Hume Cronyn
Born July 18, 1911 (Age: 114)
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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, including an Academy Award nomination, three Emmy Awards, and two Tony Awards.
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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Filmography
Yesterday's Children
2000
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as Old Sonny Sutton
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Age: 89
Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film
2000
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as Self
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Age: 88
No Image
Omnibus: Television's Golden Age
1999
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as Self - Narrator (voice)
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Age: 88
Angel Passing
1998
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as Pianist
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Age: 86
Alone
1997
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as John Webb
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Age: 86
12 Angry Men
1997
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as Juror 9
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Age: 86
Marvin's Room
1996
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as Marvin Wakefield
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Age: 85
No Image
An African love story
1996
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as Self
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Age: 85
Camilla
1994
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as Ewald
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Age: 83
No Image
Hitchcock: Alfred the Great
1994
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as Himself
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Age: 82
To Dance with the White Dog
1993
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as Robert Samuel Peek
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Age: 82
The Pelican Brief
1993
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as Justice Rosenberg
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Age: 82
Broadway Bound
1992
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as Ben
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Age: 80
Christmas on Division Street
1991
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as Cleveland Meriwether
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Age: 80
Night of 100 Stars III
1990
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as Self
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Age: 78
Age-Old Friends
1989
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as John Cooper
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Age: 78
Day One
1989
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as James F. Byrnes
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Age: 77
The Wilderness Idea: John Muir, Gifford Pinchot, and the First Great Battle for Wilderness
1989
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as Narrator (Voice)
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Age: 77
Cocoon: The Return
1988
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as Joe Finley
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Age: 77
*batteries not included
1987
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as Frank Riley
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Age: 76
Foxfire
1987
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as Hector Nations
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Age: 76
Cocoon
1985
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as Joseph Finley
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Age: 73
Brewster's Millions
1985
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as Rupert Horn
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Age: 73
Impulse
1984
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as Dr. Carr
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Age: 73
The World According to Garp
1982
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as Mr. Fields
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Age: 71
Rollover
1981
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as Maxwell Emery
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Age: 70
Honky Tonk Freeway
1981
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as Sherm
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Age: 70
The Gin Game
1981
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as Weller Martin
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Age: 69
The Parallax View
1974
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as Bill Rintels
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Age: 62
Conrack
1974
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as Skeffington
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Age: 62
Gaily, Gaily
1969
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as Tim Grogan
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Age: 58
The Arrangement
1969
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as Arthur Houghton
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Age: 58
Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
1964
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as Polonius
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Age: 53
Cleopatra
1963
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as Sosigenes
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Age: 51
Sunrise at Campobello
1960
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as Louis Howe
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Age: 49
A Doll's House
1959
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as Krogstad
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Age: 48
The Moon and Sixpence
1959
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as Dirk Stroeve
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Age: 48
Crowded Paradise
1956
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as George Heath
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Age: 44
The Fourposter
1955
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as
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Age: 43
The Sailor Takes a Wife
1945
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as Freddie Potts
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Age: 34
Ziegfeld Follies
1945
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as Monty (segment "A Sweepstakes Ticket")
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Age: 34
Main Street After Dark
1945
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as Keller
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Age: 33