Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States
biography
Despite spending years honing his craft on stage and building a career on television and in film, actor James Cromwell spent the better part of two decades struggling to make his name. Though he found steady work on sitcoms like “All in the Family” (CBS, 1970-79) and on the big screen in films like “Murder by Death” (1976), Cromwell became so disillusioned trying to make it in show business that he spent 18 months trying to find himself; even hitchhiking across the Sahara Desert on his own. Cromwell began hitting his stride as a character actor in supporting roles in the 1980s, making his way
