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Acting

Tom Ewell

Career: Active from 1941 to 1982, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Leading roles: 12
top three billing

Average score: 60/100

Highest rated: Adam's Rib
83/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 27 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Tom Ewell Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Violence
2.1, average 4.1
Adrenaline
3.0, average 4.8
Coming of Age
1.4, average 3.0
Psychological
4.0, average 5.5

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Wholesome Entertainment 3
Social Commentary 3
Nostalgic 2
Nostalgic Appeal 2
Feel-Good 2
Witty Dialogue 2
Classic Hollywood 2
Character-Driven 2
Gentle Humor 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

50

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2010s

1 title · average score 67

All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone

67

as Richard Sherman (archive footage)

1980s

4 titles · average score 65

Murder, She Wrote

76

TV show · as Josh Corbin

Easy Money

48

as Scrappleton

Terror at Alcatraz

as Johnson

Best of the West

72

TV show · as Jerome Kullens

1970s

16 titles · average score 53

Trapper John, M.D.

65

TV show

Tropic of Desire

as Hadley Crabtree

Taxi

77

TV show · as Dr. Richmond

Fantasy Island

43

TV show · as Burt 'Fingers' Lonegan

Baretta

44

TV show · as Billy Truman

Promise Him Anything

as Judge

The Great Gatsby

50

as Mourner (uncredited)

They Only Kill Their Masters

48

as Walter

To Find a Man

as Dr. Hargrove

Temperatures Rising

TV show · as Harry Butler

Alias Smith and Jones

48

TV show

Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?

47

as Billy Joe Davis

1960s

7 titles · average score 59

The Name of the Game

73

TV show · as District Attorney Simpson

The World of Abbott and Costello

65

as Nugget Joe McDermott in Lost In Alaska (archive footage)

Burke's Law

68

TV show · as Leander Clement

Marilyn

as archive footage

Tender Is the Night

58

as Abe North

State Fair

33

as Abel Frake

The Tom Ewell Show

TV show

1950s

17 titles · average score 66

A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed

as Max Rutgers

The Girl Can't Help It

75

as Tom Miller

The Great American Pastime

64

as Bruce Hallerton

The Lieutenant Wore Skirts

61

as Gregory Whitcomb

The Seven Year Itch

77

as Richard Sherman

Lost in Alaska

56

as Nugget Joe McDermott

Back at the Front

as Willie

Finders Keepers

as Tiger Kipps

Up Front

as Willie

American Guerrilla in the Philippines

53

as Jim Mitchell

A Life of Her Own

57

as Tom Caraway

Mr. Music

56

as 'Cupcake' Haggerty

1940s

5 titles · average score 66

Adam's Rib

83

as Warren Attinger

Lights Out

65

TV show

Studio One

65

TV show · as Willie Mason

Desert Bandit

as Texas Ranger Ordway

They Knew What They Wanted

52

as New Hired Hand (uncredited)