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Tom Ewell

Tom Ewell

Born: 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.

Filmography
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood poster
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
2018 • Self (archive footage)
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone poster
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
2016 • Richard Sherman (archive footage)
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths poster
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
1990 • (archive footage)
Easy Money poster
Easy Money
1983 • Scrappleton
Terror at Alcatraz poster
Terror at Alcatraz
1982 • Johnson
Tropic of Desire poster
Tropic of Desire
1979 • Hadley Crabtree
The Return of Mod Squad poster
The Return of Mod Squad
1979 • Cook
Promise Him Anything poster
Promise Him Anything
1975 • Judge
The Great Gatsby poster
The Great Gatsby
1974 • Mourner (uncredited)
The Spy Who Returned from the Dead poster
The Spy Who Returned from the Dead
1974 • Lubow
They Only Kill Their Masters poster
They Only Kill Their Masters
1972 • Walter
To Find a Man poster
To Find a Man
1972 • Dr. Hargrove
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came? poster
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?
1970 • Billy Joe Davis
The World of Abbott and Costello poster
The World of Abbott and Costello
1965 • Nugget Joe McDermott in Lost In Alaska (archive footage)
State Fair poster
State Fair
1962 • Abel Frake
Tender Is the Night poster
Tender Is the Night
1962 • Abe North
A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed poster
A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed
1958 • Max Rutgers
The Girl Can't Help It poster
The Girl Can't Help It
1956 • Tom Miller
The Great American Pastime poster
The Great American Pastime
1956 • Bruce Hallerton
The Lieutenant Wore Skirts poster
The Lieutenant Wore Skirts
1956 • Gregory Whitcomb
The Seven Year Itch poster
The Seven Year Itch
1955 • Richard Sherman
Back at the Front poster
Back at the Front
1952 • Willie
Lost in Alaska poster
Lost in Alaska
1952 • Nugget Joe McDermott
Finders Keepers poster
Finders Keepers
1952 • Tiger Kipps
Up Front poster
Up Front
1951 • Willie
Mr. Music poster
Mr. Music
1950 • 'Cupcake' Haggerty
American Guerrilla in the Philippines poster
American Guerrilla in the Philippines
1950 • Jim Mitchell
A Life of Her Own poster
A Life of Her Own
1950 • Tom Caraway
Adam's Rib poster
Adam's Rib
1949 • Warren Attinger
Concerning a Woman of Sin poster
Concerning a Woman of Sin
1949
No Image
Paramount Pacemaker: Babies, They're Wonderful
1947
Desert Bandit poster
Desert Bandit
1941 • Texas Ranger Ordway
They Knew What They Wanted poster
They Knew What They Wanted
1940 • New Hired Hand (uncredited)