Hume Cronyn

Nominated for Oscar. Another 6 wins & 11 nominations See more awards »

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Cocoon (1985)

*batteries not included (1987)

Shadow of a Doubt (1943)

Marvin's Room (1996)

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Actor (85 titles)

2004 A Separate Peace (TV movie)
Professor Carmichael

2001 Off Season (TV movie)
Sam Clausner

2000 Yesterday's Children (TV movie)
old Sonny Sutton

1999 Santa and Pete (TV movie)
Saint Nick

1999 Sea People (TV movie)
Mr. John McRae

1999 Seasons of Love (TV movie)
Lonzo

1998 Angel Passing (short)

1997 Alone (TV movie)
John Webb

1997 12 Angry Men (TV movie)
Juror #9

1996 Marvin's Room
Marvin

1995 People: A Musical Celebration (TV movie)
Grandpa (voice)

1994 Camilla
Ewald

1993 The Pelican Brief
Justice Rosenberg

1993 To Dance with the White Dog (TV movie)
Robert Samuel Peek

1992 Broadway Bound (TV movie)
Ben

1991 Christmas on Division Street (TV movie)
Cleveland Meriwether

1989 Age-Old Friends (TV movie)
John Cooper

1989 Day One (TV movie)
James F. Byrnes

1988 Cocoon: The Return
Joseph 'Joe' Finley

1987 *batteries not included
Frank Riley

1987 Foxfire (TV movie)
Hector Nations

1985 Cocoon
Joe Finley

1985 Brewster's Millions
Rupert Horn

1984 Impulse
Dr. Carr

1982 The World According to Garp
Mr. Fields

1981 Rollover
Maxwell Emery

1981 Honky Tonk Freeway
Sherm

1981 The Gin Game (TV movie)
Weller Martin

1976 33 Hours in the Life of God (TV movie)
Dr. Jaffe

1974 The Parallax View
Bill Rintels

1974 Conrack
Mr. Skeffington (school superintendent)

1972 Norman Corwin Presents (TV series)

– A Foreign Field (1972)

1970-1971 Hawaii Five-O (TV series)
Lewis Avery Filer

– Odd Man In (1971) … Lewis Avery Filer

– Over Fifty? Steal (1970) … Lewis Avery Filer

1970 There Was a Crooked Man...
Dudley Whinner

1969 Gaily, Gaily
Grogan

1969 The Arrangement
Arthur

1964/I Hamlet
Polonius

1963 Cleopatra
Sosigenes

1961 Naked City (TV series)
Professor Henry J. Fallon

– C3H5(NO3)3 (1961) … Professor Henry J. Fallon

1960 The Barbara Stanwyck Show (TV series)
Charles King

– Good Citizen (1960) … Charles King

1960 Sunrise at Campobello
Louis Howe

1960 Play of the Week (TV series)

– Juno and the Paycock (1960)

1960 Juno and the Paycock (TV movie)

1959 A Doll's House (TV movie)
Nils Krogstad

1959 The Moon and Sixpence (TV movie)
Dirk Stroeve

1956-1958 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV series)
Fitzhugh Oldham / Henry Daw

– The Impromptu Murder (1958) … Henry Daw

– Kill with Kindness (1956) … Fitzhugh Oldham

1956-1958 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
Benedict Arnold Brummel / Ralph Whittemarc

– Ah There, Beau Brummel (1958) … Benedict Arnold Brummel

– The Pot of Gold (1956) … Ralph Whittemarc

1958 The Loretta Young Show (TV series)
Hap Martin / Henry Goodens

– Thanks to You (1958) … Henry Goodens

– Windfall (1958) … Hap Martin

1958 Telephone Time (TV series)
Alfred Nobel

– War Against War (1958) … Alfred Nobel

1958 The DuPont Show of the Month (TV series)

– The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1958)

1957 Schlitz Playhouse (TV series)
Wilbur Meeler

– Clothes Make the Man (1957) … Wilbur Meeler

1949-1957 Studio One in Hollywood (TV series)
Ben Hecht / Ellis Davenport / Mr. Moore

– A Member of the Family (1957) … Ellis Davenport

– The Five Dollar Bill (1957) … Mr. Moore

– Public Servant (1951)

– Boy Meets Girl (1949) … Ben Hecht

1956-1957 The Alcoa Hour (TV series)
Ralph Grimes / Sam Pickens / Wise Gentleman

– No License to Kill (1957) … Ralph Grimes

– The Big Wave (1956) … Wise Gentleman

– The Confidence Man (1956) … Sam Pickens

1956 Chrysler Festival (TV series)
Host

1956 Crowded Paradise
George Heath

1956 Climax! (TV series)
Father Joseph Muldoon

– The Fifth Wheel (1956) … Father Joseph Muldoon

1956 The United States Steel Hour (TV series)
Priam Farll

– The Great Adventure (1956) … Priam Farll

1950-1955 The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse (TV series)

– Christmas 'til Closing (1955)

– The Reluctant Landlord (1950)

1953-1955 Omnibus (TV series)
Bartender / Harold 'Mitch' Mitchell

– Advice to Bathers (1955) … Harold 'Mitch' Mitchell

– Glory in the Flower (1953) … Bartender

1955 Producers' Showcase (TV series)
Michael

– The Fourposter (1955) … Michael

1954 The Marriage (TV series)
Ben Marriott / Narrator

– The Dreamer (1954) … Ben Marriott

– Inside Bobby Logan (1954) … Ben Marriott

– Episode #1.6 (1954) … Ben Marriott

– Episode #1.5 (1954) … Ben Marriott

– Episode #1.4 (1954) … Ben Marriott

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1954 The Motorola Television Hour (TV series)
Anthony Updyke

– The Family Man (1954) … Anthony Updyke

1953 Willys Theatre Presenting Ben Hecht's Tales of the City (TV series)

– Count Bruga (1953)

1951 People Will Talk
Prof. Rodney Elwell

1950 Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (TV series)

– The Ponzi Story (1950)

1949-1950 Suspense (TV series)
Dr. Violet

– I'm No Hero (1950)

– Red Wine (1950)

– Dr. Violet (1949) … Dr. Violet

1949-1950 The Ford Theatre Hour (TV series)
Harry Binion / Hugo

– Room Service (1950) … Harry Binion

– One Sunday Afternoon (1949) … Hugo

1949 Top o' the Morning
Hughie Devine

1949 The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (TV series)

– The Uncertain Hour (1949)

1948 The Bride Goes Wild
John McGrath

1947 Brute Force
Capt. Munsey

1947 The Beginning or the End
Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer

1946 The Secret Heart
Dinner Party Guest (voice) (uncredited)

1946 The Postman Always Rings Twice
Arthur Keats

1946 The Green Years
Papa Leckie

1946 A Letter for Evie
John Phineas McPherson

1945 The Sailor Takes a Wife
Freddie Potts

1945 Ziegfeld Follies
Monty (in "A Sweepstakes Ticket")

1945 Main Street After Dark
Keller

1944 Blonde Fever
Diner at Inn (uncredited)

1944 The Seventh Cross
Paul Roeder

1944 Lifeboat
Stanley 'Sparks' Garett

1943 The Cross of Lorraine
Duval

1943 Phantom of the Opera
Gerard

1943 Shadow of a Doubt
Herbie Hawkins

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Stage: Directed Tennessee Williams' "Portrait of a Madonna" in Los Angeles, 1946. See more »

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2 Print Biographies | 1 Interview | 4 Articles | See more »

Alternate Names:

Hume Cronin

Height:

5' 6" (1.68 m)

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The whole business of marshaling one's energies becomes more and more important as one grows older. See more »

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His father Hume Blake Cronyn has an observatory dedicated to him in the University of Western Ontario. The refractor telescope was the largest ever built in the western hemisphere at the time. See more »

Star Sign:

Cancer

Hume Cronyn (1911–2003)

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