Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 18, 1911
Place of Birth
London, Ontario, Canada
Also Known As
- Hume Blake Cronyn
- Hume Blake Cronyn Jr.
Hume Cronyn
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.
Known For - Movies
Cleopatra
as Sosigenes
The Pelican Brief
as Justice Rosenberg
12 Angry Men
as Juror 9
*batteries not included
as Frank Riley
Cocoon
as Joseph Finley
Shadow of a Doubt
as Herbie Hawkins
Marvin's Room
as Marvin Wakefield
The Parallax View
as Bill Rintels
Cocoon: The Return
as Joe Finley
Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
Known For - TV Shows
American Experience
as Narrator (voice)
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
Hawaii Five-O
as Lewis Avery Filer
Climax!
as Reverend Mr. Muldoon
Naked City
as Professor Henry J. Fallon
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
The Philco Television Playhouse
The Philco Television Playhouse
as Ben Marriott
Studio One
as Ben Hecht
Studio One
as Ellis Davenport