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, ...
Known For
Complete Filmography
A Separate Peace
2004
as Professor Carmichael
Four friends with one dark secret they could never outrun.
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
as Self
Broadway: The Golden Age is the most important, ambitious and comprehensive film ever made about America's most celebrated indigenous art form. Award...
The John Garfield Story
2003
as Self
This documentary looks at the life and career of John Garfield, whose career was cut short when he died at age 39. His difficult childhood in the roug...
Off Season
2001
as Sam Clausner
After the death of his parents, 10-year-old Jackson Mayhew moves in with his Aunt. But when he befriends an elderly man, he begins to suspect that the...
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
2001
as Self
Documentary about the making of 20th Century Fox's 1963 film "Cleopatra," then the most expensive film of all time.
Rope Unleashed
2001
as Self
A short documentary about the filming of Alfred Hitchcock's 'Rope'. Interviews with screenwriter Arthur Laurents delve into the troubles of secretly m...
Yesterday's Children
2000
as Old Sonny Sutton
After having strange dreams, Jenny Cole discovers that in her last incarnation she was Mary Sutton, an Irishwoman who died in the 1930s. Suspicious, J...
Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film
2000
as Self
A short documentary about the Making Of Hitchcock's "Shadow of a Doubt" (1943).
Santa and Pete
1999
as Saint Nick
This warmhearted Yuletide tale tells the story of Grandpa Nichols (James Earl Jones) who is spending his first Christmas alone as a widower. His grand...
Sea People
1999
as Mr. John McRae
At 14, Amanda is a perfect swimmer and a great student. When the factory where his father works closes and he must go to work in another city, she fee...
Angel Passing
1998
as Pianist
An aging concert pianist in a nursing home, suffering from Alzheimers, revisits his past. When he comes back to his home, now occupied by an artist, a...
Alone
1997
as John Webb
John Webb is recently widowed and living alone on the farm he and his brother used to share. He rarely sees his daughters, Jacqueline and Grace Ann, a...
12 Angry Men
1997
as Juror 9
During the trial of a man accused of his father's murder, a lone juror takes a stand against the guilty verdict handed down by the others as a result ...
Marvin's Room
1996
as Marvin Wakefield
A leukemia patient attempts to end a 20-year feud with her sister to get her bone marrow.
People: A Musical Celebration
1995
as Grandpa (voice)
In how many wonderful ways are we different from each other' What if the world were to rejoice in our differences' Cara and her lovable Grandfather (H...
Camilla
1994
as Ewald
Freda Lopez, an aspiring musician, travels with her husband to the beautiful beaches of Georgia where she befriends Camilla, an odd and exotic elderly...
Hitchcock: Alfred the Great
1994
as Himself
Documentary the career of Alfred Hitchcock with Tippi Hedren bringing up allegations against the director.
To Dance with the White Dog
1993
as Robert Samuel Peek
When Sam Peek's beloved wife, Cora, dies, a white dog suddenly materializes as his new companion and confidant.
The Pelican Brief
1993
as Justice Rosenberg
A law student's theory about the recent deaths of two Supreme Court justices embroils her in a far-reaching web of murder, corruption, and greed.
Broadway Bound
1992
as Ben
Eugene and Stanley Jerome try to break into show biz as comedy writers while their parents' marriage ends.
Christmas on Division Street
1991
as Cleveland Meriwether
A good-natured homeless man and an ill-tempered student become good friends.
Night of 100 Stars III
1990
as Self
A celebrity benefit for The Actors' Fund of America, featuring music, songs, dance and comedy.
Age-Old Friends
1989
as John Cooper
John Cooper is in a retirement home. There are strict rules for the residents, but he refuses to fall into passivity. He flirts constantly with Nurse ...
Day One
1989
as James F. Byrnes
Hungarian physicist Leo Szilard leaves Europe, eventually arriving in the United States. With the help of Einstein, he persuades the government to bui...
The Wilderness Idea: John Muir, Gifford Pinchot, and the First Great Battle for Wilderness
1989
as Narrator (Voice)
To one man, it was perfect natural resource to benefit thousands of people. To another, it was a beautiful, sacred land that mustn't be defiled under ...
Cocoon: The Return
1988
as Joe Finley
The reinvigorated elderly group that left Earth comes back to visit their relatives. Will they all decide to go back to the planet where no one grows ...
*batteries not included
1987
as Frank Riley
In a soon to be demolished block of apartments, the residents resist the criminal methods used to force them to leave so a greedy tycoon can build his...
Foxfire
1987
as Hector Nations
Annie Nations and her husband Hector loved their life together in the Blue Ridge Mountains, but when Hector dies, Annie has to decide if she can handl...
Foxfire
1987
Writer
Annie Nations and her husband Hector loved their life together in the Blue Ridge Mountains, but when Hector dies, Annie has to decide if she can handl...
Cocoon
1985
as Joseph Finley
When a group of trespassing seniors swim in a pool containing alien cocoons, they find themselves energized with youthful vigor.
Brewster's Millions
1985
as Rupert Horn
Monty Brewster, an aging minor-league baseball player, stands to inherit $300 million if he can successfully spend $30 million in 30 days without anyt...
Impulse
1984
as Dr. Carr
After a small earthquake in a small and quiet town, local citizens start to have a bizarre, violent and self-destructive behavior...
The Dollmaker
1984
Teleplay
During World War II, hard-luck farmer Colvis Nevels leaves his rural Kentucky home to take a factory job in bustling Detroit. Reluctantly accompanying...
The World According to Garp
1982
as Mr. Fields
A struggling young writer finds his life and work dominated by his unfaithful wife and his radical feminist mother, whose best-selling manifesto turns...
Rollover
1981
as Maxwell Emery
An Arab oil organization devises a plan to wreck the world economy in order to cause anarchy and chaos.
Honky Tonk Freeway
1981
as Sherm
Ticlaw, a small town in Florida, has only one attraction: a safari park. The government constructs a freeway that passes near Ticlaw, but decides not ...
The Gin Game
1981
as Weller Martin
Weller Martin and Fonsia Dorsey, two elderly residents at a nursing home for senior citizens, strike up an acquaintance. Neither seems to have any oth...
The Parallax View
1974
as Bill Rintels
An ambitious reporter gets in trouble while investigating a senator's assassination which leads to a vast conspiracy involving a multinational corpora...
Conrack
1974
as Skeffington
A young, white school teacher is assigned to Yamacraw Island, an isolated fishing community off the coast of South Carolina, populated mostly by poor ...
There Was a Crooked Man...
1970
as Dudley Whinner
Arizona Territorial Prison inmate Paris Pitman, Jr. is a schemer, a charmer, and quite popular among his fellow convicts — especially with $500,000 in...
Gaily, Gaily
1969
as Tim Grogan
After runaway Ben Young is robbed and left on his own, he is taken in by Lil, the head of a Chicago brothel. Acting as a surrogate mother for Ben, who...
The Arrangement
1969
as Arthur Houghton
An adman attempts to rebuild his shattered life after suffering a nervous breakdown.
Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
1964
as Polonius
A stage production of Hamlet filmed at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in New York. It was deliberately staged in the style of a "dress rehearsal", but perf...
Cleopatra
1963
as Sosigenes
Determined to hold on to the throne, Cleopatra seduces the Roman emperor Julius Caesar. When Caesar is murdered, she redirects her attentions to his g...
Sunrise at Campobello
1960
as Louis Howe
The story of Franklin Roosevelt's bout with polio at age 40 in 1921 and how his family (and especially his wife Eleanor) cope with his illness. From b...
A Doll's House
1959
as Krogstad
A wealthy woman's attempts to help her financially troubled husband go unrewarded.
The Moon and Sixpence
1959
as Dirk Stroeve
A staid, dull Englishman abruptly deserts his wife and children to become a painter in the South Seas.
Crowded Paradise
1956
as George Heath
A Puerto Rican immigrant anxiously awaits his wedding day, but his fiancé's racist landlord intervenes.
The Fourposter
1955
The story takes place entirely in a bedroom dominated by a couple's four-poster bed, taking them through fifty years of marriage, through happiness an...
People Will Talk
1951
as Prof. Rodney Elwell
Successful and well-liked, Dr. Noah Praetorius becomes the victim of a witchhunt at the hands of Professor Elwell, who disdains Praetorius's unorthodo...
Under Capricorn
1949
Screenplay
A native Briton banished to Australia for murder, and his wife, Henrietta, the disturbed sister of the man he was convicted on killing, set out to hel...
Top o' the Morning
1949
as Hughie Devine
A singing insurance investigator comes to Ireland to recover the stolen Blarney Stone...and romance the local policeman's daughter.
Rope
1948
Adaptation
Two young men attempt to prove they committed the perfect murder by hosting a dinner party for the family of a classmate they just strangled to death.
The Bride Goes Wild
1948
as John McGrath
McGrath publishes books for children and Uncle Bump is one of the best sellers. Unfortunately, Greg, who is Uncle Bump, tends to drink too much and ha...
Brute Force
1947
as Capt. Munsey
Timeworn Joe Collins and his fellow inmates live under the heavy thumb of the sadistic, power-tripping guard Captain Munsey. Only Collins' dreams of e...
The Beginning or the End
1947
as Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer
The research, development, and deployment of the first atomic bomb, as well as the bombing of Hiroshima, are detailed in this docudrama.
The Secret Heart
1946
as Dinner Party Guest (Voice)
Penny Addams lives in a constant state of depression stemming from the trauma of her father's death when she was just a young girl. Her brother, Chase...
The Green Years
1946
as Papa Leckie
An orphaned young boy is guided by his great-grandfather and strives to go to university to become a doctor. However, the boy's harsh grandfather stan...
The Postman Always Rings Twice
1946
as Arthur Keats
A married woman and a drifter fall in love, then plot to murder her husband.
A Letter for Evie
1946
as John Phineas McPherson
Evie's co-workers at the uniform shirt factory, and her almost-fiancée's inability to kiss, inspire her to slip a letter into a size sixteen-and-a-hal...
The Sailor Takes a Wife
1945
as Freddie Potts
While waiting in New York City to ship out to Europe, a sailor stops by a serviceman's canteen and meets a USO hostess. They immediately fall for each...
Ziegfeld Follies
1945
as Monty (segment "A Sweepstakes Ticket")
The late, great impresario Florenz Ziegfeld looks down from heaven and ordains a new revue in his grand old style.
Main Street After Dark
1945
as Keller
A police detective uses fluorescent powder to catch a pickpocket and her gang.
Blonde Fever
1944
as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Peter and Delilah are a married couple running a roadside café in Nevada. Their stable partnership turns rocky, though, with the arrival of the sultry...
The Seventh Cross
1944
as Paul Roeder
In Nazi Germany in 1936 seven men escape from a concentration camp. The camp commander puts up seven crosses and, as the Gestapo returns each escapee ...
Lifeboat
1944
as Stanley "Sparks" Garrett
During World War II, a small group of survivors is stranded in a lifeboat together after the ship they were traveling on is destroyed by a German U-bo...
The Cross of Lorraine
1943
as Duval
French soldiers (Jean-Pierre Aumont, Gene Kelly) surrender to lying Nazis and are herded into a barbaric prison camp.
Phantom of the Opera
1943
as Gerard
Following a tragic accident that leaves him disfigured, crazed composer Erique Claudin transformed into a masked phantom who schemes to make beautiful...
Shadow of a Doubt
1943
as Herbie Hawkins
Just when Charlie is feeling especially frustrated by the lack of excitement in her small town in California, she receives wonderful news: Her uncle a...
Rope
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Story
A remake of the 1948 Alfred Hitchcock classic about two longtime friends who attempt to prove that they committed the perfect murder by hosting a dinn...