Hume Cronyn
Date of birth: 1911-07-18
Place of birth: London, Ontario, Canada
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Hume Blake Cronyn, Hume Blake Cronyn Jr.
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.
Movie Credits
Cocoon
1985-06-21
When a group of trespassing seniors swim in a pool containing alien cocoons, they find themselves en
Brewster's Millions
1985-05-22
Monty Brewster, an aging minor-league baseball player, stands to inherit $300 million if he can succ
*batteries not included
1987-12-18
In a soon to be demolished block of apartments, the residents resist the criminal methods used to fo
Cocoon: The Return
1988-09-13
The reinvigorated elderly group that left Earth comes back to visit their relatives. Will they all d
The World According to Garp
1982-07-23
A struggling young writer finds his life and work dominated by his unfaithful wife and his radical f
Shadow of a Doubt
1943-01-15
In sleepy Santa Rosa, restless young Charlie’s world brightens when her sophisticated Uncle Charlie
People Will Talk
1951-08-29
Successful and well-liked, Dr. Noah Praetorius becomes the victim of a witchhunt at the hands of Pro
Cleopatra
1963-06-12
Determined to hold on to the throne, Cleopatra seduces the Roman emperor Julius Caesar. When Caesar
12 Angry Men
1997-08-17
During the trial of a man accused of his father's murder, a lone juror takes a stand against the gui
The Postman Always Rings Twice
1946-05-02
A married woman and a drifter fall in love, then plot to murder her husband.
There Was a Crooked Man...
1970-09-18
Arizona Territorial Prison inmate Paris Pitman, Jr. is a schemer, a charmer, and quite popular among
Marvin's Room
1996-12-18
A leukemia patient attempts to end a 20-year feud with her sister to get her bone marrow.
Lifeboat
1944-01-28
During World War II, a small group of survivors is stranded in a lifeboat together after the ship th
Brute Force
1947-07-16
Timeworn Joe Collins and his fellow inmates live under the heavy thumb of the sadistic, power-trippi
Impulse
1984-09-28
After a small earthquake in a small and quiet town, local citizens start to have a bizarre, violent
Phantom of the Opera
1943-08-12
Following a tragic accident that leaves him disfigured, crazed composer Erique Claudin transformed i
Day One
1989-05-12
Hungarian physicist Leo Szilard leaves Europe, eventually arriving in the United States. With the he
Rollover
1981-10-11
The wife of a murdered petrochemical company chairman and a banker investigating the liquidity of hi
Yesterday's Children
2000-10-15
After having strange dreams, Jenny Cole discovers that in her last incarnation she was Mary Sutton,
The Parallax View
1974-06-14
An ambitious reporter gets in trouble while investigating a senator's assassination which leads to a
The Arrangement
1969-11-18
An adman attempts to rebuild his shattered life after suffering a nervous breakdown.
People: A Musical Celebration
1995-01-01
In how many wonderful ways are we different from each other' What if the world were to rejoice in ou
Sunrise at Campobello
1960-09-28
The story of Franklin Roosevelt's bout with polio at age 40 in 1921 and how his family (and especial
Off Season
2001-12-16
After the death of his parents, 10-year-old Jackson Mayhew moves in with his Aunt. But when he befri
Santa and Pete
1999-12-05
This warmhearted Yuletide tale tells the story of Grandpa Nichols who is spending his first Christma
A Separate Peace
2004-09-12
Four friends with one dark secret they could never outrun.
The Beginning or the End
1947-02-19
The research, development, and deployment of the first atomic bomb, as well as the bombing of Hirosh
The Seventh Cross
1944-07-24
In Nazi Germany in 1936 seven men escape from a concentration camp. The camp commander puts up seven
The Cross of Lorraine
1943-11-12
French soldiers surrender to lying Nazis and are herded into a barbaric prison of war camp. From the
Camilla
1994-11-25
Freda Lopez, an aspiring musician, travels with her husband to the beautiful beaches of Georgia wher
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003-04-03
Broadway: The Golden Age is the most important, ambitious and comprehensive film ever made about Ame
Main Street After Dark
1945-01-12
A police detective uses fluorescent powder to catch a pickpocket and her gang.
Sea People
1999-06-21
At 14, Amanda is a perfect swimmer and a great student. When the factory where his father works clos
The Green Years
1946-07-04
An orphaned young boy is guided by his great-grandfather and strives to go to university to become a
The Bride Goes Wild
1948-03-03
McGrath publishes books for children and Uncle Bump is one of the best sellers. Unfortunately, Greg,
Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
1964-09-23
A stage production of Hamlet filmed at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in New York. It was deliberately st
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
2001-04-03
Documentary about the making of 20th Century Fox's 1963 film "Cleopatra," then the most expensive fi
To Dance with the White Dog
1993-12-05
When Sam Peek's beloved wife, Cora, dies, a white dog suddenly materializes as his new companion and
Gaily, Gaily
1969-12-16
After runaway Ben Young is robbed and left on his own, he is taken in by Lil, the head of a Chicago
Foxfire
1987-12-13
Annie Nations and her husband Hector loved their life together in the Blue Ridge Mountains, but when
Top o' the Morning
1949-08-31
A singing insurance investigator comes to Ireland to recover the stolen Blarney Stone...and romance
Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film
2000-01-03
A short documentary about the Making Of Hitchcock's "Shadow of a Doubt" (1943).
The Fourposter
1955-01-01
The story takes place entirely in a bedroom dominated by a couple's four-poster bed, taking them thr
A Letter for Evie
1946-01-28
Evie's co-workers at the uniform shirt factory, and her almost-fiancée's inability to kiss, inspire
Christmas on Division Street
1991-12-15
A good-natured homeless man and an ill-tempered student become good friends.
Rope Unleashed
2001-03-06
A short documentary about the filming of Alfred Hitchcock's 'Rope'. Interviews with screenwriter Art
Age-Old Friends
1989-12-16
John Cooper is in a retirement home. There are strict rules for the residents, but he refuses to fal
The Sailor Takes a Wife
1945-12-28
While waiting in New York City to ship out to Europe, a sailor stops by a serviceman's canteen and m
Night of 100 Stars III
1990-05-21
A celebrity benefit for The Actors' Fund of America, featuring music, songs, dance and comedy.
Alone
1997-12-21
John Webb is recently widowed and living alone on the farm he and his brother used to share. He rare
The Wilderness Idea: John Muir, Gifford Pinchot, and the First Great Battle for Wilderness
1989-01-01
To one man, it was perfect natural resource to benefit thousands of people. To another, it was a bea
Angel Passing
1998-01-01
An aging concert pianist in a nursing home, suffering from Alzheimers, revisits his past. When he co
Conrack
1974-03-27
A young, white school teacher is assigned to Yamacraw Island, an isolated fishing community off the
The Pelican Brief
1993-09-17
A law student's theory about the recent deaths of two Supreme Court justices embroils her in a far-r
Broadway Bound
1992-03-22
Eugene and Stanley Jerome try to break into show biz as comedy writers while their parents' marriage
Crowded Paradise
1956-06-21
A Puerto Rican immigrant anxiously awaits his wedding day, but his fiancé's racist landlord interven
The Gin Game
1981-04-21
Weller Martin and Fonsia Dorsey, two elderly residents at a nursing home for senior citizens, strike
Blonde Fever
1944-12-05
Peter and Delilah are a married couple running a roadside café in Nevada. Their stable partnership t
A Doll's House
1959-11-15
A wealthy woman's attempts to help her financially troubled husband go unrewarded.
The Secret Heart
1946-12-25
Penny Addams lives in a constant state of depression stemming from the trauma of her father's death
Ziegfeld Follies
1945-08-26
The late, great impresario Florenz Ziegfeld looks down from heaven and ordains a new revue in his gr
Honky Tonk Freeway
1981-08-21
Ticlaw, a small town in Florida, has only one attraction: a safari park. The government constructs a
The John Garfield Story
2003-02-03
This documentary looks at the life and career of John Garfield, whose career was cut short when he d
The Moon and Sixpence
1959-10-30
A staid, dull Englishman abruptly deserts his wife and children to become a painter in the South Sea
Hitchcock: Alfred the Great
1994-07-01
Documentary the career of Alfred Hitchcock with Tippi Hedren bringing up allegations against the dir
Omnibus: Television's Golden Age
1999-12-03
Revisiting the Omnibus series from the "golden age" of television. This live 90-minute weekly progra