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James Cromwell TV Listings

ChannelDate & TimeTitleBuy
AMCSun, Nov 8, 6:00 PMThe Green MileBuy
AMCMon, Nov 9, 1:00 PMThe Green MileBuy
HBO2eMon, Nov 9, 10:00 PMAngels in America: PerestroikaBuy
HBOeFri, Nov 13, 2:00 PMSpace CowboysBuy
TNTFri, Nov 13, 9:00 PMThe Longest YardBuy
TNTFri, Nov 13, 11:30 PMThe Longest YardBuy
FXSat, Nov 14, 10:00 AMThe BachelorBuy
FXSun, Nov 15, 8:00 AMThe BachelorBuy
TVLANDSun, Nov 15, 9:30 PMM*A*S*HBuy
FMCMon, Nov 16, 2:30 AMRevenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in ParadiseBuy
HBOeMon, Nov 16, 7:45 AMSpace CowboysBuy
HALMRKTue, Nov 17, 7:30 PMM*A*S*HBuy
HBO2eThu, Nov 19, 5:00 PMAngels in America: Millennium ApproachesBuy
AMCThu, Nov 19, 8:00 PMThe Green MileBuy
AMCFri, Nov 20, 1:00 PMThe Green MileBuy
HBO2eFri, Nov 20, 4:45 PMAngels in America: PerestroikaBuy
TNTSat, Nov 21, 2:00 AMAvengerBuy
OXYGNSat, Nov 21, 11:00 PMBecoming JaneBuy
TVLANDSun, Nov 22, 3:30 AMThree's CompanyBuy

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

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