
Tom Ewell
Acting
Tom Ewell (born Samuel Yewell Tompkins) was an American stage, screen, and television actor. He is noted for having Starred alongside two of Classic Hollywood's Iconic Bombshells, first reprising his stage role in The Seven Year Itch (1955), which he starred Opposite Marilyn Munroe in what is considered one of her most iconic roles and then the following year The Girl Can't Help it (1956) alongside Jayne Mansfield in her breakthrough role. Ewell had 70 credits in film and television.
Born: April 29, 1909 · Owensboro, Kentucky, USA
Filmography (35)

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
2018
Actor: Self (archive foot…

All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
2016
Actor: Richard Sherman (a…

TV
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Actor: Josh Corbin

Easy Money
1983
Actor: Scrappleton

TV
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
Actor

TV
Flying High
1978
Actor

TV
Taxi
1978
Actor: Dr. Richmond

TV
Fantasy Island
1978
Actor: Burt 'Fingers' Lon…

TV
Baretta
1975
Actor

The Great Gatsby
1974
Actor: Mourner (uncredite…

They Only Kill Their Masters
1972
Actor: Walter

TV
Temperatures Rising
1972
Actor: Harry Butler

TV
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
Actor

TV
The Name of the Game
1968
Actor: District Attorney …

The World of Abbott and Costello
1965
Actor: Nugget Joe McDermo…

TV
Burke's Law
1963
Actor: Leander Clement

TV
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
Actor

TV
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Actor

State Fair
1962
Actor: Abel Frake

Tender Is the Night
1962
Actor: Abe North

TV
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Actor

The Girl Can't Help It
1956
Actor: Tom Miller

TV
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
Actor

TV
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Actor: Albert Pelham

The Seven Year Itch
1955
Actor: Richard Sherman

Lost in Alaska
1952
Actor: Nugget Joe McDermo…

American Guerrilla in the Philippines
1950
Actor: Jim Mitchell

A Life of Her Own
1950
Actor: Tom Caraway

TV
Your Show of Shows
1950
Actor

TV
What's My Line?
1950
Actor: Self - Mystery Gue…

TV
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
Actor: Tom Howard

Adam's Rib
1949
Actor: Warren Attinger

TV
Lights Out
1949
Actor

TV
Studio One
1948
Actor: Willie Mason

They Knew What They Wanted
1940
Actor: New Hired Hand (un…
