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: Candy, The Interview, The Big Store, Inspector Gadget 2 and Ziegfeld Girl

Credits include: John Doe: Vigilante, Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan, Coffin Rock, Gallipoli and 1%

Credits include: The Little Death, Redd Inc., Moon Rock for Monday, Whiteley and Book Week

Credits include: Shutter, The Reef, Rake, Surviving Summer and Secrets & Lies

Credits include: The Nightingale, The Stranger, Sweet Country, The Mule and The Luminaries

Credits include: Gretel & Hansel, These Final Hours, OtherLife, The Union and The Rezort

Credits include: Shadow in the Cloud, The Paragon and Operation Buffalo

Credits include: Operation Buffalo, Les Norton and Australian Gangster

Credits include: Operation Buffalo