Hume Cronyn

Known for ActingBorn 1911-07-18Died 2003-06-15London, Ontario, Canada

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.Read more

Movies & web series

An African love story

A Doll's House

The Fourposter

The Wilderness Idea: John Muir, Gifford Pinchot, and the First Great Battle for Wilderness

The John Garfield Story

The Gin Game

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Seasons of Love

Angel Passing

12 Angry Men

Age-Old Friends

Crowded Paradise

The Dollmaker

Yesterday's Children

The Sailor Takes a Wife

Rope

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Rope Unleashed

Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood

Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film

The Kennedy Center Honors

To Dance with the White Dog

Foxfire

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

DuPont Show of the Month

Hitchcock: Alfred the Great

Shadow of a Doubt

Hawaii Five-O

Lifeboat

Brute Force

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Cleopatra

Alone

Marvin's Room

People Will Talk

*batteries not included

The Moon and Sixpence

Sea People

People: A Musical Celebration

The Parallax View

Hamlet

The Marriage

The Postman Always Rings Twice

There Was a Crooked Man...

The Pelican Brief

Omnibus

The World According to Garp

Cocoon