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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Known For

The Seven Year Itch
The Seven Year Itch

1955

as Richard Sherman

Tropic of Desire
Tropic of Desire

1979

as Hadley Crabtree

The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby

1974

as Mourner (uncredited)

State Fair
State Fair

1962

as Abel Frake

Adam's Rib
Adam's Rib

1949

as Warren Attinger

Easy Money
Easy Money

1983

as Scrappleton

Finders Keepers
Finders Keepers

1952

as Tiger Kipps

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

1956

as Tom Miller

Marilyn
Marilyn

1963

as archive footage

Tender Is the Night
Tender Is the Night

1962

as Abe North

All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

2018

as Self (archive footage)

A Life of Her Own
A Life of Her Own

1950

as Tom Caraway

Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?
American Guerrilla in the Philippines
They Knew What They Wanted
They Knew What They Wanted

1940

as New Hired Hand (uncredited)

They Only Kill Their Masters
Mr. Music
Mr. Music

1950

as 'Cupcake' Haggerty

Lost in Alaska
Lost in Alaska

1952

as Nugget Joe McDermott

A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed