Person · Actor and screenwriter · Active 1934–1996
Hume Cronyn
1911–2003, London
Canadian actor and screenwriter, born in London. Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Appeared in 31 films on this site, including Shadow of a Doubt (1943), Cleopatra (1963) and Marvin's Room (1996).
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.
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He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in The Seventh Cross (1944) and won a Tony Award for his performance as Polonius opposite Richard Burton's Hamlet (1964).
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Regulars
Films in this guide
Best known
- Shadow of a Doubt 1943actor
- Rope 1948screenwriter
- Cleopatra 1963actor, as Sosigenes
- Marvin's Room 1996actor, as Marvin
- The Pelican Brief 1993actor
- Lifeboat 1944actor
1940s
- Shadow of a Doubt (1943)actor
- The Cross of Lorraine (1943)actor
- Lifeboat (1944)actor
- The Seventh Cross (1944)actor
- Ziegfeld Follies (1945)actor
- A Letter for Evie (1946)actor
- The Green Years (1946)actor
- The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)actor
- The Secret Heart (1946)actor
- Brute Force (1947)actor
- The Beginning or the End (1947)actor
- Rope (1948)screenwriter
- The Bride Goes Wild (1948)actor
- Under Capricorn (1949)screenwriter
1950s
1960s
- Sunrise at Campobello (1960)actor
- Cleopatra (1963)actor, as Sosigenes
- Richard Burton's Hamlet (1964)actor, as Polonius
- Gaily, Gaily (1969)actor
- The Arrangement (1969)actor
1970s
1980s
1990s
- The Pelican Brief (1993)actor
- Camilla (1994)actor
- Marvin's Room (1996)actor, as Marvin