Tom Ewell Biography

Fast Facts

• Was inducted into the Owensboro High School Hall of Fame in 2003
• Though he lived to 85, he was survived by his mother, who lived to be 109
• His family expected him to be a lawyer or a whiskey and tobacco dealer, as was the family tradition
• Played comedic supporting roles for years, moving up from summer stock to Broadway and eventually to film and television
• Played his most identifiable role in "The Seven Year Itch" over 900 times on stage before reprising it in the film of the same name
• Claimed that he had never seen any of the films he appeared in, as he was too self-critical to bear watching them
• His character was Marilyn Monroe's admirer in the iconic scene of "The Seven Year Itch" where her skirt blows up over a subway grate