Tom Ewell

Acting • 1909-04-29 • 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

7.0

The Seven Year Itch

1955

7.1

Adam's Rib

1949

6.3

The Girl Can't Help It

1956

5.5

American Guerrilla in the Philippines

1950

6.2

Lost in Alaska

1952

5.2

A Life of Her Own

1950

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Filmography

2018
Scotty and the Secret History of HollywoodFilm
Self (archive footage)
★ 6.0
2016
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. StoneFilm
Richard Sherman (archive footage)
★ 7.4
2015
Jayne Mansfield: The Tragedy of a BlondeFilm
Self (archive footage)
★ 6.4
1990
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic DeathsFilm
Self
★ 5.7
1984
Murder, She WroteTV
Josh Corbin • 1 episodes
★ 7.5
1983
Easy MoneyFilm
Scrappleton
★ 6.0
1982
Terror at AlcatrazFilm
Johnson
★ 10.0
1981
Best of the WestTV
Jerome Kullens • 22 episodes
★ 6.8
1979
Trapper John, M.D.TV
★ 6.6
1979
EischiedTV
★ 7.0
1979
Tropic of DesireFilm
Hadley Crabtree
★ 6.4
1979
The Return of Mod SquadFilm
Cook
★ 7.0
1978
TaxiTV
Dr. Richmond • 1 episodes
★ 7.3
1978
Fantasy IslandTV
Burt 'Fingers' Lonegan • 1 episodes
★ 6.5
1978
Flying HighTV
★ 6.3
1975
BarettaTV
★ 6.5
1975
BarettaTV
Billy Truman • 1 episodes
★ 6.5
1975
Promise Him AnythingFilm
Judge
★ 10.0
1974
The Great GatsbyFilm
Mourner (uncredited)
★ 6.3
1974
The Spy Who Returned from the DeadFilm
Lubow
★ 5.2
1972
They Only Kill Their MastersFilm
Walter
★ 5.1
1972
Temperatures RisingTV
Harry Butler • 1 episodes
★ 7.5
1972
To Find a ManFilm
Dr. Hargrove
★ 6.4
1971
Alias Smith and JonesTV
★ 6.9
1970
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?Film
Billy Joe Davis
★ 5.5
1968
The Name of the GameTV
District Attorney Simpson • 1 episodes
★ 7.0
1965
The World of Abbott and CostelloFilm
Nugget Joe McDermott in Lost In Alaska (archive footage)
★ 6.8
1963
Burke's LawTV
Leander Clement • 1 episodes
★ 6.2
1963
MarilynFilm
archive footage
★ 7.5
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 7.6
1962
The Merv Griffin ShowTV
Self • 7 episodes
★ 6.8
1962
State FairFilm
Abel Frake
★ 4.9
1962
Tender Is the NightFilm
Abe North
★ 5.7
1961
The Mike Douglas ShowTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 5.8
1960
The Tom Ewell ShowTV
★ 9.0
1958
A Nice Little Bank That Should Be RobbedFilm
Max Rutgers
★ 4.8
1956
The Girl Can't Help ItFilm
Tom Miller
★ 6.3
1956
The Dinah Shore Chevy ShowTV
Self • 2 episodes
★ 6.4
1956
Tony AwardsTV
Self - Presenter • 1 episodes
1956
The Lieutenant Wore SkirtsFilm
Gregory Whitcomb
★ 5.8
1956
The Great American PastimeFilm
Bruce Hallerton
★ 7.0
1955
The Seven Year ItchFilm
Richard Sherman
★ 7.0
1955
Alfred Hitchcock PresentsTV
Albert Pelham • 1 episodes
★ 7.8
1955
Playwrights '56TV
★ 6.2
1953
General Electric TheaterTV
John Emmet Owens • 1 episodes
★ 6.8
1952
Lost in AlaskaFilm
Nugget Joe McDermott
★ 6.2
1952
Back at the FrontFilm
Willie
★ 10.0
1952
Finders KeepersFilm
Tiger Kipps
★ 10.0
1951
Up FrontFilm
Willie
★ 7.0
1950
What's My Line?TV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 7.1
1950
Robert Montgomery PresentsTV
Tom Howard • 1 episodes
★ 6.0
1950
American Guerrilla in the PhilippinesFilm
Jim Mitchell
★ 5.5
1950
Your Show of ShowsTV
★ 7.2
1950
A Life of Her OwnFilm
Tom Caraway
★ 5.2
1950
Mr. MusicFilm
'Cupcake' Haggerty
★ 6.5
1949
Adam's RibFilm
Warren Attinger
★ 7.1
1949
Lights OutTV
★ 6.0
1949
Concerning a Woman of SinFilm
★ 10.0
1948
Studio OneTV
Willie Mason • 1 episodes
★ 5.4
1947
Paramount Pacemaker: Babies, They're WonderfulFilm
★ 9.0
1941
Desert BanditFilm
Texas Ranger Ordway
★ 9.0
1940
They Knew What They WantedFilm
New Hired Hand (uncredited)
★ 6.0