Tom Ewell
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.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.9585 |
| Birthday | 1909-04-29 |
| Place of Birth | Owensboro, Kentucky, USA |
| Also Known As | Samuel Yewell Tompkins, Tommy Ewell, |
1955
The Seven Year Itch
7.044/1018
When his family goes away for summer vacation, a hitherto faithful publishing executive with an overactive imagination is tempted by an attractive new...
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The Seven Year Itch
1990
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
5.7/3
Welcome behind the closed doors of a Hollywood that only a select few will ever get to see -- a Hollywood of tragic lives and tragic deaths. Some of t...
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Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
1952
Finders Keepers
10/1
A curious toddler creates trouble when he finds bank robbers' loot
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Finders Keepers
1949
Adam's Rib
7.1/345
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...
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Adam's Rib
1962
State Fair
4.912/17
Texan farmers the Frake family head for the Texas State Fair in Dallas. The parents are focused on winning the competitions for livestock and cooking....
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State Fair
1956
The Girl Can't Help It
6.3/82
A down-and-out gangster hires a down-on-his-luck agent to make his girlfriend a recording star within six weeks.
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The Girl Can't Help It
1972
They Only Kill Their Masters
5.077/13
An enigmatic young woman has been murdered in a small California coast town. The investigation by the local sheriff uncovers a complex web of relation...
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They Only Kill Their Masters
1983
Easy Money
6/148
To inherit his mother-in-law's colossal fortune, a hard living gambling addict must change his unhealthy ways before it gets the best of him.
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Easy Money
1950
American Guerrilla in the Philippines
5.5/21
American soldiers stranded in the Philippines after the Japanese invasion form guerrilla bands to fight back. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive i...
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American Guerrilla in the Philippines
1956
The Great American Pastime
7/2
Bruce Hallerton becomes coach of the Panthers, a little league baseball team. The fact that an attractive widow has her son on the team causes problem...
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The Great American Pastime
1956
The Lieutenant Wore Skirts
5.8/5
A middle-aged ex-serviceman who plans to re-enlist is shocked to learn that not only did he fail his medical exam, his wife has enlisted - and is real...
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The Lieutenant Wore Skirts
1950
Mr. Music
6.5/2
A golf-crazy songwriter tries to avoid the long, solitary hours of concentration needed to produce a hit musical. His producer and his secretary consp...
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Mr. Music
1958
A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed
4.75/4
Two bunglers (Tom Ewell, Mickey Rooney) rob a bank and buy a racehorse, then try to rob another bank.
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A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed
1972
To Find a Man
6.4/5
A boarding-school girl asks the boy next door for help getting an abortion.
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To Find a Man
2018
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
5.9/44
A deliciously scandalous portrait of unsung Hollywood legend Scotty Bowers, whose bestselling memoir chronicled his decades spent as sexual procurer t...
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Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
1950
A Life of Her Own
5.25/20
A young woman from Kansas moves to New York City, becomes highly successful at a prestigious modeling agency, and falls in love with a married man.
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A Life of Her Own
1970
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?
5.5/6
War is brewing between the soldiers at an otherwise quiet army base and the civilians of a nearby Southern town. Brian Keith is an officer who tries t...
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Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?
1951
Up Front
7/1
Military comedy set during WWII, inspired by Bill Mauldin's popular newspaper cartoons of soldiers "Willie" and "Joe".
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Up Front
1952
Back at the Front
10/1
Further misadventures of comic soldiers Willie and Joe, now in Japan.
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Back at the Front
1982
Terror at Alcatraz
10/1
Tom and Dick Smothers play Bones Howard and Ryan Fitzgerald, a TV cameraman and intrepid reporter, respectively, involved in the race to find the buri...
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Terror at Alcatraz
1947
Paramount Pacemaker: Babies, They're Wonderful
9/3
Patsy Kelly is a baby sitter who has no end of problems dealing with the kids in her charge. When Harold and Genevieve sit down in the moonlight for s...
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Paramount Pacemaker: Babies, They're Wonderful
1974
The Spy Who Returned from the Dead
5.2/2
Spy spoof about a double agent involved in a phony death plot. Episode of the Wide World of Mystery.
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The Spy Who Returned from the Dead
1979
Tropic of Desire
6.4/4
A male hustler drifts into Key West, where he becomes involved in a series of steamy interludes with disreputable locals intertwined in various politi...
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Tropic of Desire
1940
They Knew What They Wanted
5.958/12
While courting a young woman by mail, a rich farmer sends a photograph of his foreman instead of his own, which leads to complications when she accept...
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They Knew What They Wanted
1941
Desert Bandit
9/1
Bantam-weight western star Don "Red" Barry certainly deserved his designation as "The Cowboy Cagney" in Republic's Desert Bandit. Barry is cast as two...
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Desert Bandit
1975
Promise Him Anything
10/1
A young bachelor using a dating service picks a woman whose information card read "Anything goes." When he takes her out and finds out that she didn't...
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Promise Him Anything
1952
Lost in Alaska
6.2/22
After two volunteer firemen rescue a gold prospector from suicide, they discover that the police mistakenly want them for murder.
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Lost in Alaska
2016
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
7.395/19
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...
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All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
1979
The Return of Mod Squad
7/2
Pete, Linc and Julie are called back to the force when a series of sniper attacks are made on their old boss. But the three soon discover that they th...
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The Return of Mod Squad
1962
Tender Is the Night
5.7/12
1920s, the French Riviera: wealthy expatriate Nicole Warren's mental illness strains her marriage to psychiatrist Dick. A young American actress named...
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Tender Is the Night
1965
The World of Abbott and Costello
6.778/9
A compilation of clips from 19 Abbott & Costello features: The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap, In the Navy, Hit the Ice, Who Done It?, Abbott and Costello...
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The World of Abbott and Costello
1949
Concerning a Woman of Sin
10/1
An unscrupulous agent is able to sell a story by an unknown authoress to a Hollywood studio chief for big money. But he has to conceal the fact that t...
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Concerning a Woman of Sin
1974
The Great Gatsby
6.277/526
Nick Carraway, a young Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the mysterious past and lavish lifestyle of his neighbor, t...
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The Great Gatsby
1963
Marilyn
7.5/2
This 1963 documentary, released less than a year after Marilyn Monroe's death, showcases the star in memorable scenes from her 20th Century Fox films,...
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Marilyn
2015
Jayne Mansfield: The Tragedy of a Blonde
6.438/8
On June 29, 1967, Jayne Mansfield tragically died at the age of 34. Her stunning blue Buick Electra collided with and was crushed under a semi-trailer...
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