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).

Credits include: Jerry Maguire, Bedazzled, Cowboys & Aliens, Rescue Dawn and Vegas Vacation

Credits include: Before the Devil Knows You're Dead, Storytelling, Celebrity, Boardwalk Empire and Wrong Turn 2: Dead End

Credits include: Argo, 12 Years a Slave, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Killing Them Softly and Non-Stop

Credits include: Guardians of the Galaxy, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, The Fall and Captain Marvel

Credits include: Pitch Perfect, Hamlet 2, 21 and Over, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and Ghosts of War

Credits include: Argo, Red State, Madame Web, Grand Piano and Halt and Catch Fire

Credits include: Arrival, Marriage Story, Bad Times at the El Royale, Ready or Not and Anon

Credits include: Absentia, Next Exit, Screaming Meemies, Conventional and The Romance of Certain Old Clothes

Credits include: The Martian, Blade Runner 2049, Terminator: Dark Fate, San Junipero and Tully

Credits include: Halt and Catch Fire, Kali, Valley of the Heart's Delight and Flipping the Switch