Tom Ewell
Known for Acting · 60 credits
- Born
- 1909-04-29
- Died
- 1994-09-12
- Place of birth
- Owensboro, Kentucky, USA
- Also known as
- Samuel Yewell Tompkins · Tommy Ewell
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.
Known For
TV Shows (25)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Josh Corbin
What's My Line?
1950
as Self - Mystery Guest
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
as Tom Howard
Fantasy Island
1978
as Burt 'Fingers' Lonegan
Taxi
1978
as Dr. Richmond
Studio One
1948
as Willie Mason
Burke's Law
1963
as Leander Clement
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
The Name of the Game
1968
as District Attorney Simpson
Baretta
1975
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Albert Pelham
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
Lights Out
1949
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
as Self
Your Show of Shows
1950
Temperatures Rising
1972
as Harry Butler
Flying High
1978
Playwrights '56
1955
Best of the West
1981
as Jerome Kullens
Eischied
1979
General Electric Theater
1953
as John Emmet Owens
The Tom Ewell Show
1960
Movies (35)
The Seven Year Itch
1955
as Richard Sherman
The Great Gatsby
1974
as Mourner (uncredited)
Tropic of Desire
1979
as Hadley Crabtree
The Girl Can't Help It
1956
as Tom Miller
Adam's Rib
1949
as Warren Attinger
Easy Money
1983
as Scrappleton
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
2018
as Self (archive footage)
State Fair
1962
as Abel Frake
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?
1970
as Billy Joe Davis
They Only Kill Their Masters
1972
as Walter
Finders Keepers
1952
as Tiger Kipps
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
2016
as Richard Sherman (archive footage)
The Return of Mod Squad
1979
as Cook
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
1990
as (archive footage)
Tender Is the Night
1962
as Abe North
Marilyn
1963
as archive footage
A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed
1958
as Max Rutgers
Lost in Alaska
1952
as Nugget Joe McDermott
American Guerrilla in the Philippines
1950
as Jim Mitchell
Terror at Alcatraz
1982
as Johnson
A Life of Her Own
1950
as Tom Caraway
They Knew What They Wanted
1940
as New Hired Hand (uncredited)
To Find a Man
1972
as Dr. Hargrove
Mr. Music
1950
as 'Cupcake' Haggerty
The World of Abbott and Costello
1965
as Nugget Joe McDermott in Lost In Alaska (archive footage)
The Great American Pastime
1956
as Bruce Hallerton
Promise Him Anything
1975
as Judge
The Lieutenant Wore Skirts
1956
as Gregory Whitcomb
Up Front
1951
as Willie
The Spy Who Returned from the Dead
1974
as Lubow
Back at the Front
1952
as Willie
Desert Bandit
1941
as Texas Ranger Ordway
Jayne Mansfield: The Tragedy of a Blonde
2015
as (archive footage)
Paramount Pacemaker: Babies, They're Wonderful
1947
Concerning a Woman of Sin
1949
About Tom Ewell
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. With 60 credits spanning from 1940 to 2018, Tom Ewell has appeared in 35 films and 25 TV shows.
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Most Popular Tom Ewell Movies
- The Seven Year Itch (1955) — as Richard Sherman
- The Great Gatsby (1974) — as Mourner (uncredited)
- Tropic of Desire (1979) — as Hadley Crabtree
- The Girl Can't Help It (1956) — as Tom Miller
- Adam's Rib (1949) — as Warren Attinger
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