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

The Sailor Takes a Wife

Rope

Yesterday's Children

Rope Unleashed

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film

Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood

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

The Moon and Sixpence

The Parallax View

*batteries not included

Sea People

Hamlet

People: A Musical Celebration

The Marriage

The Pelican Brief

There Was a Crooked Man...

The Postman Always Rings Twice

Conrack

The World According to Garp

Cocoon