Tom Ewell, a character actor with a trademark lumpy figure and droopy, lugubrious mug, was born Samuel Yewell Tompkins on April 29, 1909, in Kentucky.
Tom Ewell
Deceased · Born: Apr 29, 1909 · Died: Sep 12, 1994
Personal Details
BornApr 29, 1909 Owensboro, Kentucky, USA
Spouse
Marjorie Sanborn
( May 5, 1948 to Sep 12, 1994 )Judy Abbott
( Mar 18, 1946 to Dec 31, 1969 )
Biography
Career
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2022
The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes as Richard Sherman
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2016
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone as Richard Sherman (archive footage)
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1990
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths as (archive footage)
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1985
Murder, She Wrote as Josh Corbin
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1983
Easy Money as Scrappleton
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1981
Best of the West as Jerome Kullens
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1979
Butterflies in Heat as Hadley Crabtree
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1975
Promise Him Anything as Judge
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1974
The Wide World of Mystery as Lubow
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The Great Gatsby as Mourner (uncredited)
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1972
To Find a Man as Dr. Hargrove
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They Only Kill Their Masters as Walter
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1970
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came as Billy Joe Davis
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1965
The World of Abbott and Costello as Nugget Joe McDermott in Lost In Alaska (archive footage)
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1962
State Fair as Abel Frake
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Tender Is the Night as Abe North
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1958
A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed as Max Rutgers
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1956
The Great American Pastime as Bruce Hallerton
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The Lieutenant Wore Skirts as Gregory Whitcomb
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The Girl Can't Help It as Tom Miller
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1955
The Seven Year Itch as Richard Sherman
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1952
Finders Keepers as Tiger Kipps
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Lost in Alaska as Nugget Joe McDermott
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1951
Up Front as Willie
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1950
American Guerrilla in the Philippines as Jim Mitchell
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A Life of Her Own as Tom Caraway
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Mr. Music as 'Cupcake' Haggerty
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1949
Adam's Rib as Warren Attinger
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1941
Desert Bandit as Texas Ranger Ordway
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1940
They Knew What They Wanted as New Hired Hand (uncredited)
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2018
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2017
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2006
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1987
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1963
