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
| Birth Location | Owensboro, Kentucky, USA |
|---|---|
| Born | 1909-04-29 |
| Died | 1994-09-12 |
Movies
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
2018
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
as Richard Sherman (archive footage)
2016
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
as (archive footage)
1990
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
as Self (from The Seven Year Itch [1955]) (archive footage)
1986
Easy Money
as Scrappleton
1983
Terror at Alcatraz
as Johnson
1982
Tropic of Desire
as Hadley Crabtree
1979
The Return of Mod Squad
as Cook
1979
Promise Him Anything
as Judge
1975
The Great Gatsby
as Mourner (uncredited)
1974
The Spy Who Returned from the Dead
as Lubow
1974
They Only Kill Their Masters
as Walter
1972
To Find a Man
as Dr. Hargrove
1972
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?
as Billy Joe Davis
1970
The World of Abbott and Costello
as Nugget Joe McDermott in Lost In Alaska (archive footage)
1965
Marilyn
as Self ("The Seven Year Itch") (archive footage) (uncredited)
1963
State Fair
as Abel Frake
1962
Tender Is the Night
as Abe North
1962
A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed
as Max Rutgers
1958
The Girl Can't Help It
as Tom Miller
1956
The Great American Pastime
as Bruce Hallerton
1956
The Lieutenant Wore Skirts
as Gregory Whitcomb
1956
The Seven Year Itch
as Richard Sherman
1955
Back at the Front
as Willie
1952
Lost in Alaska
as Nugget Joe McDermott
1952
Finders Keepers
as Tiger Kipps
1952
Up Front
as Willie
1951
Mr. Music
as 'Cupcake' Haggerty
1950
American Guerrilla in the Philippines
as Jim Mitchell
1950
A Life of Her Own
as Tom Caraway
1950
Adam's Rib
as Warren Attinger
1949
Desert Bandit
as Texas Ranger Ordway
1941
They Knew What They Wanted
as New Hired Hand (uncredited)
1940
Tom Ewell hasn't worked on any movies or TV shows
