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Hume Cronyn

Screenwriter / Actor / Film Director | * 07/19/1911 († 91, 06/15/2003) | London, Ontario (Canada)
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Hume Blake Cronyn Jr. (July 18, 1911 – June 15, 2003) was a Canadian-American actor and writer. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | TV Movies

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Just when Charlotte ‘Charlie’ Newton, is feeling especially frustrated by the lack of excitement in her small town in California, she receives wonderful news: Her uncle and namesake, Charlie Oakle ...

Shadow of a Doubt

13

1943 | 3.8/5 | 1h 48min
Thriller, Crime
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When a group of trespassing seniors swim in a pool containing alien cocoons, they find themselves energized with youthful vigor. ...

Cocoon

13

1985 | 3.3/5 | 1h 57min
Comedy, Drama, Science Fiction
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In a soon to be demolished block of apartments, the residents resist the criminal methods used to force them to leave so a greedy tycoon can build his new skyscraper. When tiny mechanical aliens land ...

*batteries not included

PG

1987 | 3.3/5 | 1h 46min
Science Fiction, Comedy, Kids & Family, Fantasy
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Brewster, an aging minor-league baseball player, stands to inherit 300 million dollars if he can successfully spend 30 million dollars in 30 days without anything to show for it, and without telling a ...

Brewster's Millions

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1985 | 3.3/5 | 1h 37min
Comedy
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Awards & Nominations for Hume Cronyn

Officer of The Order of Canada National Medal of Arts Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play Kennedy Center Honors Canada's Walk of Fame 2x Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor 4x Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play
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Movies with Hume Cronyn as Actor(64)

as Professor Carmichael2004 A Separate Peace
as himself2003 Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as himself2003 The John Garfield Story
as himself2001 Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
as Sam Clausner2001 Off Season
as himself2001 Rope Unleashed
as himself2000 Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film
as Old Sonny Sutton2000 Yesterday's Children
as Mr. John McRae1999 Sea People
as Lonzo Brewster1999 Seasons of Love
as Saint Nick1999 Santa and Pete
1998 Angel Passing
as John Webb1997 Alone
as Juror 91997 12 Angry Men
as Marvin Wakefield1996 Marvin's Room
as Grandpa (voice)1995 People: A Musical Celebration
as Ewald1994 Camilla
as Justice Rosenberg1993 The Pelican Brief
as Robert Samuel Peek1993 To Dance with the White Dog
as Ben1992 Broadway Bound
as Cleveland Meriwether1991 Christmas on Division Street
as himself1990 Night Of 100 Stars III
as John Cooper1989 Age-Old Friends
as James F. Byrnes1989 Day One
as Joe Finley1988 Cocoon: The Return
as Hector Nations1987 Foxfire
as Frank Riley1987 *batteries not included
as Rupert Horn1985 Brewster's Millions
as Joseph Finley1985 Cocoon
as Dr. Carr1984 Impulse
as Mr. Fields1982 The World According to Garp
as Sherm1981 Honky Tonk Freeway
as Maxwell Emery1981 Rollover
as Weller Martin1981 The Gin Game
as Bill Rintels1974 The Parallax View
as Skeffington1974 Conrack
as Dudley Whinner1970 There Was a Crooked Man...
as Tim Grogan1969 Gaily, Gaily
as Arthur Houghton1969 The Arrangement
as Polonius1964 Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
as Sosigenes1963 Cleopatra
as Louis Howe1960 Sunrise at Campobello
as Krogstad1959 A Doll's House
as Dirk Stroeve1959 The Moon and Sixpence
as George Heath1956 Crowded Paradise
1955 The Fourposter
as Prof. Rodney Elwell1951 People Will Talk
as Hughie Devine1949 Top o' the Morning
as John McGrath1948 The Bride Goes Wild
as Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer1947 The Beginning or the End
as Capt. Munsey1947 Brute Force
as John Phineas McPherson1946 A Letter for Evie
as Dinner Party Guest (Voice)1946 The Secret Heart
as Arthur Keats1946 The Postman Always Rings Twice
as Papa Leckie1946 The Green Years
as Freddie Potts1945 The Sailor Takes a Wife
as Monty (segment A Sweepstakes Ticket)1945 Ziegfeld Follies
as Keller1945 Main Street After Dark
as Restaurant Patron1944 Blonde Fever
as Paul Roeder1944 The Seventh Cross
as Sparks1944 Lifeboat
as Gerard1943 Phantom of the Opera
as Herbie Hawkins1943 Shadow of a Doubt
as Duval1943 The Cross of Lorraine

TV Shows/Series with Hume Cronyn as Actor(33)

as Narrator (voice)1988 American Experience
as himself1978 The Kennedy Center Honors
as Lewis Avery Filer1968 Hawaii Five-O
as himself1962 The Merv Griffin Show
as Charles King1960 The Barbara Stanwyck Show
as Professor Henry J. Fallon1958 Naked City
as Uncle Pio1957 DuPont Show of the Month
1956 Telephone Time
as Henry Daw1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Self - Actor and Friend1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Fitzhugh Oldham1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Ben Marriott1954 The Marriage
as Reverend Mr. Muldoon1954 Climax!
as Ralph Whitemore1953 GE Theater
as Benedict Arnold Brummel1953 GE Theater
as Hap Martin1953 Letter to Loretta
as Henry Goodens1953 Letter to Loretta
1952 Omnibus
as Wilbur Meeler1951 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Nils Krogstad1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Hector1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Dr. Violet1949 Suspense
1949 Suspense
as Sig1949 Suspense
as himself1948 The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self - Actor1948 The Ed Sullivan Show
as Jerry in a scene from 'A Pound on Demand'1948 The Ed Sullivan Show
as Ben Hecht1948 Studio One
as Pop Thatcher1948 Studio One
as Mr. Moore1948 Studio One
as Ellis Davenport1948 Studio One
1948 The Philco Television Playhouse
as Ben Marriott1948 The Philco Television Playhouse

Movies with Hume Cronyn as Crew(4)

Writing/Writer1987 Foxfire
Writing/Teleplay1984 The Dollmaker
Writing/Screenplay1949 Under Capricorn
Writing/Writer1948 Rope

Full Name: Hume Cronyn
Born: Wednesday, 07/19 1911 (July) in London, Ontario (Canada)
Died: Sunday, 06/15 2003 (June) in Fairfield (aged: 91)
Zodiac sign: Cancer (Chinese zodiac sign: Pig)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: McGill University, American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Ridley College
Spouses (current/former): Jessica Tandy, Susan Cooper
Children: Tandy Cronyn
Father: Hume Cronyn
Hume Cronyn frequently works together with these people:
Loretta Young (117x, Actress)
Barbara Stanwyck (34x, Actress)
Everett Sloane (33x, Actor)
John Forsythe (28x, Actor)
Charlton Heston (26x, Actor)
E.G. Marshall (26x, Actor)
Harry Townes (26x, Actor)
Eddie Albert (24x, Actor)
James Gregory (24x, Actor)
James Daly (23x, Actor)
Nina Foch (22x, Actress)
Jessica Tandy (15x, Actress)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:13301, Added: 05/06/2018, Last updated: 03/31/2024