Hume Cronyn
Acting
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.
Born: July 18, 1911
Place of Birth: London, Ontario, Canada
Known For
A Doll's House
A wealthy woman's attempts to help her financially troubled husband go unrewarded.
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The longest-running primetime series in the history of television, it has a historically long run, beginning during 1951 and continuing into 2013. From 1954 onward, all of its productions have been shown in color, although color television video productions were extremely rare in 1954. Many television movies have been shown on the program since its debut, though the program began with live telecasts of dramas and then changed to videotaped productions before finally changing to filmed ones. The series has received eighty Emmy Awards, twenty-four Christopher Awards, eleven Peabody Awards, nine Golden Globes, and four Humanitas Prizes. Once a common practice in American television, it is the last remaining television program such that the title includes the name of the sponsor. Unlike other long-running TV series still on the air, it differs in that it broadcasts only occasionally and not on a weekly broadcast programming schedule.
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The longest-running primetime series in the history of television, it has a historically long run, beginning during 1951 and continuing into 2013. From 1954 onward, all of its productions have been shown in color, although color television video productions were extremely rare in 1954. Many television movies have been shown on the program since its debut, though the program began with live telecasts of dramas and then changed to videotaped productions before finally changing to filmed ones. The series has received eighty Emmy Awards, twenty-four Christopher Awards, eleven Peabody Awards, nine Golden Globes, and four Humanitas Prizes. Once a common practice in American television, it is the last remaining television program such that the title includes the name of the sponsor. Unlike other long-running TV series still on the air, it differs in that it broadcasts only occasionally and not on a weekly broadcast programming schedule.
The Gin Game
Weller Martin and Fonsia Dorsey, two elderly residents at a nursing home for senior citizens, strike up an acquaintance. Neither seems to have any other friends, and they start to enjoy each other's company. Weller offers to teach Fonsia how to play gin rummy, and they begin playing a series of games that Fonsia always wins. Weller's inability to win a single hand becomes increasingly frustrating to him, while Fonsia becomes increasingly confident. While playing their games of gin, they engage in lengthy conversations about their families and their lives in the outside world. Gradually, each conversation becomes a battle, much like the ongoing gin games, as each player tries to expose the other's weaknesses, to belittle the other's life, and to humiliate the other thoroughly.
The John Garfield Story
This documentary looks at the life and career of John Garfield, whose career was cut short when he died at age 39. His difficult childhood in the rough neighborhoods of New York City provided the perfect background for the tough-guy roles he would play on both stage and screen.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
Age-Old Friends
John Cooper is in a retirement home. There are strict rules for the residents, but he refuses to fall into passivity. He flirts constantly with Nurse Wilson and spends time with his best buddy Michael Aylott, who's slowly drifting into senility.
12 Angry Men
During the trial of a man accused of his father's murder, a lone juror takes a stand against the guilty verdict handed down by the others as a result of their preconceptions and prejudices.
Shadow of a Doubt
In sleepy Santa Rosa, restless young Charlie’s world brightens when her sophisticated Uncle Charlie arrives for a long visit. But as his behavior grows increasingly strange, she begins to suspect that her beloved uncle may be hiding a terrible secret—and that danger has quietly entered her home.
Filmography
as Professor Carmichael
as Self
as Sam Clausner
as Self
as Old Sonny Sutton
as Saint Nick
as Mr. John McRae
as Pianist
as John Webb
as Juror 9
as Marvin Wakefield
as Grandpa (voice)
as Ewald
as Robert Samuel Peek
as Justice Rosenberg
as Ben
as Cleveland Meriwether
as Self
as John Cooper
as James F. Byrnes
as Narrator (voice)
as Joe Finley
as Frank Riley
as Hector Nations
as Joseph Finley
as Rupert Horn
as Dr. Carr
as Mr. Fields
as Maxwell Emery
as Sherm
as Weller Martin
as Self
as Bill Rintels
as Skeffington
as Dudley Whinner
as Tim Grogan
as Arthur Houghton
as Lewis Avery Filer
as Polonius
as Sosigenes
as Self
as Louis Howe
as Charles King
as Krogstad
as Dirk Stroeve
as Professor Henry J. Fallon
as Uncle Pio
as George Heath
as Self - Nominee
as Self
as Henry Daw
as Fitzhugh Oldham
as Reverend Mr. Muldoon
as Hap Martin
as Henry Goodens
as Ralph Whitemore
as Benedict Arnold Brummel
as Nils Krogstad
as Hector
as Wilbur Meeler
as Prof. Rodney Elwell
as Hughie Devine
as Dr. Violet
as Sig
as Ben Hecht
as Mr. Moore
as Ellis Davenport
as Pop Thatcher
as Ben Marriott
as Self
as John McGrath
as Capt. Munsey
as Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer
as Dinner Party Guest (Voice)
as Papa Leckie
as Arthur Keats
as John Phineas McPherson
as Freddie Potts
as Monty (segment "A Sweepstakes Ticket")
as Keller
as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
as Paul Roeder
as Stanley "Sparks" Garrett
as Duval
as Gerard
as Herbie Hawkins