashed
2001
The Sailor Takes a Wife
1945
The Seventh Cross
1944
Main Street After Dark
1945