Tom Ewell
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 29, 1909
- Died
- September 12, 1994
- Birthplace
- 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.
Filmography
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood 2018
as Self (archive footage)
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone 2016
as Richard Sherman (archive footage)
Jayne Mansfield: The Tragedy of a Blonde 2015
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths 1990
as Self
Easy Money 1983
as Scrappleton
Terror at Alcatraz 1982
as Johnson
Tropic of Desire 1979
as Hadley Crabtree
The Return of Mod Squad 1979
as Cook
Promise Him Anything 1975
as Judge
The Great Gatsby 1974
as Mourner (uncredited)
The Spy Who Returned from the Dead 1974
as Lubow
They Only Kill Their Masters 1972
as Walter
To Find a Man 1972
as Dr. Hargrove
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came? 1970
as Billy Joe Davis
The World of Abbott and Costello 1965
as Nugget Joe McDermott in Lost In Alaska (archive footage)
Marilyn 1963
as archive footage
State Fair 1962
as Abel Frake
Tender Is the Night 1962
as Abe North
A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed 1958
as Max Rutgers
The Girl Can't Help It 1956
as Tom Miller
The Great American Pastime 1956
as Bruce Hallerton
The Lieutenant Wore Skirts 1956
as Gregory Whitcomb
The Seven Year Itch 1955
as Richard Sherman
Back at the Front 1952
as Willie
Lost in Alaska 1952
as Nugget Joe McDermott
Finders Keepers 1952
as Tiger Kipps
Up Front 1951
as Willie
Mr. Music 1950
as 'Cupcake' Haggerty
American Guerrilla in the Philippines 1950
as Jim Mitchell
A Life of Her Own 1950
as Tom Caraway
Adam's Rib 1949
as Warren Attinger
Concerning a Woman of Sin 1949
Actor
- Paramount Pacemaker: Babies, They're Wonderful
Paramount Pacemaker: Babies, They're Wonderful 1947
Actor
Desert Bandit 1941
as Texas Ranger Ordway
They Knew What They Wanted 1940
as New Hired Hand (uncredited)
Credits from TMDB.