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Hume Cronyn

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Canadian-American actor (1911-2003)

United StatesActorsLived 1911 to 2003 · aged 91
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Hume Blake Cronyn Jr. was a Canadian-American actor, screenwriter and playwright.

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L-R: Walter Slezak, John Hodiak, Tallulah Bankhead, Henry Hull, William Bendix, Heather Angel, Mary Anderson, Canada Lee, and Hume Cronyn in Alfred Hitchcock's Lifeboat (1944)L-R: Walter Slezak, John Hodiak, Tallulah Bankhead, Henry Hull, William Bendix, Heather Angel, Mary Anderson, Canada Lee, and Hume Cronyn in Alfred Hitchcock's Lifeboat (1944)Cronyn and Jessica Tandy at the 1988 Emmy AwardsCronyn and Jessica Tandy at the 1988 Emmy Awards

Filmography 40

The Pelican Brief1993 · ★ 6.6
Cleopatra1963 · ★ 7.1
Cocoon1985 · ★ 6.6
Shadow of a Doubt1943 · ★ 7.5
12 Angry Men1997 · ★ 7.7
*batteries not included1987 · ★ 6.7
Brewster's Millions1985 · ★ 6.6
Cocoon: The Return1988 · ★ 6.5
Marvin's Room1996 · ★ 6.7
Lifeboat1944 · ★ 7.4
The World According to Garp1982 · ★ 6.7
The Postman Always Rings Twice1946 · ★ 7.1
The Parallax View1974 · ★ 6.8
Phantom of the Opera1943 · ★ 6.2
Brute Force1947 · ★ 7.3
Under Capricorn1949 · ★ 6.0
There Was a Crooked Man...1970 · ★ 6.8
People Will Talk1951 · ★ 7.1
Ziegfeld Follies1945 · ★ 6.0
The Arrangement1969 · ★ 6.6
Impulse1984 · ★ 5.2
The Seventh Cross1944
Conrack1974
Yesterday's Children2000
Rollover1981
Honky Tonk Freeway1981
Camilla1994
The Cross of Lorraine1943
Sunrise at Campobello1960
The Green Years1946
The Dollmaker1984
Day One1989
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood2001
The Beginning or the End1947
Foxfire1987
The Secret Heart1946
To Dance with the White Dog1993
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There2003
Christmas on Division Street1991
Gaily, Gaily1969

103 credits on file

Television 21

Hawaii Five-O1968
American Experience1988
The Merv Griffin Show1962
The Philco Television Playhouse1948
Climax!1954
Studio One1948
Naked City1958
The Ed Sullivan Show1948
Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955
Suspense1949
Omnibus1952
Telephone Time1956
The Kennedy Center Honors1978
The Barbara Stanwyck Show1960
Letter to Loretta1953
Hallmark Hall of Fame1951
DuPont Show of the Month1957
General Electric Theater1953
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars1951
Seasons of Love1999
The Marriage1954

Awards 8

1999Canada's Walk of Fame
1994Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
1992Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
1990National Medal of Arts
1990Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
1964Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play
Officer of the Order of Canada
Kennedy Center Honors

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Connected to Hume 6

John SteinbeckAlso in Lifeboat (1944)Patrick BreenAlso in Day One (1989)Gene KellyAlso in The Cross of Lorraine (1943)Claudette ColbertAlso in The Secret Heart (1946)Martha PlimptonAlso in Rollover (1981)Lana TurnerAlso in The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)

About this person

Hume Blake Cronyn Jr. was a Canadian-American actor, screenwriter and playwright. He appeared in many stage productions, television and film roles throughout his career, and received many honors, including three Primetime Emmy Awards and two Tony Awards, as well as nominations for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award. Cronyn was the husband of actress Jessica Tandy, with whom he was presented the Kennedy Center Honor in 1986 and National Medal of Arts in 1990. In 1999, he was awarded with a star on the Canada's Walk of Fame.

Country
United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1911 to 2003 · aged 91
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25 languages

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