Hume Cronyn

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Biography

Acting professional, screenwriter, and movie director who also starred in Cocoon and its own sequel. Like a stage acting professional, he received a Tony Honor for his part in 1964’s Hamlet. He was an effective amateur boxer, nearly producing the 1932 Canadian Olympic group. He gained an Academy Award nomination for Greatest Supporting Acting professional for his part in the 1944 film The Seventh Mix. He married celebrity and co-star Jessica Tandy, in 1942 plus they continued to be wedded until her loss of life in 1994. He analyzed under Maximum Reinhardt and acted in several Alfred Hitchcock movies, including Darkness of any doubt and Lifeboat.

Quick Facts

Full Name Hume Cronyn

Date Of Birth July 18, 1911

Died June 15, 2003, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

Place Of Birth London, Canada

Height 1.67 m

Profession Movie Actor

Education Ridley College, McGill University, American Academy of Dramatic Arts

Nationality Canadian, American

Spouse Susan Cooper, Jessica Tandy, Emily Woodruff

Children Tandy Cronyn, Christopher Cronyn

Parents Frances Amelia Cronyn, Hume Cronyn

IMDB http://imdb.com/name/nm0002025

Awards Kennedy Center Honors, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Movie, Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Movie, Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement, Drama Desk Special Award, Obie Award for Performance, Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Anthology Drama Adapted, Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Ensemble Acting

Nominations Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Tony Award for Best Lead Actor in a Play, Tony Award for Best Play, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries, or Motion Picture Made for Television, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special, Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer In A Children/Youth/Family Special

Movies Batteries Not Included, Cocoon, Shadow of a Doubt, Lifeboat, Cleopatra, The Seventh Cross, The World According to Garp, Marvin's Room, The Postman Always Rings Twice, The Pelican Brief, Cocoon: The Return, Brute Force, The Parallax View, People Will Talk, Rope, There Was a Crooked Man..., Brewster's Millions, Sunrise at Campobello, Conrack, The Green Years, Age Old Friends, Phantom of the Opera, Honky Tonk Freeway, Foxfire, To Dance with the White Dog, Under Capricorn, Gaily, Gaily, The Bride Goes Wild, Christmas On Division Street, Ziegfeld Follies, The Sailor Takes a Wife, A Letter for Evie, The Beginning or the End, 12 Angry Men, Main Street After Dark, Rollover, The Dollmaker, Top o' the Morning, Santa and Pete, Sea People, Camilla, Off Season, Seasons of Love, The Arrangement, Broadway Bound, The Moon And Sixpence, Impulse, Hamlet, A Separate Peace, People: A Musical Celebration, Crowded Paradise

TV Shows Seasons of Love, The Marriage, Chrysler Festival

Star Sign Cancer

#	Fact
1	He was nominated for a 1978 Antoinette Perry (Tony) Award for Best Actor in a Play for "The Gin Game" on Broadway in New York City.
2	He was awarded the 1985 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Distinguished Performance in Leading Role for the play, "Foxfire" at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
3	He was awarded the 1971 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Distinguished Performance for his performance in the play, "The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial," at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
4	During the shooting of There Was a Crooked Man... (1970) Cronyn was diagnosed with optic cancer which required the removal of an eye. Although this news upset director Joseph L. Mankiewicz very much, Cronyn was more than willing to work longer hours to complete his scenes and make him available for the necessary surgery.
5	He met wife Jessica Tandy in 1940 and they married in 1942.
6	He and wife Jessica Tandy partnered on screen in 13 movies between 1944 and 1994, usually playing a couple: The Seventh Cross (1944), Blonde Fever (1944), The Green Years (1946), The Moon and Sixpence (1959), Honky Tonk Freeway (1981), The World According to Garp (1982), Cocoon (1985), *batteries not included (1987), Foxfire (1987), Cocoon: The Return (1988), The Story Lady (1991), To Dance with the White Dog (1993) and Camilla (1994).
7	Acted with the Montreal repertory Company while still a student at McGill.
8	Inducted to Canada's Walk of Fame in 1999.
9	Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume 7, 2003-2005, pages 112-114. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2007.
10	The original screenplay of The Locket (1946), called "What Nancy Wanted", was written by Norma Barzman, who was married to writer Ben Barzman, who was blacklisted during the McCarthy "Red Scare" period of the 1940s and 1950s. She sold the script to Cronyn, who planned to direct the film with wife Jessica Tandy starring. Cronyn then sold the script to RKO, which assigned Sheridan Gibney to rewrite it.
11	7/11/88: He was awarded the O.C. (Officer of the Order of Canada) for his services to drama.
12	Was once a boxer who was nominated for the Canadian Olympic boxing team.
13	1972: Won an 1972-1973 Obie for Distinguished Performance for "Krapp's Last Tape".
14	In 1946 Elia Kazan, looking for an actress to play Blanche Dubois in his upcoming Broadway production of "Streetcar Named Desire", saw a Los Angeles production of Tennessee Williams' earlier play "Portrait of a Madonna" in which Cronyn directed his wife Jessica Tandy. He was so impressed by her performance that he offered her the role.
15	1990: He and wife Jessica Tandy were both honored with the American National Medal of the Arts from the National Endowment of the Arts in Washington DC.
16	Won two Tony Awards: in 1964, as Best Supporting or Featured Actor (Dramatic) for playing Polonius in Shakespeare/s "Hamlet," and, in 1994, a Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement that was shared with his wife, Jessica Tandy. And he was nominated six other times: as Best Actor (Dramatic), in 1961 for: Big Fish, Little Fish" and in 1967 for Edward Albee's "A Delicate Balance;" as Best Actor (Play), in 1978 for "The Gin Game" and in 1986 for "The Petition;" as Producer (Dramatic), in 1965 as co-producer of Best Play nominee "Slow Dance on the Killing Ground;" and as co-producer in 1978 of Best Play nominee "The Gin Game.".
17	Starred (with wife Jessica Tandy) as Ben Marriott on NBC Radio's "The Marriage" (1953-1954).
18	Stepchildren: Jonathan Grant and Kate Glennon.
19	Son: Christopher Cronyn, daughter: Tandy Cronyn. Granddaughter: Katherine Cronyn.
20	At time of death had eight grandchildren and five great-granchildren.
21	Appeared as Sosigenes in Cleopatra (1963), One film critic's witty appraisal of this mammoth, megastar, megabuck, four-hour production was, "I never miss a Hume Cronyn movie."
22	Became a US citizen late in life.
23	Attended Ridley College, St. Catharines, Ontario
24	Although not widely known, he had a glass eye, having lost the real one to cancer.
25	His father Hume Blake Cronyn has an observatory dedicated to him in the University of Western Ontario. The refractor telescope was the largest ever built in the western hemisphere at the time.
26	Won a Tony Award in 1964 for his performance as Polonius in the Richard Burton Broadway production of "Hamlet", which was recorded live on stage in a process known as Electronovision, and shown in movie theaters the same year (Hamlet (1964)).
27	1932: Member of the Kappa Alpha Society at the McGill University.

Actor

Title	Year	Status	Character
A Separate Peace	2004	TV Movie	Professor Carmichael
Off Season	2001	TV Movie	Sam Clausner
Yesterday's Children	2000	TV Movie	Old Sonny Sutton
Santa and Pete	1999	TV Movie	Saint Nick
Sea People	1999	TV Movie	Mr. John McRae
Seasons of Love	1999	TV Series	Lonzo
Angel Passing	1998	Short
Alone	1997	TV Movie	John Webb
12 Angry Men	1997	TV Movie	Juror #9
Marvin's Room	1996		Marvin
People: A Musical Celebration	1995	TV Movie	Grandpa (voice)
Camilla	1994		Ewald
The Pelican Brief	1993		Justice Rosenberg
To Dance with the White Dog	1993	TV Movie	Robert Samuel Peek
Broadway Bound	1992	TV Movie	Ben
Christmas on Division Street	1991	TV Movie	Cleveland Meriwether
Age-Old Friends	1989	TV Movie	John Cooper
Day One	1989	TV Movie	James F. Byrnes
Cocoon: The Return	1988		Joseph 'Joe' Finley
*batteries not included	1987		Frank Riley
Foxfire	1987	TV Movie	Hector Nations
Cocoon	1985		Joe Finley
Brewster's Millions	1985		Rupert Horn
Impulse	1984		Dr. Carr
The World According to Garp	1982		Mr. Fields
The Gin Game	1981	TV Movie	Weller Martin
Rollover	1981		Maxwell Emery
Honky Tonk Freeway	1981		Sherm
33 Hours in the Life of God	1976	TV Movie	Dr. Jaffe
The Parallax View	1974		Bill Rintels
Conrack	1974		Mr. Skeffington (School Superintendent)
Norman Corwin Presents	1972	TV Series
Hawaii Five-O	1970-1971	TV Series	Lewis Avery Filer
There Was a Crooked Man...	1970		Dudley Whinner
Gaily, Gaily	1969		Tim Grogan
The Arrangement	1969		Arthur Houghton
Hamlet	1964/I		Polonius
Cleopatra	1963		Sosigenes
Naked City	1961	TV Series	Professor Henry J. Fallon
The Barbara Stanwyck Show	1960	TV Series	Charles King
Sunrise at Campobello	1960		Louis Howe
Play of the Week	1960	TV Series	Jack Boyle
Juno and the Paycock	1960	TV Movie
A Doll's House	1959	TV Movie	Nils Krogstad
The Moon and Sixpence	1959	TV Movie	Dirk Stroeve
Alfred Hitchcock Presents	1956-1958	TV Series	Henry Daw / Fitzhugh Oldham
General Electric Theater	1956-1958	TV Series	Benedict Arnold Brummel / Ralph Whittemarc
The Loretta Young Show	1958	TV Series	Henry Goodens / Hap Martin
Telephone Time	1958	TV Series	Alfred Nobel
The DuPont Show of the Month	1958	TV Series
Studio 57	1957	TV Series	Mr. Shaw
Schlitz Playhouse	1957	TV Series	Wilbur Meeler
Studio One in Hollywood	1949-1957	TV Series	Ellis Davenport / Mr. Moore / Ben Hecht
The Alcoa Hour	1956-1957	TV Series	Ralph Grimes / Wise Gentleman / Sam Pickens
Chrysler Festival	1956	TV Series	Host
Crowded Paradise	1956		George Heath
Climax!	1956	TV Series	Reverend Mr. Muldoon
The United States Steel Hour	1956	TV Series	Priam Farll
Goodyear Playhouse	1955	TV Series	Ben Marriott
The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse	1950-1955	TV Series	Ben Marriott
Omnibus	1953-1955	TV Series	Harold 'Mitch' Mitchell / Bartender
Producers' Showcase	1955	TV Series	Michael
The Marriage	1954	TV Series	Ben Marriott / Narrator
The Motorola Television Hour	1954	TV Series	Anthony Updyke
Willys Theatre Presenting Ben Hecht's Tales of the City	1953	TV Series
People Will Talk	1951		Prof. Rodney Elwell
Pulitzer Prize Playhouse	1950	TV Series	Charles Ponzi
Suspense	1949-1950	TV Series	Sig / Dr. Violet
The Ford Theatre Hour	1949-1950	TV Series	Harry Binion / Hugo Barnstead
Top o' the Morning	1949		Hughie Devine
The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre	1949	TV Series
The Bride Goes Wild	1948		John McGrath
Brute Force	1947		Capt. Munsey
The Beginning or the End	1947		Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer
The Secret Heart	1946		Dinner Party Guest (voice, uncredited)
The Postman Always Rings Twice	1946		Arthur Keats
The Green Years	1946		Papa Leckie
A Letter for Evie	1946		John Phineas McPherson
The Sailor Takes a Wife	1945		Freddie Potts
Ziegfeld Follies	1945		Monty ('A Sweepstakes Ticket')
Main Street After Dark	1945		Keller
Blonde Fever	1944		Diner at Inn (uncredited)
The Seventh Cross	1944		Paul Roeder
Lifeboat	1944		Stanley Garrett
The Cross of Lorraine	1943		Duval
Phantom of the Opera	1943		Gerard
Shadow of a Doubt	1943		Herbie Hawkins

Producer

Title	Year	Status
Producers' Showcase	1955	TV Series producer - 1 episode
The Marriage	1954	TV Series producer - 8 episodes
Actor's Studio	1948	TV Series producer

Writer

Title	Year	Status
Foxfire	1987	TV Movie play
The Dollmaker	1984	TV Movie teleplay
Under Capricorn	1949	adaptation
Rope	1948	adapted by

Assistant Director

Title	Year	Status
Goodyear Playhouse	1955	TV Series assistant director - 1 episode
The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse	1955	TV Series assistant director - 1 episode
Actor's Studio	1948	TV Series first assistant director - 1 episode

Soundtrack

Title	Year	Status	Character
*batteries not included	1987	performer: "LET'S HAVE ANOTHER CUP OF COFFEE"
Foxfire	1987	TV Movie lyrics: "Dear Lord", "My Feet Took T'walkin'", "Sweet Talker"

Miscellaneous

Title	Year	Status	Character
To Dance with the White Dog	1993	TV Movie program consultant
Actor's Studio	1948	TV Series stage manager - 1 episode

Thanks

Title	Year	Status	Character
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood	2001	TV Movie documentary acknowledgment: still photographs provided by / very special thanks
'Fried Green Tomatoes': The Moments of Discovery	1998	Video documentary special thanks

Self

Title	Year	Status	Character
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There	2003	Documentary	Himself
The John Garfield Story	2003	TV Movie documentary	Himself
Intimate Portrait	2002	TV Series documentary	Himself
Broadway Legends	2002	TV Movie documentary	Himself
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood	2001	TV Movie documentary	Himself
'Rope' Unleashed	2001	Video documentary short	Himself
Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film	2000	Video documentary short	Himself
Reputations	1999	TV Series documentary	Himself - Actor and Friend
An African Love Story	1996	TV Movie documentary	Himself
The 50th Annual Tony Awards	1996	TV Special	Himself - Presenter: Best Revival of a Play
The 48th Annual Tony Awards	1994	TV Special	Himself - Winner: Lifetime Achievement Award
The 44th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards	1992	TV Special	Himself - Winner: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Special & Nominee: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special
The 64th Annual Academy Awards	1992	TV Special	Himself - Audience Member
The Chuck Woolery Show	1991	TV Series	Himself - Guest
The 15th Annual Women in Film Crystal Awards	1991	TV Special	Himself
Reflections on the Silver Screen	1990	TV Series	Himself
Night of 100 Stars III	1990	TV Movie	Himself
The 62nd Annual Academy Awards	1990	TV Special	Himself - Audience Member
The 40th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards	1988	TV Special	Himself - Nominee: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts	1987	TV Special documentary	Himself
Today	1967-1987	TV Series	Himself - Guest
The 41st Annual Tony Awards	1987	TV Special	Himself - Presenter: Best Leading Actress in a Play
The American Academy of Dramatic Arts Annual Tribute: A Salute to Kirk Douglas	1987	TV Movie	Himself - Speaker
The 40th Annual Tony Awards	1986	TV Special	Himself - Performer & Nominee: Best Leading Actor in a Play
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts	1986	TV Movie documentary	Himself - Honoree
The 37th Annual Tony Awards	1983	TV Special	Himself - Audience Member
The 35th Annual Tony Awards	1981	TV Special	Himself
Over Easy	1979	TV Series	Himself
The 32nd Annual Tony Awards	1978	TV Special	Himself - Nominee: Best Play & Best Actor in a Play
Dinah!	1975	TV Series	Himself - Guest
Dateline: Hollywood	1967	TV Series	Himself
The Joey Bishop Show	1967	TV Series	Himself
Here's Hollywood	1960	TV Series	Himself
The Ed Sullivan Show	1951-1959	TV Series	Himself / Jerry in a scene from 'A Pound on Demand' / Himself - Actor
Person to Person	1958	TV Series documentary	Himself
To Tell the Truth	1957	TV Series	Himself - Panelist
The Fred Waring Show	1951	TV Series	Himself

Archive Footage

Title	Year	Status	Character
Spisok korabley	2008	Documentary
James Dean: Forever Young	2005	Documentary	Himself
The 76th Annual Academy Awards	2004	TV Special	Himself (Memorial Tribute)
10th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards	2004	TV Special	Himself (Memorial Tribute)
Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years	2000	TV Movie documentary	Joseph Finley
Biography	1999	TV Series documentary	Joe Finley

Won awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie	Award shared with
1994	Primetime Emmy	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special	To Dance with the White Dog (1993)
1992	Primetime Emmy	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Special	Broadway Bound (1992)
1991	ACE	CableACE Awards	Actor in a Movie or Miniseries	Age-Old Friends (1989)
1990	Primetime Emmy	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special	Age-Old Friends (1989)
1985	Humanitas Prize	Humanitas Prize	90 Minute Category	The Dollmaker (1984)	· Susan Cooper
1985	WGA Award (TV)	Writers Guild of America, USA	Adapted Drama Anthology	The Dollmaker (1984)	· Susan Cooper

Nominated awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie	Award shared with
2005	Daytime Emmy	Daytime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Performer in a Children/Youth/Family Special	A Separate Peace (2004)
2002	Daytime Emmy	Daytime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Performer in a Children's Special	Off Season (2001)
2000	Daytime Emmy	Daytime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Performer in a Children's Special	Sea People (1999)
1998	Primetime Emmy	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie	12 Angry Men (1997)
1998	OFTA Television Award	Online Film & Television Association	Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture or Miniseries	12 Angry Men (1997)
1997	Actor	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by a Cast	Marvin's Room (1996)	· Meryl Streep · Leonardo DiCaprio · Diane Keaton · Robert De Niro · Gwen Verdon · Hal Scardino · Dan Hedaya
1993	Golden Globe	Golden Globes, USA	Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television	Broadway Bound (1992)
1992	Primetime Emmy	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special	Christmas on Division Street (1991)
1990	Saturn Award	Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA	Best Actor	Cocoon: The Return (1988)
1988	Primetime Emmy	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special	Foxfire (1987)
1986	Saturn Award	Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA	Best Actor	Cocoon (1985)
1984	Primetime Emmy	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Writing in a Limited Series or a Special	The Dollmaker (1984)	· Susan Cooper (writer)
1965	Grammy	Grammy Awards	Best Spoken Word Album		· Richard Burton · John Gielgud
1945	Oscar	Academy Awards, USA	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	The Seventh Cross (1944)

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1	[on working with Hitchcock] It was all cut in his head. You shot from the angle he wanted shot, with the result that very little film ended up on the floor. You really felt that you were in the presence of someone who was a real master of the craft.
2	[on why he asked to be released from his MGM contract] I remember beginning to realize that I was never going to do anything in California, but be another useful character actor, and that could continue that career indefinitely if I were prepared to.
3	[he one rule he follows as an actor] If you're doing the devil, look for the angel in him. If you're doing the angel, look for the devil in him.
4	To act you must have a sense of truth and some degree of dedication.
5	The whole business of marshaling one's energies becomes more and more important as one grows older.