James Cromwell
James Cromwell
Age: 72
Height: 6' 7"
Birth place: Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Born in Los Angeles but raised in Manhattan and educated at Middlebury College and Carnegie Tech, James Cromwell - the son of noted film director John Cromwell - studied acting at Carnegie-Mellon. He went into the theater (like both his parents) doing everything from Shakespeare to experimental plays. He started doing TV in 1974, gaining some notice in a recurring role as Archie Bunker's buddy Stretch Cunningham in "All in the Family" (1971), made his film debut in 1976, and goes back to the stage - www.imdb.com
James Oliver Cromwell (born January 27, 1940) is an American film and television actor. Some of his more notable roles are in Babe (1995), for which he earned Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor, L.A. Confidential (1997), The Green Mile (1999), and in the television series Six Feet Under (2003-2005). He has been nominated for an Oscar, three Emmy Awards, and four Screen Actors Guild Awards during his career. Contents - en.wikipedia.org
James Cromwell played kindly Farmer Hoggett in the 1995 movie Babe, winning an Oscar nomination as best supporting actor for the role. Cromwell was already a veteran character actor who had begun working in television in the early 1970s. He played Archie Bunker's friend Stretch Cunningham on the sitcom All In the Family and made dozens of guest appearances in shows like M*A*S*H (with Alan Alda) and Three's Company (with Suzanne Somers). He made his feature film debut in the 1976 spoof Murder by Death and wo - www.answers.com
James Cromwell stars in this heartwarming adaptation of the acclaimed best-seller about an 8-year-old Cherokee boy (Joseph Ashton) in Tennessee's Smoky Mountains during the 1930s who is sent to live with his grandparents after the loss of his parents. His new mountain-dwelling life is filled with joy, discovery, setbacks, triumphs and good friends such as mystical Cherokee seer Willow John (Graham Greene). watch - www.tvguide.com