Tom Ewell
Born
29 April 1909 (116)
Place of Birth
Owensboro, Kentucky, USA
Also known as
Samuel Yewell Tompkins, Tommy Ewell
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.
Filmography (34)
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
2018
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
2016
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
1990
Easy Money
1983
Terror at Alcatraz
1982
Tropic of Desire
1979
The Return of Mod Squad
1979
Promise Him Anything
1975
The Great Gatsby
1974
The Spy Who Returned from the Dead
1974
They Only Kill Their Masters
1972
To Find a Man
1972
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?
1970
The World of Abbott and Costello
1965
Marilyn
1963
State Fair
1962
Tender Is the Night
1962
A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed
1958
The Girl Can't Help It
1956
The Great American Pastime
1956
The Lieutenant Wore Skirts
1956
The Seven Year Itch
1955
Back at the Front
1952
Lost in Alaska
1952
Finders Keepers
1952
Up Front
1951
Mr. Music
1950
American Guerrilla in the Philippines
1950
A Life of Her Own
1950
Adam's Rib
1949
Concerning a Woman of Sin
1949
Paramount Pacemaker: Babies, They're Wonderful
1947
Desert Bandit
1941
They Knew What They Wanted
1940