Tom Ewell

Tom Ewell

🎂 29th April 1909 (116 yrs) 📍 Owensboro, Kentucky, USA

Known For

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.

Tom Ewell

Movies Featuring Tom Ewell

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood (2018)

as Self (archive footage)

All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone

All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone (2016)

as Richard Sherman (archive footage)

Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths

Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths (1990)

as (archive footage)

Easy Money

Easy Money (1983)

as Scrappleton

Terror at Alcatraz

Terror at Alcatraz (1982)

as Johnson

Tropic of Desire

Tropic of Desire (1979)

as Hadley Crabtree

The Return of Mod Squad

The Return of Mod Squad (1979)

as Cook

Promise Him Anything

Promise Him Anything (1975)

as Judge

The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby (1974)

as Mourner (uncredited)

The Spy Who Returned from the Dead

The Spy Who Returned from the Dead (1974)

as Lubow

They Only Kill Their Masters

They Only Kill Their Masters (1972)

as Walter

To Find a Man

To Find a Man (1972)

as Dr. Hargrove

Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?

Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came? (1970)

as Billy Joe Davis

The World of Abbott and Costello

The World of Abbott and Costello (1965)

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

State Fair

State Fair (1962)

as Abel Frake

Tender Is the Night

Tender Is the Night (1962)

as Abe North

A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed

A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed (1958)

as Max Rutgers

The Girl Can't Help It

The Girl Can't Help It (1956)

as Tom Miller

The Great American Pastime

The Great American Pastime (1956)

as Bruce Hallerton

The Lieutenant Wore Skirts

The Lieutenant Wore Skirts (1956)

as Gregory Whitcomb

The Seven Year Itch

The Seven Year Itch (1955)

as Richard Sherman

Back at the Front

Back at the Front (1952)

as Willie

Lost in Alaska

Lost in Alaska (1952)

as Nugget Joe McDermott

Finders Keepers

Finders Keepers (1952)

as Tiger Kipps

Up Front

Up Front (1951)

as Willie

Mr. Music

Mr. Music (1950)

as 'Cupcake' Haggerty

American Guerrilla in the Philippines

American Guerrilla in the Philippines (1950)

as Jim Mitchell

A Life of Her Own

A Life of Her Own (1950)

as Tom Caraway

Adam's Rib

Adam's Rib (1949)

as Warren Attinger

Concerning a Woman of Sin

Concerning a Woman of Sin (1949)

No Image

Paramount Pacemaker: Babies, They're Wonderful (1947)

Desert Bandit

Desert Bandit (1941)

as Texas Ranger Ordway

They Knew What They Wanted

They Knew What They Wanted (1940)

as New Hired Hand (uncredited)