ACTOR · FROM OWENSBORO, USA
Tom Ewell
1909–199451 credits since 1940
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ABOUT TOM
Tom Ewell (born Samuel Yewell Tompkins) was an American stage, screen, and television actor. He is noted for having Starred alongside two of Classic Hollywood's Iconic Bombshells, first reprising his stage role in The Seven Year Itch (1955), which he starred Opposite Marilyn Munroe in what is considered one of her most iconic roles and then the following year The Girl Can't Help it (1956) alongside Jayne Mansfield in her breakthrough role. Ewell had 70 credits in film and television.
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Born29 April 1909
Died12 September 1994
BirthplaceOwensboro, USA
Known forActing
On Cineora23 of 51 titles
Known for
The titles people know Tom from.
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MovieCareer
IMDb rating of each title on Cineora, by year.
- Titles on Cineora
- 23
- Average IMDb
- 6.8
- Highest rated
- Alfred Hitchcock PresentsIMDb 8.5
- Working since
- 1940
Size: how widely seen
Filmography
The 2010s
1 title · IMDb 7.3 on average
Movieas Richard Sherman (archive footage)
The 1980s
4 titles · IMDb 6.8 on average
Seriesas Josh Corbin · 1 episode
Movieas Scrappleton
as Johnson
as Jerome Kullens · 22 episodes
The 1970s
16 titles · IMDb 6.8 on average
Series1 episode
1 episode
as Hadley Crabtree
as Cook
1 episode
Seriesas Dr. Richmond · 1 episode
Seriesas Burt 'Fingers' Lonegan · 1 episode
as Judge
The 1960s
7 titles · IMDb 6.7 on average
Seriesas District Attorney Simpson · 1 episode
as Nugget Joe McDermott in Lost In Alaska (archive footage)
Seriesas Leander Clement · 1 episode
as archive footage
Movieas Abel Frake
Movieas Abe North
32 episodes
The 1950s
17 titles · IMDb 6.8 on average
as Max Rutgers
Movieas Tom Miller
as Bruce Hallerton
as Gregory Whitcomb
Playwrights '56
Not on Cineora1 episode
Seriesas Albert Pelham · 1 episode
Movieas Richard Sherman
as John Emmet Owens · 1 episode
The 1940s
6 titles · IMDb 7.0 on averageMovieas Warren Attinger
Seriesas Willie Mason · 1 episode
Paramount Pacemaker: Babies, They're Wonderful
Not on Cineora
as Texas Ranger Ordway
Movieas New Hired Hand (uncredited)
Often works with
The people who keep turning up in Tom’s titles.
Garson KaninDirector · Adam's Rib, The Girl Can't Help It and 1 more
Alfred NewmanComposer · The Seven Year Itch, State Fair and 1 more
Jean HagenAdam's Rib and A Life of Her Own
Gene BarryBurke's Law and The Name of the Game
George CukorDirector · Adam's Rib and A Life of Her Own
Edmond O'BrienThe Girl Can't Help It and They Only Kill Their Masters
F. Scott FitzgeraldWriter · The Great Gatsby and Tender Is the Night
