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Tom Ewell

Actor | * 04/29/1909 († 85, 09/12/1994) | Owensboro, Kentucky (United States of America (USA))
Tom Ewell (born Samuel Yewell Tompkins, April 29, 1909 – September 12, 1994) was an American film, stage and television actor, and producer. His most successful and most identifiable role was that of Richard Sherman in The Seven Year Itch, a character he played in the Broadway production (1952–1954) and reprised for the 1955 film adaptation. He received a Tony Award for his work in the play and a Golden Globe Award for his performance in the film. Although Ewell preferred acting on stage, he accepted several other screen roles in light comedies of the 1950s, most notably The Girl Can't Help It (1956). He appeared in the film version of the musical State Fair (1962) and in a small number of additional ones released between the early 1960s and 1980s. ()
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Tom Ewell (born Samuel Yewell Tompkins) was an American stage, screen, and television actor.

Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Drama | Crime

Known for these Movies & Shows

Awards & Nominations for Tom Ewell

Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play Donaldson Awards Clarence Derwent Awards
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Movies with Tom Ewell as Actor(32)

as Self (from The Seven Year Itch [1955]) (archive footage)1987 Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
as Scrappleton1983 Easy Money
as Johnson1982 Terror at Alcatraz
as Hadley Crabtree1979 Tropic of Desire
as Mourner (uncredited)1974 The Great Gatsby
as Dr. Hargrove1972 To Find a Man
as Nugget Joe McDermott in Lost In Alaska (archive footage)1965 The World of Abbott and Costello
as Self ("The Seven Year Itch") (archive footage) (uncredited)1963 Marilyn
as Abel Frake1962 State Fair
as Abe North1962 Tender Is the Night
as Gregory Whitcomb1956 The Lieutenant Wore Skirts
as Tom Miller1956 The Girl Can't Help It
as Bruce Hallerton1956 The Great American Pastime
as Richard Sherman1955 The Seven Year Itch
as Nugget Joe McDermott1952 Lost in Alaska
as Willie1952 Back at the Front
as Tiger Kipps1952 Finders Keepers
as Willie1951 Up Front
as 'Cupcake' Haggerty1950 Mr. Music
as Tom Caraway1950 A Life of Her Own
as Warren Attinger1949 Adam's Rib
as Texas Ranger Ordway1941 Desert Bandit
as New Hired Hand (uncredited)1940 They Knew What They Wanted

TV Shows/Series with Tom Ewell as Actor(21)

as Josh Corbin1984 Murder, She Wrote
as Jerome Kullens1981 Best of the West
1978 Taxi
1975 Baretta
as Harry Butler1972 Temperatures Rising
as Leander Clement1963 Burke's Law
as himself1962 The Merv Griffin Show
as Albert Pelham1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as John Emmet Owens1953 GE Theater
as Tom Howard1950 Robert Montgomery Presents
as Self - Mystery Guest1950 What's My Line?
as Willie Mason1948 Studio One

Full Name: Tom Ewell
Born: Thursday, 04/29 1909 (April) in Owensboro, Kentucky (United States of America (USA))
Died: Monday, 09/12 1994 (September) in Woodland Hills (aged: 85)
Zodiac sign: Taurus (Chinese zodiac sign: Rooster)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Owensboro High School
Spouses (current/former): Judith Abbott
Other names for Tom Ewell (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Samuel Yewell Tompkins"
"Tommy Ewell"
Tom Ewell frequently works together with these people:
Vaughn Taylor (25x, Actor)
John Newland (20x, Crew)
Leslie Nielsen (17x, Actor)
Charlton Heston (17x, Actor)
Edward Andrews (16x, Actor)
Jackie Cooper (15x, Actor)
Henry Jones (15x, Actor)
James Gregory (15x, Actor)
Nina Foch (15x, Actress)
E.G. Marshall (14x, Actor)
Norman Lloyd (14x, Actor)
Frank Tashlin (6x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:91293, Added: 05/26/2018, Last updated: 03/13/2024