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.
Known for
Acting60
movieScotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
2018
Self (archive footage)
movieAll Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
2016
Richard Sherman (archive footage)
movieJayne Mansfield: The Tragedy of a Blonde
2015
Self (archive footage)
movieHollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
1990
(archive footage)
tvMurder, She Wrote
1984
Josh Corbin
movieEasy Money
1983
Scrappleton
movieTerror at Alcatraz
1982
Johnson
tvBest of the West
1981
Jerome Kullens
movieTropic of Desire
1979
Hadley Crabtree
tvTaxi
1978
Dr. Richmond
tvFantasy Island
1978
Burt 'Fingers' Lonegan
movieThe Great Gatsby
1974
Mourner (uncredited)
tvTemperatures Rising
1972
Harry Butler
movieTo Find a Man
1972
Dr. Hargrove
movieSuppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?
1970
Billy Joe Davis
tvThe Name of the Game
1968
District Attorney Simpson
movieThe World of Abbott and Costello
1965
Nugget Joe McDermott in Lost In Alaska (archive footage)
tvBurke's Law
1963
Leander Clement
movieMarilyn
1963
archive footage
movieState Fair
1962
Abel Frake
movieTender Is the Night
1962
Abe North
movieThe Girl Can't Help It
1956
Tom Miller
movieThe Great American Pastime
1956
Bruce Hallerton
movieThe Lieutenant Wore Skirts
1956
Gregory Whitcomb
tvAlfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Albert Pelham
movieThe Seven Year Itch
1955
Richard Sherman
tvGeneral Electric Theater
1953
John Emmet Owens
movieLost in Alaska
1952
Nugget Joe McDermott
movieFinders Keepers
1952
Tiger Kipps
movieUp Front
1951
Willie
movieMr. Music
1950
'Cupcake' Haggerty
movieAmerican Guerrilla in the Philippines
1950
Jim Mitchell
movieA Life of Her Own
1950
Tom Caraway
tvRobert Montgomery Presents
1950
Tom Howard
movieAdam's Rib
1949
Warren Attinger
tvStudio One
1948
Willie Mason
movieDesert Bandit
1941
Texas Ranger Ordway
movieThey Knew What They Wanted
1940
New Hired Hand (uncredited)