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: Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, Flower Drum Song, The Wrecking Crew, The World of Suzie Wong and Fate Is the Hunter

Credits include: M*A*S*H, The Astro-Zombies, Pocket Money, Chamber of Horrors and The Killing Time

Credits include: Romero, Falcon Crest, Miracle Landing, Condominium and Coward of the County

Credits include: Captain America II: Death Too Soon, The Greatest American Hero, I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus, The Bermuda Depths and Brotherhood of the Rose