Hume Cronyn

Hume Cronyn (1911 - 2003)
==Film Deaths:==
*The Cross of Lorraine (1943) [Andre Duval]: Shot to death by Nazi guards when he runs out into the POW camp yard in panic after the other prisoners threaten to kill him.
*Brute Force (1947) [Captain Munsey]: Thrown from the burning guardtower and into the prison yard by Burt Lancaster during a jailbreak.
*Cleopatra (1963) [Sosigenes]: Stabbed in the chest when Roddy McDowall throws spear into him.
*Hamlet (1964) [Polonius]: Stabbed to death through a curtain by Richard Burton, who had mistaken him for Alfred Drake. (I haven't seen this version, but we all know the story...)
*The Parallax View (1974) [Bill Rintels]: Poisoned (off-screen) by Bill McKinney, using a drug (in his food) that simulates a heart attack; his body is shown sitting in his office afterwards. (Thanks to Janet)
*Rollover (1981) [Maxwell Emery]: Commits suicide by shooting himself in the head.
*The World According to Garp (1982) [Mr. Fields]: Dies (off-screen) shortly after an argument with his daughter (Glenn Close).
*Brewster's Millions (1985) [Uncle Rupert Horn]: Dies (off-screen) of old age/natural causes, shortly before the story begins. He only appears in a filmed will that he leaves for Richard Pryor.
*Cocoon: The Return (1988) [Joe Finley]: Dies of cancer, after using up his alien-given 'life force' to heal Jessica Tandy after she'd been hit by a car. (Thanks to Stephen)
*The Pelican Brief (1993) [Supreme Court Justice Rosenberg]: Shot in the head by Stanley Tucci in his hospital room. 
==TV Deaths:==
*Christmas on Division Street (1991 TV) [Cleveland Meriwether]: Freezes to death (off-screen) during a snowstorm. His body is discovered by Fred Savage.
*To Dance With the White Dog (1993 TV) [Sam Peek]: Dies (off-screen) of pneumonia and the effects of an infection/hip injury that caused his earlier fall into a river. The closing scene shows his son (Frank Whaley) at Hume's grave.
==Gallery==
 
File:Sosigenes dead.webp|Hume Cronyn in Cleopatra 
File:The.Pelican.Brief.1993 @Ti 01310 @R2358.jpg|Hume Cronyn in The Pelican Brief 
==Notable Connections:==
*Son of Hume Cronyn Sr. (Former MP for the Canadian Parliament)
*Mr. Jessica Tandy (widowed)
*Mr. Susan Cooper (playwright/screenwriter)
*Father of Tandy Cronyn
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