Biography
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 (13)
12 Angry Men
as Juror 9
Marvin's Room
as Marvin Wakefield
The Pelican Brief
as Justice Rosenberg
Cocoon: The Return
as Joe Finley
*batteries not included
as Frank Riley
Cocoon
as Joseph Finley
Brewster's Millions
as Rupert Horn
The Parallax View
as Bill Rintels
Cleopatra
as Sosigenes
The Postman Always Rings Twice
as Arthur Keats
Lifeboat
as Stanley "Sparks" Garrett
Phantom of the Opera
as Gerard
Shadow of a Doubt
as Herbie Hawkins