Biography:
His parents wanted him to be lawyer, but S. Yewell Tompkins decided instead to major in liberal arts at the University of Wisconsin. A professional actor from 1928, he toured in stock companies then spent several lean years in New York, during which time he changed his name to Tom Ewell. He appeared in the first of a string of Broadway flops ... Continue Bio >>

Filmography:
1986 Murder, She Wrote: Trial by Error
1983 Easy Money
1983 Tropic of Desire
1982 Terror at Alcatraz
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