FAIRFIELD, Conn. (AP) — Hume Cronyn, a veteran stage and screen actor who charmed audiences with his portrayals of irascible old men and frequently paired up with his wife, Jessica Tandy, has died of ...

Stage and screen actor Hume Cronyn, who with his wife of 52 years, Jessica Tandy, was half of one of the theater world’s most formidable pairings, died Sunday in Fairfield, Conn., of prostate cancer.

FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- Hume Cronyn, the versatile stage and screen actor who charmed audiences with his portrayals of irascible old men and frequently paired up with his wife, Jessica Tandy, has died of ...

Hume Cronyn, the short, wiry actor with a drive for perfectionism who over a seven-decade career turned out memorable stage and screen portrayals of ordinary, often cantankerous characters, died of ...

Fairfield, Connecticut - He was best known to modern moviegoers as one of the old men in “Cocoon,” but Hume Cronyn’s acting career spanned seven decades.A family spokeswoman says Cronyn died of ...

FAIRFIELD, Conn. - Hume Cronyn, the versatile stage and screen actor who charmed audiences with his portrayals of irascible old men and frequently paired up with his wife, Jessica Tandy, has died of ...

Canadian-born Hume Cronyn, shown having tea in Toronto in 1991. The veteran stage and screen actor who charmed audiences with his portrayals of irascible old men and frequently paired with his wife, ...

His 70-year acting career began with one newspaper praising him as one of Hollywood's "most vivid young character actors" and it concluded with a string of portrayals of irascible old men. But even in ...