Tom Ewell

Tom Ewell

4/29/1909 – 9/12/1994Owensboro, Kentucky, USA

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 (60 titles)

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood5.9Movie

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

Self (archive footage) · 2018

All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone7.4Movie

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

Richard Sherman (archive footage) · 2016

Jayne Mansfield: The Tragedy of a Blonde6.4Movie

Jayne Mansfield: The Tragedy of a Blonde

Self (archive footage) · 2015

Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths5.7Movie

Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths

(archive footage) · 1990

Murder, She Wrote7.5Show

Murder, She Wrote

Josh Corbin · 1984

Easy Money6.0Movie

Easy Money

Scrappleton · 1983

Terror at Alcatraz10.0Movie

Terror at Alcatraz

Johnson · 1982

Best of the West6.8Show

Best of the West

Jerome Kullens · 1981

Trapper John, M.D.6.6Show

Trapper John, M.D.

1979

Eischied7.0Show

Eischied

1979

Tropic of Desire6.4Movie

Tropic of Desire

Hadley Crabtree · 1979

The Return of Mod Squad7.0Movie

The Return of Mod Squad

Cook · 1979

Flying High6.3Show

Flying High

1978

Taxi7.3Show

Taxi

Dr. Richmond · 1978

Fantasy Island6.5Show

Fantasy Island

Burt 'Fingers' Lonegan · 1978

Promise Him Anything10.0Movie

Promise Him Anything

Judge · 1975

Baretta6.5Show

Baretta

1975

The Great Gatsby6.3Movie

The Great Gatsby

Mourner (uncredited) · 1974

The Spy Who Returned from the Dead5.2Movie

The Spy Who Returned from the Dead

Lubow · 1974

They Only Kill Their Masters5.1Movie

They Only Kill Their Masters

Walter · 1972

Temperatures Rising7.5Show

Temperatures Rising

Harry Butler · 1972

To Find a Man6.4Movie

To Find a Man

Dr. Hargrove · 1972

Alias Smith and Jones7.0Show

Alias Smith and Jones

1971

Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?5.5Movie

Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?

Billy Joe Davis · 1970

The Name of the Game7.0Show

The Name of the Game

District Attorney Simpson · 1968

The World of Abbott and Costello6.8Movie

The World of Abbott and Costello

Nugget Joe McDermott in Lost In Alaska (archive footage) · 1965

Burke's Law6.3Show

Burke's Law

Leander Clement · 1963

Marilyn7.5Movie

Marilyn

archive footage · 1963

The Merv Griffin Show6.6Show

The Merv Griffin Show

Self · 1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson7.5Show

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Self · 1962