Acting
Tom Ewell
EN, FR cinema · 35 credits
Born
29 April 1909
Died
12 September 1994 (aged 85)
Birthplace
Owensboro, Kentucky, USA
Also known as Samuel Yewell Tompkins · Tommy Ewell
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
Filmography
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
as Richard Sherman (archive footage)
Jayne Mansfield: The Tragedy of a Blonde
as Self (archive footage)
Easy Money
as Scrappleton
Terror at Alcatraz
as Johnson
Tropic of Desire
as Hadley Crabtree
The Great Gatsby
as Mourner (uncredited)
To Find a Man
as Dr. Hargrove
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?
as Billy Joe Davis
The World of Abbott and Costello
as Nugget Joe McDermott in Lost In Alaska (archive footage)
Marilyn
as archive footage
State Fair
as Abel Frake
Tender Is the Night
as Abe North
A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed
as Max Rutgers
The Girl Can't Help It
as Tom Miller
The Great American Pastime
as Bruce Hallerton
The Lieutenant Wore Skirts
as Gregory Whitcomb
The Seven Year Itch
as Richard Sherman
Finders Keepers
as Tiger Kipps
Back at the Front
as Willie
Lost in Alaska
as Nugget Joe McDermott
Up Front
as Willie
American Guerrilla in the Philippines
as Jim Mitchell
Mr. Music
as 'Cupcake' Haggerty
A Life of Her Own
as Tom Caraway
Adam's Rib
as Warren Attinger
Desert Bandit
as Texas Ranger Ordway
They Knew What They Wanted
as New Hired Hand (uncredited)