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Hume Blake Cronyn
Hume Blake Cronyn Jr.
Hume Cronyn
Acting
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, incl…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
A Separate Peace
as Professor Carmichael
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as Self
The John Garfield Story
as Self
Off Season
as Sam Clausner
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
as Self
Rope Unleashed
as Self
Yesterday's Children
as Old Sonny Sutton
Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film
as Self
Santa and Pete
as Saint Nick
Sea People
as Mr. John McRae
TV Shows
Seasons of Love
as Lonzo · 2 ep.
American Experience
as Narrator (voice) · 1 ep.
The Kennedy Center Honors
as Self · 1 ep.
Hawaii Five-O
as Lewis Avery Filer · 2 ep.
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self · 1 ep.
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
as Charles King · 1 ep.
Naked City
as Professor Henry J. Fallon · 1 ep.
DuPont Show of the Month
as Uncle Pio · 1 ep.
Telephone Time
1 ep.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Fitzhugh Oldham · 1 ep.
