Hume Cronyn
Acting
Born July 18, 1911 · 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, incl…
Known For · 40 titles
Hawaii Five-O
The Merv Griffin Show
American Experience
The Philco Television Playhouse
Climax!
Studio One
American Playhouse
Naked City
Suspense
The Ed Sullivan Show
Telephone Time
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Omnibus
The Kennedy Center Honors
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Cleopatra
DuPont Show of the Month
Letter to Loretta
The Pelican Brief
12 Angry Men
General Electric Theater
*batteries not included
Cocoon
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Cocoon: The Return
Brewster's Millions
The World According to Garp
Shadow of a Doubt
Brute Force
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Marvin's Room
The Parallax View
The Postman Always Rings Twice
Impulse
Phantom of the Opera
The Arrangement
Ziegfeld Follies
There Was a Crooked Man...
Lifeboat
Night of 100 Stars III