Tom Ewell
Acting
Biography
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.
Born: April 29, 1909
Place of Birth: Owensboro, Kentucky, USA
Known For
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
Murder, She Wrote
An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally aired during late-night. For its first ten years, Carson's Tonight Show was based in New York City with occasional trips to Burbank, California; in May 1972, the show moved permanently to Burbank, California. In 2002, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson was ranked #12 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
Vancouver-based filmmaker and TV news veteran Fred Peabody explores the life and legacy of the maverick American journalist I.F. Stone, whose long one-man crusade against government deception lives on in the work of such contemporary filmmakers and journalists as Laura Poitras, Glenn Greenwald, David Corn, and Matt Taibbi.
Taxi
Louie De Palma is a cantankerous, acerbic taxi dispatcher in New York City. He tries to maintain order over a collection of varied and strange characters who drive for him. As he bullies and insults them from the safety of his “cage,” they form a special bond among themselves, becoming friends and supporting each other through the inevitable trials and tribulations of life.
Adam's Rib
A woman's attempted murder of her uncaring husband results in everyday quarrels in the lives of Adam and Amanda, a pair of happily married lawyers who end up on opposite sides of the case in court.
The Seven Year Itch
When his family goes away for summer vacation, a hitherto faithful publishing executive with an overactive imagination is tempted by an attractive new neighbor.
Alias Smith and Jones
Alias Smith and Jones is an American Western series that originally aired on ABC from 1971 to 1973. It stars Pete Duel as Hannibal Heyes and Ben Murphy as Jedediah "Kid" Curry, a pair of cousin outlaws trying to reform. The governor offers them a conditional amnesty, as he wants to keep the pact under wraps for political reasons. The condition is that they will still be wanted— until the governor can claim they have reformed and warrant clemency.
What's My Line?
Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or "no" questions.
The Name of the Game
The Name of the Game is an American television series starring Tony Franciosa, Gene Barry, and Robert Stack that ran from 1968 to 1971 on NBC, totaling 76 episodes of 90 minutes. It was a pioneering wheel series, setting the stage for The Bold Ones and the NBC Mystery Movie in the 1970s. The show had an extremely large budget for a television series.
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as Richard Sherman (archive footage)
as (archive footage)
as Josh Corbin
as Scrappleton
as Johnson
as Jerome Kullens
as Hadley Crabtree
as Cook
as Dr. Richmond
as Burt 'Fingers' Lonegan
as Judge
as Mourner (uncredited)
as Walter
as Harry Butler
as Dr. Hargrove
as Billy Joe Davis
as District Attorney Simpson
as Nugget Joe McDermott in Lost In Alaska (archive footage)
as Leander Clement
as Self
as Abel Frake
as Abe North
as Self
as Max Rutgers
as Tom Miller
as Bruce Hallerton
as Self
as Gregory Whitcomb
as Albert Pelham
as Richard Sherman
as John Emmet Owens
as Willie
as Nugget Joe McDermott
as Tiger Kipps
as Willie
as 'Cupcake' Haggerty
as Jim Mitchell
as Tom Caraway
as Self - Mystery Guest
as Tom Howard
as Warren Attinger
as Willie Mason
as Texas Ranger Ordway
as New Hired Hand (uncredited)