07/18/1911
London, 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.
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A Separate Peace (2004) as Professor Carmichael |
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Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003) as Self |
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The John Garfield Story (2003) as Self |
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Off Season (2001) as Sam Clausner |
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Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood (2001) as Self |
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Rope Unleashed (2001) as Self |
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Yesterday's Children (2000) as Old Sonny Sutton |
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Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film (2000) as Self |
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Santa and Pete (1999) as Saint Nick |
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Omnibus: Television's Golden Age (1999) as Self - Narrator (voice) |
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Sea People (1999) as Mr. John McRae |
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Angel Passing (1998) as Pianist |
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Alone (1997) as John Webb |
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12 Angry Men (1997) as Juror 9 |
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Marvin's Room (1996) as Marvin Wakefield |
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An African love story (1996) as Self |
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People: A Musical Celebration (1995) as Grandpa (voice) |
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Camilla (1994) as Ewald |
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Hitchcock: Alfred the Great (1994) as Himself |
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To Dance with the White Dog (1993) as Robert Samuel Peek |
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The Pelican Brief (1993) as Justice Rosenberg |
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Broadway Bound (1992) as Ben |
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Christmas on Division Street (1991) as Cleveland Meriwether |
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Night of 100 Stars III (1990) as Self |
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Age-Old Friends (1989) as John Cooper |
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Day One (1989) as James F. Byrnes |
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The Wilderness Idea: John Muir, Gifford Pinchot, and the First Great Battle for Wilderness (1989) as Narrator (Voice) |
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Cocoon: The Return (1988) as Joe Finley |
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*batteries not included (1987) as Frank Riley |
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Foxfire (1987) as Hector Nations |
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Cocoon (1985) as Joseph Finley |
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Brewster's Millions (1985) as Rupert Horn |
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Impulse (1984) as Dr. Carr |
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The World According to Garp (1982) as Mr. Fields |
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Rollover (1981) as Maxwell Emery |
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Honky Tonk Freeway (1981) as Sherm |
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The Gin Game (1981) as Weller Martin |
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The Parallax View (1974) as Bill Rintels |
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Conrack (1974) as Skeffington |
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There Was a Crooked Man... (1970) as Dudley Whinner |
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Gaily, Gaily (1969) as Tim Grogan |
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The Arrangement (1969) as Arthur Houghton |
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Hamlet (1964) as Polonius |
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Cleopatra (1963) as Sosigenes |
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Sunrise at Campobello (1960) as Louis Howe |
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A Doll's House (1959) as Krogstad |
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The Moon and Sixpence (1959) as Dirk Stroeve |
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Crowded Paradise (1956) as George Heath |
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The Fourposter (1955) as |
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People Will Talk (1951) as Prof. Rodney Elwell |
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Top o' the Morning (1949) as Hughie Devine |
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The Bride Goes Wild (1948) as John McGrath |
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Brute Force (1947) as Capt. Munsey |
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The Beginning or the End (1947) as Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer |
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The Secret Heart (1946) as Dinner Party Guest (Voice) |
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The Green Years (1946) as Papa Leckie |
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The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) as Arthur Keats |
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A Letter for Evie (1946) as John Phineas McPherson |
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The Sailor Takes a Wife (1945) as Freddie Potts |
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Ziegfeld Follies (1945) as Monty (segment "A Sweepstakes Ticket") |
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Main Street After Dark (1945) as Keller |
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Blonde Fever (1944) as Restaurant Patron (uncredited) |
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The Seventh Cross (1944) as Paul Roeder |
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Lifeboat (1944) as Stanley "Sparks" Garrett |
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The Cross of Lorraine (1943) as Duval |
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Phantom of the Opera (1943) as Gerard |
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Shadow of a Doubt (1943) as Herbie Hawkins |
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Foxfire (1987) Writer |
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The Dollmaker (1984) Teleplay |
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Under Capricorn (1949) Screenplay |
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Rope (1948) Adaptation |
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Rope () Story |