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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Information
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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