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: Eurotrip, Reacher, Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li, Smallville and Earthsea

Credits include: Chloe, Anne, Twilight of the Ice Nymphs, Clara and Full-Court Miracle

Credits include: Timeline, Possessor, Orphan: First Kill, High Life and Hellions

Credits include: Battlestar Galactica, Battlestar Galactica: The Plan, The Monster, Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance and Killer Mountain

Credits include: Murder in a Small Town, The J Team, Prized Possessions, A Touch of Panic and Fall from Grace

Credits include: Murder in a Small Town, Dead in the Water, The Madness Method, Shot Across The Bow and What Lies Beneath

Credits include: Murder in a Small Town, The Suspect, Fall from Grace, A Chill Rain and Prized Possessions