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Tom Ewell (1909–1994)

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Beleaguered character actor Tom Ewell, the unlikely film and TV star with the trademark lumpy figure and droopy, lugubrious mug, was born Samuel Yewell Tompkins on April 29, 1909, in Kentucky. His family tried to steer him towards a law career but he chose the path of acting instead after becoming involved in college productions at the University of Wisconsin... See full bio »

Born:

Samuel Yewell Tompkins
in Owensboro, Kentucky, USA

Died:

(age 85) in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
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1986 Murder, She Wrote (TV series)
Josh Corbin
– Trial by Error (1986) … Josh Corbin
 
1983 Easy Money
Scrappleton
 
1982 Trapper John, M.D. (TV series)
Earl Tendermeyer
– The Good Life (1982) … Earl Tendermeyer
 
1982 Terror at Alcatraz (TV movie)
Johnson
 
1981-1982 Best of the West (TV series)
Doc Kullens
– The Funeral (1982) … Doc Kullens
– Sam's Life Is Threatened (1982) … Doc Kullens
– Elvira's Old Beau (1982) … Doc Kullens
– The Pretty Prisoner (1982) … Doc Kullens
– Daniel Fights a Bully (1982) … Doc Kullens
See all 22 episodes »
 
1979 Taxi (TV series)
Dr. Bernard Collins
– Nardo Loses Her Marbles (1979) … Dr. Bernard Collins
 
1979 Eischied (TV series)
Super
– Only the Pretty Girls Die: Part 2 (1979)
– Only the Pretty Girls Die: Part 1 (1979) … Super
 
1979 The Return of Mod Squad (TV movie)
Cook
 
1979 Butterflies in Heat
Hadley Crabtree
 
1979 Flying High (TV series)
Williams
– Eye Opener (1979) … Williams
 
1975-1978 Baretta (TV series)
Billy Truman
– The Bundle (1978) … Billy Truman
– It's a Boy (1978) … Billy Truman
– Lyman P. Dokker, Fed (1977) … Billy Truman
– The Runaways (1977) … Billy Truman
– Not on Our Block (1977) … Billy Truman
See all 41 episodes »
 
1978 Fantasy Island (TV series)
Burt 'Fingers' Lonegan
– The Over the Hill Caper/Poof! You're a Movie Star (1978) … Burt 'Fingers' Lonegan
 
1975 Promise Him Anything (TV movie)
Judge
 
1974 The Great Gatsby
Mourner (uncredited)
 
1974 The Wide World of Mystery (TV series)
Lebow
– The Spy Who Returned from the Dead (1974) … Lebow
 
1973 The New Temperatures Rising Show (TV series)
Harry Butler
– Diagnosis: Who Knows? (1973) … Harry Butler
 
1972 Search for Tomorrow (TV series)
Sheriff Bill Lang
 
1972 They Only Kill Their Masters
Walter
 
1972 To Find a Man
Dr. Hargrove
 
1971 Alias Smith and Jones (TV series)
Deputy Treadwell
– The Root of It All (1971) … Deputy Treadwell
 
1971 The Name of the Game (TV series)
District Attorney Simpson
– A Sister from Napoli (1971) … District Attorney Simpson
 
1970 The Virginian (TV series)
Hoy Valentine
– With Love, Bullets and Valentines (1970) … Hoy Valentine
 
1970 Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?
Joe Davis
 
1970 The Governor & J.J. (TV series)
Charley
– Charley's Back in Town (1970) … Charley
 
1966 Summer Fun (TV series)
– Kwimpers of New Jersey (1966)
 
1965 Burke's Law (TV series)
Leander Clement
– Who Killed Nobody Somehow? (1965) … Leander Clement
 
1964 Wagon Train (TV series)
Hector Heatherington
– The Story of Hector Heatherington (1964) … Hector Heatherington
 
1963 The Dick Powell Theatre (TV series)
Congressman Albert Higgins
– The Honorable Albert Higgins (1963) … Congressman Albert Higgins
 
1962 State Fair
Abel Frake
 
1962 Tender Is the Night
Abe North
 
1960-1961 The Tom Ewell Show (TV series)
Tom Potter
– Mr. Memory (1961) … Tom Potter
– Our Vacation (1961) … Tom Potter
– Never Do Business with Relatives (1961) … Tom Potter
– Passenger Pending (1961) … Tom Potter
– Handy Man (1961) … Tom Potter
See all 32 episodes »
 
1959 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
John Emmet Owens
– The Day of the Hanging (1959) … John Emmet Owens
 
1959 The United States Steel Hour (TV series)
Barney Henderson
– The Square Egghead (1959) … Barney Henderson
 
1958 A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed
Max Rutgers
 
1956 The Girl Can't Help It
Tom Miller
 
1956 The Great American Pastime
Bruce Hallerton
 
1956 The Alcoa Hour (TV series)
Earl Carleton
– Man on Fire (1956) … Earl Carleton
 
1956 The Lieutenant Wore Skirts
Gregory Whitcomb
 
1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV series)
Albert Pelham
– The Case of Mr. Pelham (1955) … Albert Pelham
 
1955 Playwrights '56 (TV series)
William Bingham
– Daisy, Daisy (1955) … William Bingham
 
1955 The Seven Year Itch
Richard Sherman (as Tommy Ewell)
 
1952 Back at the Front
Willie
 
1952 Lost in Alaska
Nugget Joe McDermott
 
1952 Robert Montgomery Presents (TV series)
– See No Evil (1952)
 
1952 Finders Keepers
Tiger Kipps
 
1951 Cosmopolitan Theatre (TV series)
– Mr. Pratt and the Triple Horror Bill (1951)
 
1951 Lights Out (TV series)
Charlie Drome
– The Deal (1951) … Charlie Drome
 
1951 Studio One in Hollywood (TV series)
– Mighty Like a Rogue (1951)
 
1951 Danger (TV series)
– The Night of March Fifteenth (1951)
 
1951 Up Front
Willie
 
1951 The Billy Rose Show (TV series)
– Whirligig of Life (1951)
 
1950 Mr. Music
'Cupcake' Haggerty
 
1950 American Guerrilla in the Philippines
Jim Mitchell
 
1950 A Life of Her Own
Tom Caraway
 
1950 The Rhumba Seat (short)
Tom
 
1950 How Green Is My Spinach (short)
Man in Audience (uncredited)
 
1949 Adam's Rib
Warren Attinger
 
1949 Paramount Pacemaker No. K9-1: Caribbean Capers (short)
Tom the Tourist
 
1949 NBC Presents (TV series)
– The Contest (1949)
– The Loan (1949)
 
1949 The Football Fan (short)
Tom
 
1949 Southward Ho Ho! (short)
Tom
 
1948-1949 Actor's Studio (TV series)
– A Reputation (1949)
– Concerning a Woman of Sin (1949)
– The Little Wife (1949)
– Ropes (1948)
 
1948 Kraft Theatre (TV series)
Stephen Brewster
– Suppressed Desires (1948) … Stephen Brewster
 
1941 Desert Bandit
Texas Ranger Ordway (as Tom Ewelle)
 
1941 Back in the Saddle
Fight Spectator (uncredited)
 
1940 They Knew What They Wanted
New Hired Hand (uncredited)
 
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1962 State Fair (performer: "Our State Fair", "More Than Just A Friend", "The Little Things In Texas")
 
1955 The Seven Year Itch (performer: "Chopsticks" 1877 - uncredited)
 
1949 Adam's Rib ("You Are My Lucky Star" 1935 - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (15 titles)
1983 The Making of 'Easy Money' (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1964 Get the Message (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 30 November 1964 (1964) … Himself
– Episode dated 16 November 1964 (1964) … Himself
 
1964 The Jack Paar Program (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode #3.5 (1964) … Himself - Guest
 
1962 The Merv Griffin Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.48 (1962) … Himself
 
1958-1962 To Tell the Truth (TV series)
Himself - Guest Panelist
– Episode dated 10 December 1962 (1962) … Himself - Guest Panelist
– Episode dated 18 November 1958 (1958) … Himself - Guest Panelist
– Episode dated 12 August 1958 (1958) … Himself - Guest Panelist
– Episode dated 5 August 1958 (1958) … Himself - Guest Panelist
– Episode dated 22 July 1958 (1958) … Himself - Guest Panelist
 
1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 6 December 1962 (1962) … Himself
 
1962 I've Got a Secret (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 8 January 1962 (1962) … Himself
 
1958 The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Host
– Episode #3.5 (1958) … Himself
– Episode #2.11 (1958) … Himself - Host
 
1957 The Patrice Munsel Show (TV series)
Himself
– Suburbia, U.S.A. (1957) … Himself
 
1957 The 11th Annual Tony Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Presenter
 
1955 What's My Line? (TV series)
Himself - Mystery Guest
– Episode dated 12 June 1955 (1955) … Himself - Mystery Guest
 
1952 All in Fun (TV movie)
Himself - Host
 
1951 Celebrity Time (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 14 October 1951 (1951) … Himself
 
1951 Your Show of Shows (TV series)
Himself - Guest Performer
– Episode #3.3 (1951) … Himself - Guest Performer
– Episode #2.27 (1951) … Himself - Guest Performer
 
1950 The Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.10 (1950) … Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (11 titles)
2007 20 to 1 (TV series documentary)
 
2006 Billy Wilder Speaks (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 ¿De qué te ríes? (TV movie)
Richard Sherman
 
2003 Sex at 24 Frames Per Second (video documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Larry King Live (TV series)
 
2000 Backstory (TV series documentary)
 
1999 Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 2 (TV special documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1995 The 67th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself (Memorial Tribute)
 
1987 Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend (documentary)
Richard Sherman (archive footage: The Seven Year Itch [1955]) (as Tommy Ewell)
 
1965 The World of Abbott and Costello (documentary)
Nugget Joe McDermott in Lost In Alaska
 
1963 Marilyn (documentary)
Himself (scene from "The Seven Year Itch") (uncredited)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1962) Unsold pilot: Starred in "The Sound and the Fidelity", one of the pilot episodes produced for a proposed TV anthology series called "The Victor Borge Comedy Theatre." See more »

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Alternate Names:

Tommy Ewell | Tom Ewelle

Height:

5' 10¾" (1.80 m)
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Trivia:

He claimed never to have seen any of his films, including The Seven Year Itch, and had only ever seen glimpses of himself on the screen when his wife was watching television. He said he suffered from an acute inferiority complex and could not bear to see himself on screen as he was too critical of himself. See more »

Star Sign:

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