Tom Ewell
Born
April 29, 1909
Died
September 12, 1994 (85 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Owensboro, Kentucky, USA
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
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
2018
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
Richard Sherman (archive footage)
2016
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
(archive footage)
1990
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
Self (from The Seven Year Itch [1955]) (archive footage)
1986
Murder, She Wrote
Josh Corbin · (1 episode)
1984
Easy Money
Scrappleton
1983
Terror at Alcatraz
Johnson
1982
Best of the West
Jerome Kullens · (22 episodes)
1981
Trapper John, M.D.
(1 episode)
1979
Eischied
(1 episode)
1979
Tropic of Desire
Hadley Crabtree
1979
The Return of Mod Squad
Cook
1979
Flying High
(1 episode)
1978
Taxi
Dr. Richmond · (1 episode)
1978
Fantasy Island
Burt 'Fingers' Lonegan · (1 episode)
1978
Promise Him Anything
Judge
1975
Baretta
(2 episodes)
1975
The Great Gatsby
Mourner (uncredited)
1974
The Spy Who Returned from the Dead
Lubow
1974
They Only Kill Their Masters
Walter
1972
Temperatures Rising
Harry Butler · (1 episode)
1972
To Find a Man
Dr. Hargrove
1972
Alias Smith and Jones
(1 episode)
1971
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?
Billy Joe Davis
1970
The Name of the Game
District Attorney Simpson · (1 episode)
1968
The World of Abbott and Costello
Nugget Joe McDermott in Lost In Alaska (archive footage)
1965
Burke's Law
Leander Clement · (1 episode)
1963
Marilyn
Self ("The Seven Year Itch") (archive footage) (uncredited)
1963
The Merv Griffin Show
Self · (7 episodes)
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · (1 episode)
1962
State Fair
Abel Frake
1962
Tender Is the Night
Abe North
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
Self · (1 episode)
1961
The Tom Ewell Show
(32 episodes)
1960
A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed
Max Rutgers
1958
The Girl Can't Help It
Tom Miller
1956
The Great American Pastime
Bruce Hallerton
1956
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self · (2 episodes)
1956
The Lieutenant Wore Skirts
Gregory Whitcomb
1956
Playwrights '56
(1 episode)
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Albert Pelham · (1 episode)
1955
The Seven Year Itch
Richard Sherman
1955
General Electric Theater
John Emmet Owens · (1 episode)
1953
Back at the Front
Willie
1952
Lost in Alaska
Nugget Joe McDermott
1952
Finders Keepers
Tiger Kipps
1952
Up Front
Willie
1951
Mr. Music
'Cupcake' Haggerty
1950
American Guerrilla in the Philippines
Jim Mitchell
1950
A Life of Her Own
Tom Caraway
1950
Your Show of Shows
(2 episodes)
1950
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest · (1 episode)
1950
Robert Montgomery Presents
Tom Howard · (1 episode)
1950
Adam's Rib
Warren Attinger
1949
Lights Out
(1 episode)
1949
Concerning a Woman of Sin
1949
Studio One
Willie Mason · (1 episode)
1948
Paramount Pacemaker: Babies, They're Wonderful
1947
Desert Bandit
Texas Ranger Ordway
1941
They Knew What They Wanted
New Hired Hand (uncredited)
1940