1911-07-18 London, Ontario, Canada
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.
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A Separate Peace | Professor Carmichael | 2004-09-12 |
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Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | Self | 2003-04-03 |
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The John Garfield Story | Self | 2003-02-03 |
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Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood | Self | 2001-04-03 |
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Off Season | Sam Clausner | 2001-12-16 |
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Rope Unleashed | Self | 2001-03-06 |
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Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film | Self | 2000-01-03 |
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Yesterday's Children | Old Sonny Sutton | 2000-10-15 |
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Omnibus: Television's Golden Age | Self - Narrator (voice) | 1999-12-03 |
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Santa and Pete | Saint Nick | 1999-12-05 |
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Sea People | Mr. John McRae | 1999-06-21 |
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Angel Passing | Pianist | 1998-01-01 |
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Alone | John Webb | 1997-12-21 |
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12 Angry Men | Juror 9 | 1997-08-17 |
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Marvin's Room | Marvin Wakefield | 1996-12-18 |
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People: A Musical Celebration | Grandpa (voice) | 1995-01-01 |
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Hitchcock: Alfred the Great | Himself | 1994-07-01 |
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Camilla | Ewald | 1994-11-25 |
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To Dance with the White Dog | Robert Samuel Peek | 1993-12-05 |
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The Pelican Brief | Justice Rosenberg | 1993-09-17 |
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Broadway Bound | Ben | 1992-03-22 |
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Christmas on Division Street | Cleveland Meriwether | 1991-12-15 |
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Night of 100 Stars III | Self | 1990-05-21 |
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The Wilderness Idea: John Muir, Gifford Pinchot, and the First Great Battle for Wilderness | Narrator (Voice) | 1989-01-01 |
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Age-Old Friends | John Cooper | 1989-12-16 |
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Day One | James F. Byrnes | 1989-05-12 |
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Cocoon: The Return | Joe Finley | 1988-09-13 |
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Foxfire | Hector Nations | 1987-12-13 |
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*batteries not included | Frank Riley | 1987-12-18 |
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Cocoon | Joseph Finley | 1985-06-21 |
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Brewster's Millions | Rupert Horn | 1985-05-22 |
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Impulse | Dr. Carr | 1984-09-28 |
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The World According to Garp | Mr. Fields | 1982-07-23 |
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Rollover | Maxwell Emery | 1981-10-11 |
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The Gin Game | Weller Martin | 1981-04-21 |
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Honky Tonk Freeway | Sherm | 1981-08-21 |
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Conrack | Skeffington | 1974-03-27 |
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The Parallax View | Bill Rintels | 1974-06-14 |
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There Was a Crooked Man... | Dudley Whinner | 1970-09-18 |
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Gaily, Gaily | Tim Grogan | 1969-12-16 |
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The Arrangement | Arthur Houghton | 1969-11-18 |
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Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre | Polonius | 1964-09-23 |
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Cleopatra | Sosigenes | 1963-06-12 |
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Sunrise at Campobello | Louis Howe | 1960-09-28 |
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The Moon and Sixpence | Dirk Stroeve | 1959-10-30 |
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A Doll's House | Krogstad | 1959-11-15 |
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Crowded Paradise | George Heath | 1956-06-21 |
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The Fourposter | 1955-01-01 | |
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People Will Talk | Prof. Rodney Elwell | 1951-08-29 |
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Top o' the Morning | Hughie Devine | 1949-08-31 |
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The Bride Goes Wild | John McGrath | 1948-03-03 |
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Brute Force | Capt. Munsey | 1947-07-16 |
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The Beginning or the End | Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer | 1947-02-19 |
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A Letter for Evie | John Phineas McPherson | 1946-01-28 |
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The Green Years | Papa Leckie | 1946-07-04 |
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The Secret Heart | Dinner Party Guest (Voice) | 1946-12-25 |
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The Postman Always Rings Twice | Arthur Keats | 1946-05-02 |
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Main Street After Dark | Keller | 1945-01-12 |
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Ziegfeld Follies | Monty (segment "A Sweepstakes Ticket") | 1945-08-26 |
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The Sailor Takes a Wife | Freddie Potts | 1945-12-28 |
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Blonde Fever | Restaurant Patron (uncredited) | 1944-12-05 |
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The Seventh Cross | Paul Roeder | 1944-07-24 |
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Lifeboat | Stanley "Sparks" Garrett | 1944-01-28 |
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Shadow of a Doubt | Herbie Hawkins | 1943-01-15 |
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Phantom of the Opera | Gerard | 1943-08-12 |
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The Cross of Lorraine | Duval | 1943-11-12 |