Other works for
Hume Cronyn More at IMDbPro »

Other works

Active on Broadway in the following productions:

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

Stage: Produced and appeared on Broadway in "Slow Dance on the Killing Ground", 1965. Nominated for Tony Award as Best Producer.

Stage: Appeared on Broadway in "The Petititon", 1986. Nominated for a Tony award as Best Actor.

Stage: Produced and appeared in "The Gin Game" on Broadway in 1978, nominated for a Tony award as Best Actor and Producer.

Stage: Appeared on Broadway in "A Delicate Balance" in 1967, nominated for a Tony award as Best Actor.

Stage: Appeared on Broadway in "Big Fish, Little Fish" in 1961, being nominated for a Tony award as Best Actor.

In 1994 he and wife Jessica Tandy were awarded Special Tony Awards for Lifetime Achievement.

Stage: Appeared on Broadway as Polonius in "Hamlet". Won Tony award as Best Dramatic Actor.

High Tor (1937). Fantasy. Written by Maxwell Anderson. Production designed by Jo Mielziner. Direct by Guthrie McClintic. Martin Beck Theatre: 9 Jan 1937- Jun 1937 (closing date unknown/171 performances). Cast: Peggy Ashcroft, Burgess Meredith (as "Van van Dorn"), Will Archie, Charles D. Brown, William Casamo, John Drew Colt (as "Buddy"), Hume Cronyn (as "Elkus"), Charles Forrester, Leslie Gorall, Harold Grau (as "Third Sailor"), Jackson Halliday, Harry Irvine, John M. Kline, Mab Maynard, Byron McGrath, Harold Moffet, John Philliber, Thomas W. Ross. Produced by Guthrie McClintic. Note: Mr. Anderson won New York Drama Critics Award for this show.

The Man in the Dog Suit (1958). Comedy. Written by Albert Belch and William H. Wright. Based on the novel by Edwin Corle. Directed by Ralph Nelson. Coronet Theatre: 30 Oct 1958- 29 Nov 1958 (36 performances). Cast: Thomas Carlin, Kathleen Comegys (as "Mrs. Louis Stoddard"), Hume Cronyn (as "Oliver Walling"), Nancy Cushman, John Griggs, Arthur Hughes, Carmen Mathews, John McGovern, Clinton Sundberg, Jessica Tandy (as "Martha Walling"). Produced by The Producers Theatre. Associate Producer: Lewis Allen.

A Day By The Sea (1955). Drama. Written by N.C. Hunter. Directed by Cedric Hardwicke. ANTA Playhouse: 26 Sep 1955- 15 Oct 1955 (24 performances). Cast: John W. Austin (as "William Gregson") [final Broadway role], Leo Britt (as "Humphrey Caldwell"), Veronica Cole (as "Elinor Eddison"), Hume Cronyn (as "Julian Anson"), Halliwell Hobbes (as "David Anson"), Barclay Hodges (as "Toby Eddison"), Megs Jenkins (as "Miss Mathieson"), Dennis King (as "Doctor Farley"), Aline MacMahon (as "Laura Anson"), Jessica Tandy (as "Frances Farrer"). Produced by Huntington Hartford and Stephen Mitchell.

Hipper's Holiday (1934). Comedy. Written by John Crump. Directed by Alan Williams. Maxine Elliott's Theatre: 18 Oct 1934- Oct 1934 (closing date unknown/4 performances). Cast: Lisa Berenda, John Boyd, Irene Cattell (as "A Lady from Los Angeles"), Shelton Earp, Dick Ellington, Edward Forbes, Clyde Franklin, Carlos La Torre, Burgess Meredith (as "Jim Hipper"), Bigelow Sayre, Charles Scott, Katherine Squire, Jan Ullrich. Understudy: Hume Cronyn (A Janitor). Produced by Marian T. Carter.

There's Always a Breeze (1938). Comedy. Written by Edward Caulfield. Directed by Harry Wagstaff Gribble. Windsor Theatre: 2 May 1938- Mar 1938 (closing date unknown/5 performances). Cast: Leslie Barrett, Anne Baxter (as "Lita Hammond"), Alexander Campbell, Curtis Cooksey (as "Oscar Jarvis"), Hume Cronyn (as "Abe Sherman"), Boris De Vadetzky, Herbert Duffy, Sara Floyd, Jeanne Hart, Otto Hulett, Cecilia Loftus (as "Mrs. Weatherby"), William Lynn, Rena Mitchell, Gordon Nelson, Leona Powers, Blanche Sweet, George Volk. Produced by Joseph M. Hyman and Irving Cooper.

Mr. Big (1941). Written by Arthur Sheekman and Margaret Shane. Directed by George S. Kaufman. Lyceum Theatre: 30 Sep 1941- 4 Oct 1941 (7 performances). Cast: Florenz Ames (as "Charles G. Wakeshaw"), E.J. Ballantine (as "The Little Man"), Richard Barbee (as "Dr. Willoughby"), George Baxter, Harry M. Cooke, Hume Cronyn (as "Harley L. Miller"), David Crowell, Nina Doll, James Elliott, Ann Evers, Edward Fisher, Sarah Floyd, Betty Furness (as "Amy"), Harold Grau (as "The Man From Boston"), Harry Gribbon, Mitzi Hajos, Judson Laire, Peter Lawrence, William Layton, Jack Leslie, James MacDonald, Ray Mayer, Ruth Thane McDevitt, LeRoi Operti (as "Stanwood"), John Parrish, George Petrie, Eleanor Phelps, Oscar Polk (as "Rodney"), Robert Rhodes, Benson Springer, Rodney Stewart, Sidney Stone, Barry Sullivan (as "Eric Reynolds"), Robert Whitehead, Irwin Wilcox, Fay Wray (as "Paula Loring"). Produced by George S. Kaufman.

Madam, Will You Walk (1953). Comedy. Written by Sidney Howard. Incidental music by Max Marlin. Choreographed by Anna Sokolow. Directed by Hume Cronyn and Norman Lloyd. Phoenix Theatre: 1 Dec 19530 10 Jan 1954 (42 performances). Cast: Jill André, David Clarke, Hume Cronyn (as "Dr. Brightlee"), Donald Draper, Nora Dunfee, Robert Emmett, Dan Hogan, David Hooks, Leon Janney (as "Magistrate"), Arthur Jarrett, Edwin Jerome (as Judge Moskowitz") [final Broadway role], Elizabeth Johnstone, Dorrit Kelton (as "Miss Auchincloss"), Madeline King (as "Mrs. Broderick"), Norman Lloyd (as "Mr. Dockwiler"), Mavis Mitchell, John Randolph (as "Officer Mallon"), William Roerick (as "Father Christy"), Buff Shurr, Fred Smith, Susan Steell, Jessica Tandy (as "Mary Doyle"). Produced by The Phoenix Theatre.

(1979) He acted in D.L. Coburn's play, "The Gin Game," at the Lyric Theatre in London, England with Jessica Tandy in the cast. Mike Nichols was director.

(1982) Playwright: Foxfire (written with Susan Cooper).

The Egghead (1957). Drama. Written by Molly Kazan. Scenic Design by Richard Sylbert [earliest Broadway credit]. Directed by Hume Cronyn. Ethel Barrymore Theatre: 9 Oct 1957- 26 Oct 1957 (21 performances). Cast: Karl Malden (as "Hank Parson"), Eduard Franz (as "Gottfried Roth"), Phyllis Love (as "Sally Parson"), Biff McGuire (as "Martin Donahue"), Ruth Attaway (as "Essie"), Kevin Drohan (as "Jackie Parson"), Graham Jarvis (as "Finney"), Nicholas Pryor (as "Roger Parson"), Lloyd Richards (as "Perry Hall"), Richard Robbins (as "Harvey Robbins"), Helen Shields (as "Madeline Robbins"), Marion Sweet (as "Annie Grierson"). Produced by Hope Abelson.

Browse biographies section by name

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z