Quick Facts
Born:
1909-04-29
Birthplace:
Owensboro, Kentucky, USA
Credits:
59 Total Roles
Tom Ewell
Acting
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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.
Known For
The Seven Year Itch
Richard Sherman
The Great Gatsby
Mourner (uncredited)
Murder, She Wrote
Josh Corbin
Adam's Rib
Warren Attinger
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Albert Pelham
Taxi
Dr. Richmond
Easy Money
Scrappleton
Fantasy Island
Burt 'Fingers' Lonegan
Full Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood MOVIE | Self (archive footage) |
| 2016 | All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone MOVIE | Richard Sherman (archive footage) |
| 1990 | Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths MOVIE | (archive footage) |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote TV | Josh Corbin |
| 1983 | Easy Money MOVIE | Scrappleton |
| 1982 | Terror at Alcatraz MOVIE | Johnson |
| 1981 | Best of the West TV | Jerome Kullens |
| 1979 | Trapper John, M.D. TV | Self |
| 1979 | Eischied TV | Self |
| 1979 | Tropic of Desire MOVIE | Hadley Crabtree |