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James Cromwell

James Cromwell TV Listings

ChannelDate & TimeTitleBuy
TVLANDSun, Nov 22, 3:30 AMThree's CompanyBuy
WGNAMEMon, Nov 23, 10:00 AMMatlockBuy
HBO2eTue, Nov 24, 1:35 AMAngels in America: Millennium ApproachesBuy
WGNAMETue, Nov 24, 10:00 AMMatlockBuy
HBOeTue, Nov 24, 3:00 PMSpace CowboysBuy
HBO2eWed, Nov 25, 1:30 AMAngels in America: PerestroikaBuy
TBSWed, Nov 25, 10:30 AMHome ImprovementBuy
ENCSat, Nov 28, 2:00 PMEraserBuy
AMCSat, Nov 28, 8:00 PMThe Green MileBuy
ENCSat, Nov 28, 10:00 PMEraserBuy
AMCSun, Nov 29, 11:30 AMThe Green MileBuy
HBO2eTue, Dec 1, 8:00 AMSpace CowboysBuy
FMCTue, Dec 1, 4:30 PMRevenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in ParadiseBuy
ENCThu, Dec 3, 1:20 AMSpecies IIBuy

James Cromwell Biography

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  • Birth Name: James Oliver Cromwell
  • Birth Place: Los Angeles, CA
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 01/27/1940, Aquarius
  • Profession: Actor
James Cromwell Fast Facts:
  • Father was noted film director John Cromwell (Since You Went Away, Abe Lincoln in Illinois) and mother, Kay Johnson, was an actor.
  • Was a member of the radical civil-rights group the Blank Panthers in the 1960s.
  • First major TV role came in 1974, when he won the part of Archie Bunker's pal Jerome "Stretch" Cunningham on the sitcom All in the Family.
  • Made his big-screen debut in the 1976 mystery spoof Murder by Death.
  • Had difficulty getting roles early in his career because of his height (nearly 6' 7"); however, in 1995, he became the tallest actor ever nominated for an Academy Award for his work in Babe.
  • Has been arrested several times for his political activism: at a 1971 anti-Vietnam War demonstration where he grabbed a police officer who allegedly assaulted a woman; and in 2001, for trespassing during an animal-rights demonstration against Wendy's restaurants in Virginia.
    James Cromwell Relationships:
  • Anne Ulvestad - Ex-wife
  • Colin Cromwell - Son
  • John - Son
  • John Cromwell - Father
  • Julie Cobb - Wife
  • Kate Cromwell - Daughter
  • Kay Johnson - Mother
  • Rosemary Morgan - Stepdaughter
  • Ruth Nelson - Stepmother

  • James Cromwell Awards:
  • 2001 Emmy: Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series - Nominee
  • 2003 Emmy: Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series - Nominee
  • 2000 Emmy: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie - Nominee
  • 1995 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role - Nominee

  • College:
  • Attended Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT; attended Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh, PA
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