Hume Cronyn

actor • producer • writer

Hume Blake Cronyn Jr. OC (July 18, 1911 – June 15, 2003) was a Canadian-American actor and writer. Description above from the Wikipedia article Hume Cronyn, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born: July 19, 1911 in London, Ontario, Canada

Died: June 15, 2003 (age 91)

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Known For

6.6

The Pelican Brief

Movies & TV Credits

99 total credits across film and television

Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year
The 35th Annual Kennedy Center Honors TV Special	6.9	Actor	Self(1 Episode)	2012
A Separate Peace Movie	5.2	Actor	Professor Carmichael	2004
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There Movie	8.1	Actor	Self	2003
The John Garfield Story Movie	7.2	Actor	Self	2003
Rope Unleashed Movie	6.8	Actor	Self	2001
Off Season Movie	5.4	Actor	Sam Clausner	2001
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood Movie	7.6	Actor	Self	2001
Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film Movie	6.5	Actor	Self	2000
Yesterday's Children Movie	7.1	Actor	Old Sonny Sutton	2000
Sea People Movie	5.7	Actor	Mr. John McRae	1999
Santa and Pete Movie	5.9	Actor	Saint Nick	1999
Angel Passing Short Film	8.7	Actor	—	1998
Alone Movie	5.4	Actor	John Webb	1997
12 Angry Men Movie	7.9	Actor	Juror 9	1997
Marvin's Room Movie	6.6	Actor	Marvin Wakefield	1996
People: A Musical Celebration Movie	7.1	Actor	Grandpa (voice)	1995
Camilla Movie	5.8	Actor	Ewald	1994
Hitchcock: Alfred the Great Movie	8.3	Actor	Himself	1994
The Pelican Brief Movie	6.5	Actor	Justice Rosenberg	1993
To Dance with the White Dog Movie	7.1	Actor	Robert Samuel Peek	1993
Broadway Bound Movie	6.1	Actor	Ben	1992
Christmas on Division Street Movie	6.5	Actor	Cleveland Meriwether	1991
Night of 100 Stars III TV Special	5.1	Actor	Self	1990
The Wilderness Idea: John Muir, Gifford Pinchot, and the First Great Battle for Wilderness Movie	7.8	Actor	Narrator (Voice)	1989
Day One Movie	7.2	Actor	James F. Byrnes	1989
Age-Old Friends Movie	6.7	Actor	John Cooper	1989
Cocoon: The Return Movie	5.5	Actor	Joe Finley	1988
American Experience TV Show	8.4	Actor	Narrator (voice)(1 Episode)	1988
*batteries not included Movie	6.7	Actor	Frank Riley	1987
Foxfire Movie	6.5	Actor	Hector Nations	1987
Foxfire Movie	6.5	Writing	Writer	1987
Brewster's Millions Movie	6.4	Actor	Rupert Horn	1985
Cocoon Movie	6.6	Actor	Joseph Finley	1985
Impulse Movie	5.9	Actor	Dr. Carr	1984
The Dollmaker Movie	7.3	Writing	Teleplay	1984
The World According to Garp Movie	7.2	Actor	Mr. Fields	1982
Rollover Movie	5.2	Actor	Maxwell Emery	1981
Honky Tonk Freeway Movie	5.0	Actor	Sherm	1981
The Gin Game Movie	7.0	Actor	Weller Martin	1981
The Parallax View Movie	7.2	Actor	Bill Rintels	1974
Conrack Movie	7.1	Actor	Skeffington	1974
There Was a Crooked Man... Movie	6.9	Actor	Dudley Whinner	1970
Gaily, Gaily Movie	5.1	Actor	Tim Grogan	1969
The Arrangement Movie	6.4	Actor	Arthur Houghton	1969
Hawaii Five-O TV Show	7.2	Actor	Lewis Avery Filer(2 Episodes)	1968
Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre Movie	7.4	Actor	Polonius	1964
Cleopatra Movie	7.1	Actor	Sosigenes	1963
The Merv Griffin Show TV Show	6.4	Actor	Self(1 Episode)	1962
Sunrise at Campobello Movie	6.6	Actor	Louis Howe	1960
The Barbara Stanwyck Show TV Show	7.2	Actor	Charles King(1 Episode)	1960
A Doll's House Movie	7.3	Actor	Krogstad	1959
The Moon and Sixpence Movie	7.0	Actor	Dirk Stroeve	1959
Naked City TV Show	8.0	Actor	Professor Henry J. Fallon(1 Episode)	1958
The DuPont Show of the Month TV Show	6.9	Actor	Uncle Pio(1 Episode)	1957
Crowded Paradise Movie	5.9	Actor	George Heath	1956
Telephone Time TV Show	6.7	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1956
The Fourposter Movie	—	Actor	—	1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents TV Show	8.4	Actor	Fitzhugh Oldham(1 Episode)	1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents TV Show	8.4	Actor	Henry Daw(1 Episode)	1955
The Marriage TV Show	—	Actor	Ben Marriott(8 Episodes)	1954
Climax! TV Show	6.3	Actor	Reverend Mr. Muldoon(1 Episode)	1954
The Loretta Young Show TV Show	7.2	Actor	Henry Goodens(1 Episode)	1953
General Electric Theater TV Show	6.5	Actor	Benedict Arnold Brummel(1 Episode)	1953
General Electric Theater TV Show	6.5	Actor	Ralph Whitemore(1 Episode)	1953
The Loretta Young Show TV Show	7.2	Actor	Hap Martin(1 Episode)	1953
Omnibus TV Show	7.2	Actor	—(2 Episodes)	1952
People Will Talk Movie	7.4	Actor	Prof. Rodney Elwell	1951
Schlitz Playhouse TV Show	7.2	Actor	Wilbur Meeler(1 Episode)	1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame TV Show	7.9	Actor	Hector(1 Episode)	1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame TV Show	7.9	Actor	Nils Krogstad(2 Episodes)	1951
Top o' the Morning Movie	5.9	Actor	Hughie Devine	1949
Suspense TV Show	7.1	Actor	Sig(1 Episode)	1949
Suspense TV Show	7.1	Actor	Dr. Violet(1 Episode)	1949
Under Capricorn Movie	6.0	Writing	Screenplay	1949
The Bride Goes Wild Movie	6.0	Actor	John McGrath	1948
Studio One TV Show	7.3	Actor	Pop Thatcher(1 Episode)	1948
The Ed Sullivan Show TV Show	7.7	Actor	Self(4 Episodes)	1948
The Philco Television Playhouse TV Show	7.2	Actor	Ben Marriott(1 Episode)	1948
Studio One TV Show	7.3	Actor	Mr. Moore(1 Episode)	1948
Studio One TV Show	7.3	Actor	Ben Hecht(1 Episode)	1948
The Philco Television Playhouse TV Show	7.2	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1948
Studio One TV Show	7.3	Actor	Ellis Davenport(1 Episode)	1948
Rope Movie	8.0	Writing	Adaptation	1948
Brute Force Movie	7.6	Actor	Capt. Munsey	1947
The Beginning or the End Movie	6.3	Actor	Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer	1947
A Letter for Evie Movie	6.8	Actor	John Phineas McPherson	1946
The Postman Always Rings Twice Movie	7.3	Actor	Arthur Keats	1946
The Green Years Movie	6.9	Actor	Papa Leckie	1946
The Secret Heart Movie	6.3	Actor	Dinner Party Guest (Voice)	1946
The Sailor Takes a Wife Movie	5.8	Actor	Freddie Potts	1945
Main Street After Dark Movie	5.7	Actor	Keller	1945
Ziegfeld Follies Movie	6.2	Actor	Monty (segment "A Sweepstakes Ticket")	1945
Blonde Fever Movie	5.3	Actor	Restaurant Patron (uncredited)	1944
Lifeboat Movie	7.7	Actor	Stanley "Sparks" Garrett	1944
The Seventh Cross Movie	7.2	Actor	Paul Roeder	1944
Shadow of a Doubt Movie	7.9	Actor	Herbie Hawkins	1943
Phantom of the Opera Movie	6.6	Actor	Gerard	1943
The Cross of Lorraine Movie	6.4	Actor	Duval	1943
Rope Movie	—	Writing	Story	—

Hume Cronyn

Known For

Cocoon

Rope

Shadow of a Doubt

The Pelican Brief

Movies & TV Credits