Tom Ewell: Tom Ewell. Actor: The Seven Year Itch. Beleaguered character actor Tom Ewell, the unlikely film and TV star with the trademark lumpy figure and droopy, lugubrious mug, was born Samuel Yewell Tompkins on April 29, 1909, in Kentucky. His family tried to steer him towards a law career but he chose the path of acting instead after becoming involved in college productions at the University of Wisconsin. Ewell began his career...
Known For: The Seven Year Itch (Richard Sherman(as Tommy Ewell)), Adam's Rib (Warren Attinger), The Girl Can't Help It (Tom Miller), Baretta (Billy Truman)