I'm watching The Outlaw Josey Wales, and feel quite confident he appears for a few seconds when the bad men are gathered around the back of the wagon looking in at Sondra Locke's character. The shot goes from one man to another as they gaze into the wagon, and one of them really strikes me as Cromwell. His credits do not list him in the film, but stillcan anyone confirm or check the scene and see if they agree? Thanks-

In '76 he appeared in Murder by Death, a slightly goofy role in a goofy but not bad movie. He was a nice-looking 35 year old, andMaggie Smith is surprisingly attractive.

He also played detective lannigan a vice cop who thought Chrissy was a hooker on Three's Company in the episode - Chrissy's Night Out from 1977 , he was only 37 and looked pretty damn handsome in that episode
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I enjoyed him as Marcel, the French chauffeur in 'Murder By Death.' He was with Peter Falk again in 'The Cheap Detective' (1978). But that was just a small part as a Nazi. I don't know if James Cromwell drifted into TV movies for a time after that. But one I know that he did was as a vicar in 'A Christmas Without Snow' (1980).

It wasn't his earliest appearance, but I remember him being quite funny as the assistant of a Hercule Poiret-type played by James Coco in the Neil Simon detective spoof "Murder by Death" (1976.) Poiret is famously Belgian, but Cromwell basically did a French accent in this movie. Cromwell then sort of disappeared for awhile, though I see he had credits rather continuously in TV and movies.

Also, he didn't begin acting at a later datehe just started doing more tv and movies later. His bio indicates that he was a member of the Black Panther party, and he also worked with the Free Southern Theater, the theater group from the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) during the 60s. So, he has been acting long before his credits showed up on tv; he certainly might have been in a minor role fifteen years earlier than his bio indicates.

Yes, he played Strech. He worked with Archie. I remember watching him and then thought it was funny he was in "Babe"

If you look at his bio on IMDB it is mentioned that he played Stretch Cunningham on "All in the Family" . . .so yes you are correct.
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I, too, swore he played Stretch Cunningham on All in the Family, but this site had me second-guessing myself. However, if you search the Web, you'll find other TV/Cinema sites that say it was him. I think IMDB has erroneous omitted those appearances.

earliest iv ever seen him was in MAS*H

My father swears that Cromwell also had guest appearances on "All in the Family" starring as "Stretch" Cunningham. I told him no, that wasn't him, but now I am doubting myself. Any help on this one?