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Dropping like flies
Hume Cronyn, one of the foremost character actors of the American stage and screen for more than 60 years, died on Sunday at his home in Fairfield, Conn. He was 91.
Cronyn, a compact, restless man who was once an amateur boxer and remained a featherweight 127 pounds all his life, was at home in everything from Shakespeare and Chekhov to Albee and Beckett. Among his notable Broadway successes were "A Delicate Balance," "The Gin Game" and "Coward in Two Keys."
He was nominated for an Oscar for the 1944 film "Seventh Cross" with Spencer Tracy. More than 40 years later, when he was in his 70s, he won fresh recognition on film as Joe Finley, one of a group of elderly people who seek eternal youth in the popular movies "Cocoon" and "Cocoon: The Return."
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