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Hume Cronyn

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91 Years Old

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.

Born

London, Ontario, Canada on 18th July 1911

Died

15th June 2003

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American Experience
Narrator (voice)
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Tony Awards
Self
Tony Awards Image
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee
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Hawaii Five-O
Lewis Avery Filer
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Studio One
Pop Thatcher
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Studio One
Mr. Moore
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Studio One
Ellis Davenport
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Studio One
Ben Hecht
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Climax!
Reverend Mr. Muldoon
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The Merv Griffin Show
Self
Naked City Image
Naked City
Professor Henry J. Fallon
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The Philco Television Playhouse
Ben Marriott
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The Philco Television Playhouse
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Omnibus
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The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
Alfred Hitchcock Presents Image
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Fitzhugh Oldham
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Henry Daw
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The Kennedy Center Honors
Self
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Broadway Bound
Ben
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Telephone Time
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Suspense
Sig
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Suspense
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Suspense
Dr. Violet
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The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Charles King
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Crowded Paradise
George Heath
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Cleopatra
Sosigenes
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Cocoon
Joseph Finley
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DuPont Show of the Month
Uncle Pio
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Honky Tonk Freeway
Sherm
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Brute Force
Capt. Munsey
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Sea People
Mr. John McRae
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The Green Years
Papa Leckie
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Foxfire
Hector Nations
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Yesterday's Children
Old Sonny Sutton
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Santa and Pete
Saint Nick
Impulse Image
Impulse
Dr. Carr
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The Fourposter
The Pelican Brief Image
The Pelican Brief
Justice Rosenberg
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Rope Unleashed
Self
Day One Image
Day One
James F. Byrnes
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Hitchcock: Alfred the Great
Himself
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The Bride Goes Wild
John McGrath
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Rollover
Maxwell Emery
Camilla Image
Camilla
Ewald
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12 Angry Men
Juror 9
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Shadow of a Doubt
Herbie Hawkins
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The Beginning or the End
Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer
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Angel Passing
Pianist
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Brewster's Millions
Rupert Horn
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*batteries not included
Frank Riley
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Marvin's Room
Marvin Wakefield
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Letter to Loretta
Henry Goodens
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Letter to Loretta
Hap Martin
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The Parallax View
Bill Rintels
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The Postman Always Rings Twice
Arthur Keats
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Cocoon: The Return
Joe Finley
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Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hector
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Hallmark Hall of Fame
Nils Krogstad
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Alone
John Webb
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The Secret Heart
Dinner Party Guest (Voice)
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Lifeboat
Stanley "Sparks" Garrett
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The World According to Garp
Mr. Fields
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The Seventh Cross
Paul Roeder
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Off Season
Sam Clausner
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Phantom of the Opera
Gerard
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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Wilbur Meeler
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General Electric Theater
Benedict Arnold Brummel
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General Electric Theater
Ralph Whitemore
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Night of 100 Stars III
Self
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Ziegfeld Follies
Monty (segment "A Sweepstakes Ticket")
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People Will Talk
Prof. Rodney Elwell
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The Arrangement
Arthur Houghton
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There Was a Crooked Man...
Dudley Whinner
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood Image
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
Self
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Conrack
Skeffington
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Sunrise at Campobello
Louis Howe
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A Letter for Evie
John Phineas McPherson
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The Cross of Lorraine
Duval
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Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Self
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The Marriage
Ben Marriott
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A Separate Peace
Professor Carmichael
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To Dance with the White Dog
Robert Samuel Peek
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Omnibus: Television's Golden Age
Self - Narrator (voice)
People: A Musical Celebration Image
People: A Musical Celebration
Grandpa (voice)
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Top o' the Morning
Hughie Devine
A Doll's House Image
A Doll's House
Krogstad
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The Moon and Sixpence
Dirk Stroeve
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Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
Polonius
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Gaily, Gaily
Tim Grogan
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Christmas on Division Street
Cleveland Meriwether
Age-Old Friends Image
Age-Old Friends
John Cooper
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The John Garfield Story
Self
Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film Image
Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film
Self
The Sailor Takes a Wife Image
The Sailor Takes a Wife
Freddie Potts
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Main Street After Dark
Keller
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Blonde Fever
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
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The Gin Game
Weller Martin
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The Wilderness Idea: John Muir, Gifford Pinchot, and the First Great Battle for Wilderness
Narrator (Voice)