Hume Cronyn: movies and TV shows
Hume Cronyn has 104 credits in the archive: 72 films and 32 TV series, from 1943 to 2004. Highest rated: Hallmark Hall of Fame (8.8/10).
Career timeline
1943 – 2004 · busiest year: 1948 (9 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | A Separate Peace | Professor Carmichael | Film | 5.3 | 92 |
| 2003 | Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | Self | Film | 7.0 | 91 |
| 2003 | The John Garfield Story | Self | Film | 8.4 | 91 |
| 2001 | Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood | Self | Film | 7.2 | 89 |
| 2001 | Rope Unleashed | Self | Film | 7.3 | 89 |
| 2001 | Off Season | Sam Clausner | Film | 4.4 | 89 |
| 2000 | Yesterday's Children | Old Sonny Sutton | Film | 7.4 | 88 |
| 2000 | Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film | Self | Film | 7.3 | 88 |
| 1999 | Seasons of Love | Lonzo | TV | 8.0 | 87 |
| 1999 | Santa and Pete | Saint Nick | Film | 5.8 | 87 |
| 1999 | Sea People | Mr. John McRae | Film | 6.6 | 87 |
| 1999 | Omnibus: Television's Golden Age | Self - Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 87 |
| 1998 | Angel Passing | Pianist | Film | 8.0 | 86 |
| 1997 | 12 Angry Men | Juror 9 | Film | 7.7 | 85 |
| 1997 | Alone | John Webb | Film | 6.7 | 85 |
| 1996 | Marvin's Room | Marvin Wakefield | Film | 6.7 | 84 |
| 1996 | An African love story | Self | Film | 10.0 | 84 |
| 1995 | People: A Musical Celebration | Grandpa (voice) | Film | 6.6 | 83 |
| 1994 | Hitchcock: Alfred the Great | Himself | Film | 7.0 | 82 |
| 1994 | Camilla | Ewald | Film | 5.6 | 82 |
| 1993 | The Pelican Brief | Justice Rosenberg | Film | 6.6 | 81 |
| 1993 | To Dance with the White Dog | Robert Samuel Peek | Film | 7.2 | 81 |
| 1992 | Broadway Bound | Ben | Film | 6.5 | 80 |
| 1991 | Christmas on Division Street | Cleveland Meriwether | Film | 6.5 | 79 |
| 1990 | Night of 100 Stars III | Self | Film | 4.0 | 78 |
| 1989 | Age-Old Friends | John Cooper | Film | 7.7 | 77 |
| 1989 | Day One | James F. Byrnes | Film | 6.2 | 77 |
| 1989 | The Wilderness Idea: John Muir, Gifford Pinchot, and the First Great Battle for Wilderness | Narrator (Voice) | Film | 9.0 | 77 |
| 1988 | American Experience | Narrator (voice) | TV | 6.5 | 76 |
| 1988 | Cocoon: The Return | Joe Finley | Film | 6.5 | 76 |
| 1987 | *batteries not included | Frank Riley | Film | 6.7 | 75 |
| 1987 | Foxfire | Hector Nations | Film | 7.2 | 75 |
| 1987 | Foxfire | Film | 7.2 | 75 | |
| 1985 | Cocoon | Joseph Finley | Film | 6.6 | 73 |
| 1985 | Brewster's Millions | Rupert Horn | Film | 6.6 | 73 |
| 1984 | Impulse | Dr. Carr | Film | 5.3 | 72 |
| 1984 | The Dollmaker | Film | 7.7 | 72 | |
| 1982 | American Playhouse | Weller Martin | TV | 6.6 | 70 |
| 1982 | The World According to Garp | Mr. Fields | Film | 6.7 | 70 |
| 1981 | Honky Tonk Freeway | Sherm | Film | 5.3 | 69 |
| 1981 | Rollover | Maxwell Emery | Film | 5.2 | 69 |
| 1981 | The Gin Game | Weller Martin | Film | 8.5 | 69 |
| 1978 | The Kennedy Center Honors | Self | TV | 7.4 | 66 |
| 1974 | The Parallax View | Bill Rintels | Film | 6.8 | 62 |
| 1974 | Conrack | Skeffington | Film | 6.8 | 62 |
| 1970 | There Was a Crooked Man... | Dudley Whinner | Film | 6.8 | 58 |
| 1969 | The Arrangement | Arthur Houghton | Film | 6.5 | 57 |
| 1969 | Gaily, Gaily | Tim Grogan | Film | 4.3 | 57 |
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-O | Lewis Avery Filer | TV | 7.2 | 56 |
| 1964 | Hamlet | Polonius | Film | 6.9 | 52 |
| 1963 | Cleopatra | Sosigenes | Film | 7.0 | 51 |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show | Self | TV | 6.6 | 50 |
| 1960 | The Barbara Stanwyck Show | Charles King | TV | 6.4 | 48 |
| 1960 | Sunrise at Campobello | Louis Howe | Film | 6.0 | 48 |
| 1959 | The Moon and Sixpence | Dirk Stroeve | Film | 7.0 | 47 |
| 1959 | A Doll's House | Krogstad | Film | 10.0 | 47 |
| 1958 | Naked City | Professor Henry J. Fallon | TV | 5.7 | 46 |
| 1957 | DuPont Show of the Month | Uncle Pio | TV | 7.4 | 45 |
| 1956 | Telephone Time | TV | 6.5 | 44 | |
| 1956 | Crowded Paradise | George Heath | Film | 8.0 | 44 |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Henry Daw | TV | 7.8 | 43 |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Fitzhugh Oldham | TV | 7.8 | 43 |
| 1955 | The Fourposter | Film | 10.0 | 43 | |
| 1954 | Climax! | Reverend Mr. Muldoon | TV | 3.8 | 42 |
| 1954 | The Marriage | Ben Marriott | TV | 7.0 | 42 |
| 1953 | Letter to Loretta | Hap Martin | TV | 6.6 | 41 |
| 1953 | Letter to Loretta | Henry Goodens | TV | 6.6 | 41 |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Ralph Whitemore | TV | 6.8 | 41 |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Benedict Arnold Brummel | TV | 6.8 | 41 |
| 1952 | Omnibus | TV | 6.3 | 40 | |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Nils Krogstad | TV | 8.8 | 39 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Hector | TV | 8.8 | 39 |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Wilbur Meeler | TV | 7.2 | 39 |
| 1951 | People Will Talk | Rodney Elwell | Film | 7.1 | 39 |
| 1949 | Suspense | Dr. Violet | TV | 5.1 | 37 |
| 1949 | Suspense | TV | 5.1 | 37 | |
| 1949 | Suspense | Sig | TV | 5.1 | 37 |
| 1949 | Under Capricorn | Film | 6.0 | 37 | |
| 1949 | Top o' the Morning | Hughie Devine | Film | 5.6 | 37 |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse | TV | 6.6 | 36 | |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse | Ben Marriott | TV | 6.6 | 36 |
| 1948 | Studio One | Ben Hecht | TV | 5.4 | 36 |
| 1948 | Studio One | Ellis Davenport | TV | 5.4 | 36 |
| 1948 | Studio One | Mr. Moore | TV | 5.4 | 36 |
| 1948 | Studio One | Pop Thatcher | TV | 5.4 | 36 |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | TV | 6.8 | 36 |
| 1948 | Rope | Film | 7.9 | 36 | |
| 1948 | The Bride Goes Wild | John McGrath | Film | 6.7 | 36 |
| 1947 | Brute Force | Capt. Munsey | Film | 7.3 | 35 |
| 1947 | The Beginning or the End | Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer | Film | 6.4 | 35 |
| 1946 | The Postman Always Rings Twice | Arthur Keats | Film | 7.1 | 34 |
| 1946 | The Green Years | Papa Leckie | Film | 6.4 | 34 |
| 1946 | The Secret Heart | Dinner Party Guest (Voice) | Film | 6.5 | 34 |
| 1946 | A Letter for Evie | John Phineas McPherson | Film | 6.9 | 34 |
| 1945 | Ziegfeld Follies | Monty (segment "A Sweepstakes Ticket") | Film | 6.0 | 33 |
| 1945 | Main Street After Dark | Keller | Film | 4.5 | 33 |
| 1945 | The Sailor Takes a Wife | Freddie Potts | Film | 8.0 | 33 |
| 1944 | Lifeboat | Stanley "Sparks" Garrett | Film | 7.4 | 32 |
| 1944 | The Seventh Cross | Paul Roeder | Film | 6.8 | 32 |
| 1944 | Blonde Fever | Restaurant Patron (uncredited) | Film | 3.9 | 32 |
| 1943 | Shadow of a Doubt | Herbie Hawkins | Film | 7.5 | 31 |
| 1943 | Phantom of the Opera | Gerard | Film | 6.2 | 31 |
| 1943 | The Cross of Lorraine | Duval | Film | 6.5 | 31 |
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