Hume Cronyn

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Known For Acting

Known Credits 83

Gender Male

Birthday 1911-07-19

Day of Death 2003-06-15 (91 years old)

Place of Birth London, Ontario, Canada

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Hume Cronyn

Biography

Hume Blake Cronyn, Jr., OC (July 18, 1911 – June 15, 2003) was a Canadian actor of stage and screen, who enjoyed a long career, often appearing professionally alongside Jessica Tandy, his wife of over fifty years.

Known For

Acting

2004

as Professor Carmichael

2003		The John Garfield Story as Self
2003		Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There as Self

2001		Off Season as Sam Clausner
2001		Rope Unleashed as Himself
2001		Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood as Himself

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

1999		Santa and Pete as Saint Nick
1999		Sea People as Mr. John McRae

1997		Alone as John Webb
1997		12 Angry Men as Juror 9

1996

as Marvin Wakefield

1995

as Grandpa (voice)

1994

as Ewald

1993		To Dance with the White Dog as Robert Samuel Peek
1993		The Pelican Brief as Justice Rosenberg

1992

as Ben

1991

as Cleveland Meriwether

1989		Age-Old Friends as John Cooper
1989		Day One as James F. Byrnes

1988		American Experience (1 episode) as Narrator (voice)
1988		Cocoon: The Return as Joe Finley

1987		*batteries not included as Frank Riley
1987		Foxfire as Hector Nations

1985		Cocoon as Joseph Finley
1985		Brewster's Millions as Rupert Horn

1984

as Dr. Carr

1982

as Mr. Fields

1981		Rollover as Maxwell Emery
1981		Honky Tonk Freeway as Sherm
1981		The Gin Game as Weller Martin

1978

(1 episode)

1974		The Parallax View as Bill Rintels
1974		Conrack as Mr. Skeffington

1970

as Dudley Whinner

1969		Gaily, Gaily as Tim Grogan
1969		The Arrangement as Arthur Houghton

1968

(2 episodes) as Lewis Avery Filer

1964

as Polonius

1963

as Sosigenes

1962

(1 episode) as Self

1960		Sunrise at Campobello as Louis Howe
1960		The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1 episode) as Charles King

1959		A Doll's House as Krogstad
1959		The Moon and Sixpence as Dirk Stroeve

1958

(1 episode) as Professor Henry J. Fallon

1956		Crowded Paradise as George Heath
1956		Telephone Time (1 episode)

1955		Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1 episode) as Fitzhugh Oldham (1 episode) as Self - Actor and Friend (1 episode) as Henry Daw
1955		The Fourposter

1954		Climax! (1 episode)
1954		The Marriage (8 episodes) as Ben Marriott

1953		The Loretta Young Show (1 episode) as Henry Goodens (1 episode) as Hap Martin
1953		General Electric Theater (1 episode) as Benedict Arnold Brummel (1 episode) as Ralph Whitemore

1952

(2 episodes)

1951		Hallmark Hall of Fame (3 episodes) as Nils Krogstad
1951		Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1 episode) as Wilbur Meeler
1951		People Will Talk as Prof. Rodney Elwell

1949		Top o' the Morning as Hughie Devine
1949		Suspense (4 episodes)

1948		Studio One (1 episode) as Ellis Davenport (1 episode) as Mr. Moore (1 episode) as Pop Thatcher (1 episode) as Ben Hecht
1948		The Philco Television Playhouse (2 episodes)
1948		The Ed Sullivan Show (1 episode) as Jerry in a scene from 'A Pound on Demand' (1 episode) as Self - Actor (3 episodes) as Self
1948		The Bride Goes Wild as John McGrath

1947		Brute Force as Capt. Munsey
1947		The Beginning or the End as Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer

1946		The Secret Heart as Dinner Party Guest (Voice)
1946		The Green Years as Papa Leckie
1946		The Postman Always Rings Twice as Arthur Keats
1946		A Letter for Evie as John Phineas McPherson

1945		The Sailor Takes a Wife as Freddie Potts
1945		Ziegfeld Follies as Monty (segment A Sweepstakes Ticket)
1945		Main Street After Dark as Keller

1944		Blonde Fever as Restaurant Patron
1944		The Seventh Cross as Paul Roeder
1944		Lifeboat as Sparks

1943		The Cross of Lorraine as Duval
1943		Phantom of the Opera as Gerard
1943		Shadow of a Doubt as Herbie Hawkins

Writing

1987

… Writer

1984

… Teleplay

1949

… Screenplay

1948

… Writer

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