Hume Cronyn

Hume Cronyn

Birthday: 1911-07-18

Deathday: 2003-06-15

Place of birth: London, Ontario, Canada

Also known as: Hume Blake Cronyn, Hume Blake Cronyn Jr.

imdb_id: nm0002025

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.

Played in movies:

A Doll's House

Score: 10.0

The John Garfield Story

Score: 8.0

The Gin Game

Score: 8.0

Age-Old Friends

Score: 7.7

12 Angry Men

Score: 7.7

Shadow of a Doubt

Score: 7.5

Lifeboat

Score: 7.4

Yesterday's Children

Score: 7.3

Brute Force

Score: 7.3

Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood

Score: 7.2

People Will Talk

Score: 7.1

The Postman Always Rings Twice

Score: 7.1

Cleopatra

Score: 7.0

Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film

Score: 7.0

Foxfire

Score: 7.0

To Dance with the White Dog

Score: 7.0

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

Score: 7.0

Rope Unleashed

Score: 6.9

The Parallax View

Score: 6.8

There Was a Crooked Man...

Score: 6.8

Conrack

Score: 6.8

Marvin's Room

Score: 6.7

A Letter for Evie

Score: 6.7

The Seventh Cross

Score: 6.7

The Arrangement

Score: 6.7

The World According to Garp

Score: 6.7

*batteries not included

Score: 6.7

Cocoon

Score: 6.6

Brewster's Millions

Score: 6.6

The Pelican Brief

Score: 6.6

Alone

Score: 6.5

Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre

Score: 6.5

The Green Years

Score: 6.5

Cocoon: The Return

Score: 6.5

The Secret Heart

Score: 6.3

Broadway Bound

Score: 6.3

Sea People

Score: 6.3

Christmas on Division Street

Score: 6.2

The Cross of Lorraine

Score: 6.2

People: A Musical Celebration

Score: 6.2

Phantom of the Opera

Score: 6.2

The Bride Goes Wild

Score: 6.2

The Beginning or the End

Score: 6.1

Ziegfeld Follies

Score: 6.1

The Sailor Takes a Wife

Score: 6.0

Sunrise at Campobello

Score: 6.0

Top o' the Morning

Score: 5.8

Day One

Score: 5.8

Camilla

Score: 5.6

Santa and Pete

Score: 5.3

Honky Tonk Freeway

Score: 5.2

Impulse

Score: 5.1

Rollover

Score: 5.1

Main Street After Dark

Score: 4.8

A Separate Peace

Score: 4.8

Blonde Fever

Score: 4.4

Night of 100 Stars III

Score: 4.0

Gaily, Gaily

Score: 4.0

Off Season

Score: 3.2

Omnibus: Television's Golden Age

Score: 0.0

Hitchcock: Alfred the Great

Score: 0.0

The Moon and Sixpence

Score: 0.0

Crowded Paradise

Score: 0.0

Angel Passing

Score: 0.0

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

Score: 0.0

The Fourposter

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Score: 8.6

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Score: 8.6

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Score: 7.8

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Score: 7.8

American Experience

Score: 7.4

The Kennedy Center Honors

Score: 7.4

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Score: 7.2

Hawaii Five-O

Score: 7.1

DuPont Show of the Month

Score: 6.8

The Ed Sullivan Show

Score: 6.8

Letter to Loretta

Score: 6.5

Letter to Loretta

Score: 6.5

General Electric Theater

Score: 6.4

General Electric Theater

Score: 6.4

The Philco Television Playhouse

Score: 6.3

Telephone Time

Score: 6.3

The Philco Television Playhouse

Score: 6.3

The Barbara Stanwyck Show

Score: 6.2

The Merv Griffin Show

Score: 6.2

Omnibus

Score: 6.0

Naked City

Score: 5.5

Studio One

Score: 5.0

Studio One

Score: 5.0

Studio One

Score: 5.0

Studio One

Score: 5.0

Suspense

Score: 4.9

Suspense

Score: 4.9

Suspense

Score: 4.9

Climax!

Score: 3.3

The Marriage

Score: 0.0