Biography
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.
Filmography
all 66
Movies 41
TV Shows 25
self 9
Richard Sherman

The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes (2022)
Movie
Richard Sherman

Marilyn, femme d'aujourd'hui (2022)
Movie
Self (archive footage)

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood (2018)
Movie
ArchiveFootage

Chris Olsen: The Boy Who Cried (2016)
Movie
Richard Sherman (archive footage)

All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone (2016)
Movie
(archive footage)

Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths (1990)
Movie
Richard Sherman

Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend (1986)
Movie
Josh Corbin

Murder, She Wrote (1984)
TV
7
Scrappleton

Easy Money (1983)
Movie
6
Doc Kullens

Best of the West (1981)
TV
Hadley Crabtree

Tropic of Desire (1979)
Movie
Dr. Richmond

Taxi (1978)
TV
6.02
Billy Truman

Baretta (1975)
TV
6
Mourner (uncredited)

The Great Gatsby (1974)
Movie
Harry Butler

Temperatures Rising (1972)
TV
Dr. Hargrove

To Find a Man (1972)
Movie
Billy Joe Davis

Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came? (1970)
Movie
District Attorney Simpson

The Name of the Game (1968)
TV
Nugget Joe McDermott in Lost In Alaska

The World of Abbott and Costello (1965)
Movie
Leander Clement

Burke's Law (1963)
TV
6
Self ('The Seven Year Itch') (archive footage) (uncredited)

Marilyn (1963)
Movie
Abel Frake

State Fair (1962)
Movie
Abe North

Tender Is the Night (1962)
Movie
Tom Potter

The Tom Ewell Show (1960)
TV
Tom Miller

The Girl Can't Help It (1956)
Movie
8
Bruce Hallerton

The Great American Pastime (1956)
Movie
Gregory Whitcomb

The Lieutenant Wore Skirts (1956)
Movie
Albert Pelham

Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
TV
4.75
Richard Sherman

The Seven Year Itch (1955)
Movie
6.3
John Emmet Owens

General Electric Theater (1953)
TV
Nugget Joe McDermott

Lost in Alaska (1952)
Movie
Tiger Kipps

Finders Keepers (1952)
Movie
Willie

Up Front (1951)
Movie
Haggerty

Mr. Music (1950)
Movie
Tom Caraway

A Life of Her Own (1950)
Movie
Self - Mystery Guest

What's My Line? (1950)
TV
Tom Howard

Robert Montgomery Presents (1950)
TV
Man in Audience

How Green Is My Spinach (1950)
Movie
Warren Attinger

Adam's Rib (1949)
Movie
6.13
Willie Mason

Studio One (1948)
TV
Ordway - Texas Ranger

Desert Bandit (1941)
Movie
New Hired Hand (uncredited)

They Knew What They Wanted (1940)
Movie
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1909-04-29
Deathday1994-09-12 (85 years old)
Birth PlaceOwensboro, United States
RelationshipsJudith Abbott (1946 - 1947)
CitizenshipsUnited States
Also Known AsSamuel Yewell Tompkins, Tommy Ewell
AwardsDonaldson Awards, Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play, Clarence Derwent Awards
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