
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.
Acting (64 movies)

Cocoon
1985

Brewster's Millions
1985

Cocoon: The Return
1988

*batteries not included
1987

The World According to Garp
1982

Shadow of a Doubt
1943

People Will Talk
1951

Cleopatra
1963

12 Angry Men
1997

The Postman Always Rings Twice
1946

There Was a Crooked Man...
1970

Marvin's Room
1996

Lifeboat
1944

Brute Force
1947

Impulse
1984

Phantom of the Opera
1943

Day One
1989

Rollover
1981

Yesterday's Children
2000

The Parallax View
1974

The Arrangement
1969

People: A Musical Celebration
1995

Sunrise at Campobello
1960

Off Season
2001

Santa and Pete
1999

A Separate Peace
2004

The Beginning or the End
1947

The Seventh Cross
1944

The Cross of Lorraine
1943

Camilla
1994

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003

Main Street After Dark
1945

Sea People
1999

The Green Years
1946

The Bride Goes Wild
1948

Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
1964

Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
2001

To Dance with the White Dog
1993

Gaily, Gaily
1969

Foxfire
1987

Top o' the Morning
1949

Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film
2000

The Fourposter
1955

A Letter for Evie
1946

Christmas on Division Street
1991

Rope Unleashed
2001

Age-Old Friends
1989

The Sailor Takes a Wife
1945

Night of 100 Stars III
1990

Alone
1997

The Wilderness Idea: John Muir, Gifford Pinchot, and the First Great Battle for Wilderness
1989

Angel Passing
1998

Conrack
1974

The Pelican Brief
1993

Broadway Bound
1992

Crowded Paradise
1956

The Gin Game
1981

Blonde Fever
1944

A Doll's House
1959

The Secret Heart
1946

Ziegfeld Follies
1945

Honky Tonk Freeway
1981

The John Garfield Story
2003

The Moon and Sixpence
1959
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Under Capricorn | 1949 | Screenplay |
| Foxfire | 1987 | Writer |