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Hume Cronyn

Cast & creator

Hume Cronyn

1911-07-18 (died at 91) London, Ontario, CanadaIMDb

Best known for The Merv Griffin Show, Hawaii Five-O, American Playhouse

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.

Also known as: Hume Blake Cronyn, Hume Blake Cronyn Jr.

Movies

74

film credits

Series

32

television credits

Career

100

1943–2005 · acting roles

Credit score

6.7

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

The Merv Griffin Show

The Merv Griffin Show

Self · 1962

Hawaii Five-O

Hawaii Five-O

Lewis Avery Filer · 1969

American Playhouse

American Playhouse

Weller Martin · 1982

American Experience

American Experience

Narrator (voice) · 1988

Climax!

Climax!

Reverend Mr. Muldoon · 1954

Across film & television

Filmography (106)

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The Merv Griffin Show

The Merv Griffin Show

Self

Hawaii Five-O

Hawaii Five-O

Lewis Avery Filer

American Playhouse

American Playhouse

Weller Martin

American Experience

American Experience

Narrator (voice)

Climax!

Climax!

Reverend Mr. Muldoon

Naked City

Naked City

Professor Henry J. Fallon

Studio One

Studio One

Ben Hecht

Studio One

Studio One

Mr. Moore

Studio One

Studio One

Ellis Davenport

Studio One

Studio One

Pop Thatcher

The Philco Television Playhouse

The Philco Television Playhouse

The Philco Television Playhouse

The Philco Television Playhouse

Ben Marriott

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show

Self

Omnibus

Omnibus

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Henry Daw

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Fitzhugh Oldham

The Barbara Stanwyck Show

The Barbara Stanwyck Show

Charles King

Suspense

Suspense

Dr. Violet

Suspense

Suspense

Suspense

Suspense

Sig

Telephone Time

Telephone Time

The Kennedy Center Honors

The Kennedy Center Honors

Self

DuPont Show of the Month

DuPont Show of the Month

Uncle Pio

The Pelican Brief

The Pelican Brief

Justice Rosenberg

Letter to Loretta

Letter to Loretta

Hap Martin

Letter to Loretta

Letter to Loretta

Henry Goodens

Seasons of Love

Seasons of Love

Lonzo

Shadow of a Doubt

Shadow of a Doubt

Herbie Hawkins

Cleopatra

Cleopatra

Sosigenes

Rope

Rope

Adaptation

12 Angry Men

12 Angry Men

Juror 9

Brewster's Millions

Brewster's Millions

Rupert Horn

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Nils Krogstad

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hector

Marvin's Room

Marvin's Room

Marvin Wakefield

*batteries not included

*batteries not included

Frank Riley

General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater

Ralph Whitemore

General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater

Benedict Arnold Brummel

Cocoon

Cocoon

Joseph Finley

Cocoon: The Return

Cocoon: The Return

Joe Finley

Phantom of the Opera

Phantom of the Opera

Gerard

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Wilbur Meeler

The Parallax View

The Parallax View

Bill Rintels

Brute Force

Brute Force

Capt. Munsey

The Postman Always Rings Twice

The Postman Always Rings Twice

Arthur Keats

The World According to Garp

The World According to Garp

Mr. Fields

There Was a Crooked Man...

There Was a Crooked Man...

Dudley Whinner

Under Capricorn

Under Capricorn

Screenplay

Under Capricorn

Under Capricorn

Adaptation

The Arrangement

The Arrangement

Arthur Houghton

Lifeboat

Lifeboat

Stanley "Sparks" Garrett

Off Season

Off Season

Sam Clausner

James Dean: Forever Young

James Dean: Forever Young

Self (archive footage)

Night of 100 Stars III

Night of 100 Stars III

Self

Hamlet

Hamlet

Polonius

Impulse

Impulse

Dr. Carr

The Seventh Cross

The Seventh Cross

Paul Roeder

Honky Tonk Freeway

Honky Tonk Freeway

Sherm

Ziegfeld Follies

Ziegfeld Follies

Monty (segment "A Sweepstakes Ticket")

The Cross of Lorraine

The Cross of Lorraine

Duval

The Beginning or the End

The Beginning or the End

Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

Self

To Dance with the White Dog

To Dance with the White Dog

Robert Samuel Peek

Top o' the Morning

Top o' the Morning

Hughie Devine

The John Garfield Story

The John Garfield Story

Self

The Bride Goes Wild

The Bride Goes Wild

John McGrath

Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood

Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood

Self

The Secret Heart

The Secret Heart

Dinner Party Guest (Voice)

Santa and Pete

Santa and Pete

Saint Nick

Sunrise at Campobello

Sunrise at Campobello

Louis Howe

People Will Talk

People Will Talk

Rodney Elwell

Hitchcock: Alfred the Great

Self

Main Street After Dark

Main Street After Dark

Keller

Yesterday's Children

Yesterday's Children

Old Sonny Sutton

Day One

Day One

James F. Byrnes

Angel Passing

Angel Passing

Pianist

The Sailor Takes a Wife

The Sailor Takes a Wife

Freddie Potts

Rollover

Rollover

Maxwell Emery

A Doll's House

A Doll's House

Krogstad

Christmas on Division Street

Christmas on Division Street

Cleveland Meriwether

The Green Years

The Green Years

Papa Leckie

A Letter for Evie

A Letter for Evie

John Phineas McPherson

The Marriage

Ben Marriott

Sea People

Sea People

Mr. John McRae

Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film

Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film

Self

Gaily, Gaily

Gaily, Gaily

Tim Grogan

Age-Old Friends

Age-Old Friends

John Cooper

Camilla

Camilla

Ewald

The Dollmaker

The Dollmaker

Teleplay

People: A Musical Celebration

People: A Musical Celebration

Grandpa (voice)

The Moon and Sixpence

The Moon and Sixpence

Dirk Stroeve

A Separate Peace

A Separate Peace

Professor Carmichael

Conrack

Conrack

Skeffington

The Wilderness Idea: John Muir, Gifford Pinchot, and the First Great Battle for Wilderness

The Wilderness Idea: John Muir, Gifford Pinchot, and the First Great Battle for Wilderness

Narrator (Voice)

Alone

Alone

John Webb

An African love story

Self

The Gin Game

The Gin Game

Weller Martin

Blonde Fever

Blonde Fever

Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Broadway Bound

Broadway Bound

Ben

Rope Unleashed

Rope Unleashed

Self

Foxfire

Foxfire

Hector Nations

Foxfire

Foxfire

Writer

Crowded Paradise

Crowded Paradise

George Heath

Omnibus: Television's Golden Age

Self - Narrator (voice)

The Fourposter

The Fourposter

Rope

Rope

Story