in BABE (Universal) James Cromwell ("Farmer Hoggett" in BABE) is probably most familiar to his audiences from his role as "Stretch" on the popular television series All in the Family. Other TV work includes roles on Easy Street, and Mama's Boy, as well as guest appearances on L.A.Law, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Hill Street Blues, Dallas, M*A*S*H, and Twilight Zone. In film, Cromwell appeared in the original Revenge of the Nerds and its two sequels, Pink Cadillac, The Man With Two Brains, The Cheap Detective and Murder By Death. Cromwell was born in Hollywood, California, to parents, Kate Johnson and John Cromwell (director of the original versions of The Prisoner of Zenda and Of Human Bondage.) In Sweden, during his college years, Cromwell watched his father direct a movie and first caught the acting bug. Upon his return to the United States, he entered Carnegie Mellon University to study acting and directing. |