About

Known credits:
37
Birthday:
1909-04-29
Place of birth:
Owensboro, Kentucky, USA
Website:
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Tom Ewell

Overview

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

Acting
2018 Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood Actor Self (archive footage) 58
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2016 All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone Actor Richard Sherman (archive footage) 59
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1990 Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths Actor (archive footage) 59
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1986 Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend Actor Self (from The Seven Year Itch [1955]) (archive footage) 59
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1983 Easy Money Actor Scrappleton 59
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1982 Terror at Alcatraz Actor Johnson N/A
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1981 Best of the West Actor Jerome Kullens 69
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1979 Tropic of Desire Actor Hadley Crabtree 59
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1979 The Return of Mod Squad Actor Cook 59
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1975 Promise Him Anything Actor Judge N/A
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1974 The Great Gatsby Actor Mourner (uncredited) 60
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1974 The Spy Who Returned from the Dead Actor Lubow 58
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1972 They Only Kill Their Masters Actor Walter 58
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1972 To Find a Man Actor Dr. Hargrove 59
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1970 Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came? Actor Billy Joe Davis 58
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1965 The World of Abbott and Costello Actor Nugget Joe McDermott in Lost In Alaska (archive footage) 59
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1963 Marilyn Actor Self ("The Seven Year Itch") (archive footage) (uncredited) 58
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1962 State Fair Actor Abel Frake 58
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1962 Tender Is the Night Actor Abe North 58
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1960 The Tom Ewell Show Actor N/A
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1958 A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed Actor Max Rutgers 58
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1956 The Girl Can't Help It Actor Tom Miller 59
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1956 The Great American Pastime Actor Bruce Hallerton N/A
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1956 The Lieutenant Wore Skirts Actor Gregory Whitcomb 58
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1955 The Seven Year Itch Actor Richard Sherman 65
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1952 Back at the Front Actor Willie N/A
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1952 Lost in Alaska Actor Nugget Joe McDermott 59
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1952 Finders Keepers Actor Tiger Kipps N/A
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1951 Up Front Actor Willie N/A
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1950 Mr. Music Actor 'Cupcake' Haggerty 59
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1950 American Guerrilla in the Philippines Actor Jim Mitchell 58
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1950 A Life of Her Own Actor Tom Caraway 58
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1949 Adam's Rib Actor Warren Attinger 63
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1949 Concerning a Woman of Sin Actor N/A
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1947 Paramount Pacemaker: Babies, They're Wonderful Actor N/A
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1941 Desert Bandit Actor Texas Ranger Ordway N/A
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1940 They Knew What They Wanted Actor New Hired Hand (uncredited) 58
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