Tom Ewell

Tom Ewell

1909-04-29 – 1994-09-12 (age 85) Owensboro, Kentucky, USA
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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.

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The Seven Year Itch
The Seven Year Itch

1955

as Richard Sherman

The Girl Can't Help It
The Girl Can't Help It

1956

as Tom Miller

Adam's Rib
Adam's Rib

1949

as Warren Attinger

The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby

1974

as Mourner (uncredited)

Easy Money
Easy Money

1983

as Scrappleton

American Guerrilla in the Philippines
The Lieutenant Wore Skirts
The Lieutenant Wore Skirts

1956

as Gregory Whitcomb

A Life of Her Own
A Life of Her Own

1950

as Tom Caraway

They Only Kill Their Masters
Tropic of Desire
Tropic of Desire

1979

as Hadley Crabtree

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

1952

as Nugget Joe McDermott

State Fair
State Fair

1962

as Abel Frake

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

2018

as Self (archive footage)

Tender Is the Night
Tender Is the Night

1962

as Abe North

The Great American Pastime
The Great American Pastime

1956

as Bruce Hallerton

Mr. Music
Mr. Music

1950

as 'Cupcake' Haggerty

Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?
Jayne Mansfield: The Tragedy of a Blonde
Jayne Mansfield: The Tragedy of a Blonde

2015

as Self (archive footage)

The World of Abbott and Costello
The World of Abbott and Costello

1965

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