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.

Filmography

• 2004A Separate Peace — Professor Carmichael
• 2001Off Season — Sam Clausner
• 2000Yesterday's Children — Old Sonny Sutton
• 1999Santa and Pete — Saint Nick
• 1999Sea People — Mr. John McRae
• Seasons of Love — Lonzo
• 1998Angel Passing — Pianist
• 199712 Angry Men — Juror 9
• 1997Alone — John Webb
• 1996Marvin's Room — Marvin Wakefield
• 1995People: A Musical Celebration — Grandpa (voice)
• 1994Camilla — Ewald
• 1993The Pelican Brief — Justice Rosenberg
• 1993To Dance with the White Dog — Robert Samuel Peek
• 1992Broadway Bound — Ben
• 1991Christmas on Division Street — Cleveland Meriwether
• 1989Age-Old Friends — John Cooper
• 1989Day One — James F. Byrnes
• 1989The Wilderness Idea: John Muir, Gifford Pinchot, and the First Great Battle for Wilderness — Narrator (Voice)
• American Experience — Narrator (voice)
• 1988Cocoon: The Return — Joe Finley
• 1987*batteries not included — Frank Riley
• 1987Foxfire — Hector Nations, Writer
• 1985Brewster's Millions — Rupert Horn
• 1985Cocoon — Joseph Finley
• 1984Impulse — Dr. Carr
• 1984The Dollmaker — Teleplay
• American Playhouse — Weller Martin
• 1982The World According to Garp — Mr. Fields
• 1981Honky Tonk Freeway — Sherm
• 1981Rollover — Maxwell Emery
• 1981The Gin Game — Weller Martin
• 1974Conrack — Skeffington
• 1974The Parallax View — Bill Rintels
• 1970There Was a Crooked Man... — Dudley Whinner
• 1969Gaily, Gaily — Tim Grogan
• Hawaii Five-O — Lewis Avery Filer
• 1969The Arrangement — Arthur Houghton
• 1964Hamlet — Polonius
• 1963Cleopatra — Sosigenes
• 1960Sunrise at Campobello — Louis Howe
• The Barbara Stanwyck Show — Charles King
• 1959A Doll's House — Krogstad
• 1959The Moon and Sixpence — Dirk Stroeve
• Naked City — Professor Henry J. Fallon
• DuPont Show of the Month — Uncle Pio
• 1956Crowded Paradise — George Heath
• Telephone Time
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents — Henry Daw, Fitzhugh Oldham
• 1955The Fourposter
• Climax! — Reverend Mr. Muldoon
• The Marriage — Ben Marriott
• General Electric Theater — Ralph Whitemore, Benedict Arnold Brummel
• Letter to Loretta — Hap Martin, Henry Goodens
• Omnibus
• Hallmark Hall of Fame — Nils Krogstad, Hector
• 1951People Will Talk — Rodney Elwell
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars — Wilbur Meeler
• Suspense — Dr. Violet, Sig
• 1949Top o' the Morning — Hughie Devine
• 1949Under Capricorn — Screenplay, Adaptation
• 1948Rope — Adaptation
• Studio One — Ben Hecht, Ellis Davenport, Mr. Moore, Pop Thatcher
• 1948The Bride Goes Wild — John McGrath
• The Philco Television Playhouse — Ben Marriott
• 1947Brute Force — Capt. Munsey
• 1947The Beginning or the End — Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer
• 1946A Letter for Evie — John Phineas McPherson
• 1946The Green Years — Papa Leckie
• 1946The Postman Always Rings Twice — Arthur Keats
• 1946The Secret Heart — Dinner Party Guest (Voice)
• 1945Main Street After Dark — Keller
• 1945The Sailor Takes a Wife — Freddie Potts
• 1945Ziegfeld Follies — Monty (segment "A Sweepstakes Ticket")
• 1944Blonde Fever — Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
• 1944Lifeboat — Stanley "Sparks" Garrett
• 1944The Seventh Cross — Paul Roeder
• 1943Phantom of the Opera — Gerard
• 1943Shadow of a Doubt — Herbie Hawkins
• 1943The Cross of Lorraine — Duval
• Rope — Story

Appearances as themselves (13)

• 2005James Dean: Forever Young — Self (archive footage)
• 2003Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There — Self
• 2003The John Garfield Story — Self
• 2001Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood — Self
• 2001Rope Unleashed — Self
• 2000Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film — Self
• 1999Omnibus: Television's Golden Age — Self - Narrator (voice)
• 1996An African love story — Self
• 1994Hitchcock: Alfred the Great — Self
• 1990Night of 100 Stars III — Self
• The Kennedy Center Honors — Self
• The Merv Griffin Show — Self
• The Ed Sullivan Show — Self