Tom Ewell
American actor (1909-1994) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 85
Tom Ewell 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.
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Murder, She WroteSeries, Josh Corbin1983
Easy MoneyFilm, Scrappleton1982
Terror at AlcatrazFilm, Johnson1979
EischiedSeries1975
BarettaSeries, Billy Truman
Promise Him AnythingFilm, 1975Judge1972
Temperatures RisingSeries, Harry Butler
They Only Kill Their MastersFilm, 1972Walter1968
The Name of the GameSeries, District Attorney Simpson1965
The World of Abbott and CostelloFilm, Nugget Joe McDermott in Lost In Alaska (archive footage)1963
MarilynFilm, archive footage1962
The Merv Griffin ShowSeries1958
A Nice Little Bank That Should Be RobbedFilm, Max Rutgers1956
The Dinah Shore Chevy ShowSeries1955
Alfred Hitchcock PresentsSeries, Albert Pelham
The Seven Year ItchFilm, 1955Richard Sherman1953Tony Award for Best Actor in a PlayAward1951
Up FrontFilm, Willie1950
Robert Montgomery PresentsSeries, Tom Howard
A Life of Her OwnFilm, 1950Tom Caraway1948
Studio OneSeries, Willie Mason1947Paramount Pacemaker: Babies, They're WonderfulFilm1940
They Knew What They WantedFilm, New Hired Hand (uncredited)1909Born29 April 1909People around Tom
George Cukor Directed Adam's Rib and A Life of Her Own- Frank Tashlin Produced The Girl Can't Help It (1956)
Ann-Margret Duets: Rodgers and Hammerstein's State Fair (1962)
Bobby Darin Duets: Rodgers and Hammerstein's State Fair (1962)
Pat Boone Duets: Rodgers and Hammerstein's State Fair (1962)
Alice Faye Duets: Rodgers and Hammerstein's State Fair (1962)
Pamela Tiffin Duets: Rodgers and Hammerstein's State Fair (1962)- Hy Averback Directed Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came (1970)
David Wayne Also in Adam's Rib and Up Front
Garson Kanin Wrote Adam's Rib and The Girl Can't Help It
Billy Wilder Directed The Seven Year Itch (1955)
Fritz Lang Directed American Guerrilla in the Philippines (1950)
José Ferrer Directed State Fair (1962)
Jean Hagen Also in A Life of Her Own and Adam's Rib
Richard Haydn Directed Mr. Music (1950)
Charles Brackett Produced State Fair (1962)
Madge Blake Also in Adam's Rib and Finders Keepers
Ivan Dixon Also in Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came (1970)
James Goldstone Directed They Only Kill Their Masters (1972)- Lawrence Weingarten Produced Adam's Rib (1949)
- Cyril J. Mockridge Wrote American Guerrilla in the Philippines (1950)
Sidney Hayers Directed Terror at Alcatraz (1982)
Buzz Kulik Directed To Find a Man (1972)
Ray Walker Also in Adam's Rib and A Life of Her Own
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Adam's Rib 1949
The Seven Year Itch 1955
The Great Gatsby 1974
The Girl Can't Help It 1956
Easy Money 1983
Filmography 35
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Television 24
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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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Carole LombardAlso in They Knew What They Wanted (1940)
Vincent SchiavelliAlso in The Great Gatsby (1974)
Tom BosleyAlso in To Find a Man (1972)
Marjorie MainAlso in The World of Abbott and Costello (1965)
Harry GuardinoAlso in They Only Kill Their Masters (1972)
Jack ElamAlso in American Guerrilla in the Philippines (1950)