Hume Cronyn

Acting · Born 1911-07-18 in London, Ontario, Canada

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.

Filmography

• Shadow of a Doubt as Herbie Hawkins
• Cleopatra as Sosigenes
• 12 Angry Men as Juror 9
• The Postman Always Rings Twice as Arthur Keats
• Lifeboat as Stanley "Sparks" Garrett
• Brute Force as Capt. Munsey
• Cocoon as Joseph Finley
• Brewster's Millions as Rupert Horn
• *batteries not included as Frank Riley
• Cocoon: The Return as Joe Finley

TV

• Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Henry Daw
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Fitzhugh Oldham
• Hawaii Five-O as Lewis Avery Filer
• Omnibus
• Naked City as Professor Henry J. Fallon
• The Merv Griffin Show as Self
• Studio One as Ben Hecht
• The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
• General Electric Theater as Ralph Whitemore
• Hallmark Hall of Fame as Nils Krogstad