While most folks only became really aware of James Cromwell with his Oscar-nominated role in the family classic Babe (1995), the Los Angeles native had a long career prior to that and has only become more in demand in the two decades-plus since then! Since Babe, Cromwell has portrayed Zefram Cochrane, the man who makes the titular first contact in the Star Trek universe in Star Trek: First Contact (1996), William Randolph Hearst in RKO 281 (1999), LBJ in RFK (2002), Prince Philip in The Queen (2006), and George H.W. Bush in W. (2008), establishing himself as an elder statesman of Hollywood. Prior to Babe, however, Cromwell certainly got around, appearing in such classic flicks as Murder by Death (1976), The Cheap Detective (1978), Oh God! You Devil (1984), and father to the main characters in the Revenge of the Nerds movies! Whether or not you realized it prior to seeing Babe, you definitely spotted Cromwell in one of his many television roles on shows like Mr. Belvedere, L.A. Law, Matlock, Magnum P.I., Knight Rider, Dallas, Family Ties, Barney Miller, Little House on the Prairie, Diff'rent Strokes, and M*A*S*H! Cromwell actually made his screen debut way back in 1974 on an episode of The Rockford Files opposite James Garner. These two zaddies would cross paths again a decade later in the cult classic Tank (1984), where Cromwell would make his nude debut as the crooked deputy sheriff, who must walk through town nude, showing off his long and lovely ass for the one and only time on film! While James Cromwell is now a grandzaddy, he would do (crom)well to doff his duds on screen again!
