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James Cromwell TV Listings

ChannelDate & TimeTitleBuy
TMCeThu, Jan 8, 10:40 PMThe General's DaughterBuy
TMCeFri, Jan 9, 7:30 AMDeep ImpactBuy
OXYGNSat, Jan 10, 8:00 PMThe QueenBuy
OXYGNSat, Jan 10, 10:00 PMThe QueenBuy
STRZ1Sun, Jan 11, 11:45 AMSpider-Man 3Buy
USASun, Jan 11, 5:00 PMThe QueenBuy
STRZ1Sun, Jan 11, 9:00 PMSpider-Man 3Buy
USAMon, Jan 12, 12:00 AMThe QueenBuy
STRZ1Mon, Jan 12, 4:05 AMSpider-Man 3Buy
HBO2eTue, Jan 13, 6:00 AMRevenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in ParadiseBuy
TMCeTue, Jan 13, 6:00 AMDeep ImpactBuy
TMCeTue, Jan 13, 2:45 PMDeep ImpactBuy
FXTue, Jan 13, 7:30 PMI, RobotBuy
FXWed, Jan 14, 5:00 PMI, RobotBuy
TBSThu, Jan 15, 1:30 PMHome ImprovementBuy
CINEMAXSat, Jan 17, 5:15 PMSpace CowboysBuy
FXSat, Jan 17, 7:30 PMI, RobotBuy
MOMAXeSun, Jan 18, 7:35 AMThe Education of Little TreeBuy
FXSun, Jan 18, 6:00 PMI, RobotBuy
BRAVOMon, Jan 19, 8:00 PMThe QueenBuy
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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:
  • Rosemary Morgan - Stepdaughter
  • Kay Johnson - Mother
  • John Cromwell - Father
  • Julie Cobb - Wife
  • Anne Ulvestad - Ex-wife
  • Colin Cromwell - Son
  • John - Son
  • Kate Cromwell - Daughter
  • 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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