Hume Cronyn
Actor
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
Cocoon
as Joseph Finley 1985
Shadow of a Doubt
as Herbie Hawkins 1943
Cocoon: The Return
as Joe Finley 1988
Cleopatra
as Sosigenes 1963
*batteries not included
as Frank Riley 1987
Brewster's Millions
as Rupert Horn 1985
Marvin's Room
as Marvin Wakefield 1996
Lifeboat
as Stanley "Sparks" Garrett 1944
12 Angry Men
as Juror 9 1997
The World According to Garp
as Mr. Fields 1982
The Postman Always Rings Twice
as Arthur Keats 1946
The Parallax View
as Bill Rintels 1974
Phantom of the Opera
as Gerard 1943
Brute Force
as Capt. Munsey 1947
There Was a Crooked Man...
as Dudley Whinner 1970
People Will Talk
as Prof. Rodney Elwell 1951