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
Cocoon
as Joseph Finley
12 Angry Men
as Juror 9
Shadow of a Doubt
as Herbie Hawkins
*batteries not included
as Frank Riley
Cocoon: The Return
as Joe Finley
Lifeboat
as Stanley "Sparks" Garrett
The Parallax View
as Bill Rintels
Brute Force
as Capt. Munsey
Known For - TV Shows
American Experience
as Narrator (voice)
Hawaii Five-O
as Lewis Avery Filer
Climax!
as Reverend Mr. Muldoon
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
Naked City
as Professor Henry J. Fallon
The Philco Television Playhouse
The Philco Television Playhouse
as Ben Marriott
Studio One
as Ben Hecht
Studio One
as Ellis Davenport
Studio One
as Mr. Moore