Portrait of Tom Ewell

Tom Ewell

Acting

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.

Born: April 29, 1909

Place of Birth: Owensboro, Kentucky, USA

Filmography

2018
1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Josh Corbin

1983
Easy Money

as Scrappleton

1982
1981
Best of the West

as Jerome Kullens

1979
Tropic of Desire

as Hadley Crabtree

1978
Taxi

as Dr. Richmond

1978
Fantasy Island

as Burt 'Fingers' Lonegan

1974
The Great Gatsby

as Mourner (uncredited)

1972
To Find a Man

as Dr. Hargrove

1968
The Name of the Game

as District Attorney Simpson

1965
The World of Abbott and Costello

as Nugget Joe McDermott in Lost In Alaska (archive footage)

1963
Burke's Law

as Leander Clement

1963
Marilyn

as Self ("The Seven Year Itch") (archive footage) (uncredited)

1962
State Fair

as Abel Frake

1962
1956
1956
The Great American Pastime

as Bruce Hallerton

1956
The Lieutenant Wore Skirts

as Gregory Whitcomb

1955
1955
The Seven Year Itch

as Richard Sherman

1953
General Electric Theater

as John Emmet Owens

1952
1952
Lost in Alaska

as Nugget Joe McDermott

1952
Finders Keepers

as Tiger Kipps

1951
Up Front

as Willie

1950
Mr. Music

as 'Cupcake' Haggerty

1950
A Life of Her Own

as Tom Caraway

1950
What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest

1949
Adam's Rib

as Warren Attinger

1948
Studio One

as Willie Mason

1941
Desert Bandit

as Texas Ranger Ordway

1940
They Knew What They Wanted

as New Hired Hand (uncredited)