Tom Ewell

Born: 1909-04-29

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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Tropic of Desire

as Hadley Crabtree
Released: 1979-06-15

A male hustler drifts into Key West, where he becomes involved in a series of steamy interludes...

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as Mourner (uncredited)
Released: 1974-03-27

Nick Carraway, a young Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the...

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The Seven Year Itch

as Richard Sherman
Released: 1955-06-03

With his family away for their annual summer holiday, a publishing executive decides to live a...

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Easy Money

as Scrappleton
Released: 1983-08-19

To inherit his mother-in-law's colossal fortune, a hard living gambling addict must change his...

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Adam's Rib

as Warren Attinger
Released: 1949-11-18

A woman's attempted murder of her uncaring husband results in everyday quarrels in the lives of...

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The Girl Can't Help It

as Tom Miller
Released: 1956-12-01

A down-and-out gangster hires a down-on-his-luck agent to make his girlfriend a recording star...

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American Guerrilla in the Philippines

as Jim Mitchell
Released: 1950-11-08

American soldiers stranded in the Philippines after the Japanese invasion form guerrilla bands...

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State Fair

as Abel Frake
Released: 1962-03-09

Texan farmers the Frake family head for the Texas State Fair in Dallas. The parents are focused...

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All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone

as Richard Sherman (archive footage)
Released: 2016-11-04

Vancouver-based filmmaker and TV news veteran Fred Peabody explores the life and legacy of the...

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Finders Keepers

as Tiger Kipps
Released: 1952-01-01

A curious toddler creates trouble when he finds bank robbers' loot

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Mr. Music

as 'Cupcake' Haggerty
Released: 1950-12-08

A golf-crazy songwriter tries to avoid the long, solitary hours of concentration needed to...

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Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths

as (archive footage)
Released: 1990-01-01

Welcome behind the closed doors of a Hollywood that only a select few will ever get to see -- a...

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To Find a Man

as Dr. Hargrove
Released: 1972-01-20

A boarding-school girl asks the boy next door for help getting an abortion.

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Tender Is the Night

as Abe North
Released: 1962-01-19

Against the counsel of his friends, psychiatrist Dick Diver marries Nicole Warren, a beautiful...

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Up Front

as Willie
Released: 1951-03-05

Military comedy set during WWII, inspired by Bill Mauldin's popular newspaper cartoons of...

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They Only Kill Their Masters

as Walter
Released: 1972-11-22

An enigmatic young woman has been murdered in a small California coast town. The investigation...

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Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2018-07-27

A deliciously scandalous portrait of unsung Hollywood legend Scotty Bowers, whose bestselling...

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Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend

as Self (from The Seven Year Itch [1955]) (archive footage)
Released: 1986-04-19

Her story is well-known — the lonely child who yearned for affection and approval which she...

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The Return of Mod Squad

as Cook
Released: 1979-05-18

Pete, Linc and Julie are called back to the force when a series of sniper attacks are made on...

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A Life of Her Own

as Tom Caraway
Released: 1950-09-01

A young woman from Kansas moves to New York City, becomes highly successful at a prestigious...

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Lost in Alaska

as Nugget Joe McDermott
Released: 1952-08-13

After two volunteer firemen rescue a gold prospector from suicide, they discover that the police...

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Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?

as Billy Joe Davis
Released: 1970-09-11

War is brewing between the soldiers at an otherwise quiet army base and the civilians of a...

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The Great American Pastime

as Bruce Hallerton
Released: 1956-11-28

Bruce Hallerton becomes coach of the Panthers, a little league baseball team. The fact that an...

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Desert Bandit

as Texas Ranger Ordway
Released: 1941-05-24

Bantam-weight western star Don "Red" Barry certainly deserved his designation as "The Cowboy...

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They Knew What They Wanted

as New Hired Hand (uncredited)
Released: 1940-10-19

While courting a young woman by mail, a rich farmer sends a photograph of his foreman instead of...

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Back at the Front

as Willie
Released: 1952-10-01

Further misadventures of comic soldiers Willie and Joe, now in Japan.

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Marilyn

as Self ("The Seven Year Itch") (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: 1963-04-18

This 1963 documentary, released less than a year after Marilyn Monroe's death, showcases the...

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Terror at Alcatraz

as Johnson
Released: 1982-07-04

Tom and Dick Smothers play Bones Howard and Ryan Fitzgerald, a TV cameraman and intrepid...

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Promise Him Anything

as Judge
Released: 1975-05-15

A young bachelor using a dating service picks a woman whose information card read "Anything...

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The World of Abbott and Costello

as Nugget Joe McDermott in Lost In Alaska (archive footage)
Released: 1965-04-01

A compilation of clips from 19 Abbott & Costello features: The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap, In...

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The Lieutenant Wore Skirts

as Gregory Whitcomb
Released: 1956-01-11

TV writer Greg Whitcomb did his military service heroically but now has settled into everyday...

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A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed

as Max Rutgers
Released: 1958-12-01

Two bunglers (Tom Ewell, Mickey Rooney) rob a bank and buy a racehorse, then try to rob another...

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The Spy Who Returned from the Dead

as Lubow
Released: 1974-01-08

Spy spoof about a double agent involved in a phony death plot. Episode of the Wide World of Mystery.

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Concerning a Woman of Sin

as uncredited
Released: 1949-03-24

An unscrupulous agent is able to sell a story by an unknown authoress to a Hollywood studio...

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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self
First aired: 1962-10-01

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight...

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The Mike Douglas Show

as Self
First aired: 1961-12-11

The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that...

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Murder, She Wrote

as Josh Corbin
First aired: 1984-09-30

An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life...

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Robert Montgomery Presents

as Tom Howard
First aired: 1950-01-30

Robert Montgomery Presents is an American dramatic television series which was produced by NBC...

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Burke's Law

as Leander Clement
First aired: 1963-09-20

Burke's Law is an American detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on...

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Taxi

as Dr. Richmond
First aired: 1978-09-12

Louie De Palma is a cantankerous, acerbic taxi dispatcher in New York City. He tries to maintain...

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The Merv Griffin Show

as Self
First aired: 1962-10-01

The Merv Griffin Show is an American television talk show, starring Merv Griffin. The series ran...

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The Name of the Game

as District Attorney Simpson
First aired: 1968-09-20

The Name of the Game is an American television series starring Tony Franciosa, Gene Barry, and...

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Fantasy Island

as Burt 'Fingers' Lonegan
First aired: 1978-01-28

A magical island hosted by Mr Roarke and Tattoo where weekly guests learn valuable life lessons...

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Studio One

as Willie Mason
First aired: 1948-11-07

An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher...

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Trapper John, M.D.

as uncredited
First aired: 1979-09-23

Trapper John, M.D. is an American television medical drama and spin-off of the film MASH,...

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What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest
First aired: 1950-02-02

Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while...

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Baretta

as uncredited
First aired: 1975-01-17

Baretta is an American detective television series which ran on ABC from 1975 to 1978. The show...

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Alias Smith and Jones

as uncredited
First aired: 1971-01-05

Alias Smith and Jones is an American Western series that originally aired on ABC from 1971 to...

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The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

as Self
First aired: 1956-10-05

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show is an American variety series hosted by Dinah Shore, and broadcast on...

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Your Show of Shows

as uncredited
First aired: 1950-02-25

Your Show of Shows was a live 90-minute variety show that was broadcast weekly in the United...

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Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Albert Pelham
First aired: 1955-10-02

A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.

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Flying High

as uncredited
First aired: 1978-09-29

Flying High is an American comedy-drama series that aired on CBS from August 28, 1978 until...

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Lights Out

as uncredited
First aired: 1949-07-19

Lights Out was an extremely popular American old-time radio program, an early example of a...

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Best of the West

as Jerome Kullens
First aired: 1981-09-09

An unwitting city slicker is made the marshal of a lawless town in this absurdist Western that...

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General Electric Theater

as John Emmet Owens
First aired: 1953-02-01

General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was...

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