Tom Ewell1909 - 1994

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Actor

Popularity

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Famous

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.

Credits

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

2018

Documentary

as Self (archive footage)

6
0.3
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone

2016

Documentary

as Richard Sherman (archive footage)

7.7
0.5
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths

1990

Documentary

as (archive footage)

5.7
0.9
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend

1986

Documentary

as Self (from The Seven Year Itch [1955]) (archive footage)

7.5
0.4
Easy Money
Easy Money

1983

Comedy

as Scrappleton

6
0.9
Terror at Alcatraz
Terror at Alcatraz

1982

Comedy • TV Movie

as Johnson

0
0.1
Tropic of Desire
Tropic of Desire

1979

Drama

as Hadley Crabtree

6.8
1.2
The Return of Mod Squad
The Return of Mod Squad

1979

Action • Drama • TV Movie

as Cook

5
0.5
Promise Him Anything
Promise Him Anything

1975

Comedy • TV Movie

as Judge

0
0.2
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby

1974

Drama • Romance

as Mourner (uncredited)

6.3
3.9
The Spy Who Returned from the Dead
The Spy Who Returned from the Dead

1974

Comedy • Horror • TV Movie

as Lubow

5.2
0.1
They Only Kill Their Masters
They Only Kill Their Masters

1972

Mystery • Romance • Thriller

as Walter

5.3
0.3
To Find a Man
To Find a Man

1972

Comedy • Drama

as Dr. Hargrove

6
0.2
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?

1970

Comedy • Drama

as Billy Joe Davis

5
0.3
The World of Abbott and Costello
The World of Abbott and Costello

1965

Comedy

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

6.3
0
Marilyn
Marilyn

1963

Documentary

as Self ("The Seven Year Itch") (archive footage) (uncredited)

6
0.3
State Fair
State Fair

1962

Comedy • Music • Romance

as Abel Frake

4.9
0.3
Tender Is the Night
Tender Is the Night

1962

Drama • Romance

as Abe North

5.4
0.2
A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed
A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed

1958

Comedy • Crime

as Max Rutgers

3.3
0.2
The Girl Can't Help It
The Girl Can't Help It

1956

Comedy • Music

as Tom Miller

6.1
0.3
The Great American Pastime
The Great American Pastime

1956

Comedy

as Bruce Hallerton

0
0.3
The Lieutenant Wore Skirts
The Lieutenant Wore Skirts

1956

Comedy

as Gregory Whitcomb

5.5
0.3
The Seven Year Itch
The Seven Year Itch

1955

Comedy • Romance

as Richard Sherman

7.1
1.6
Back at the Front
Back at the Front

1952

Comedy

as Willie

0
0.2
Lost in Alaska
Lost in Alaska

1952

Adventure • Comedy

as Nugget Joe McDermott

6
0.3
Finders Keepers
Finders Keepers

1952

Comedy

as Tiger Kipps

0
0.2
Up Front
Up Front

1951

Comedy • War

as Willie

0
0.2
Mr. Music
Mr. Music

1950

Comedy • Romance

as 'Cupcake' Haggerty

4
0.3
American Guerrilla in the Philippines
American Guerrilla in the Philippines

1950

Drama • War

as Jim Mitchell

5.5
0.3
A Life of Her Own
A Life of Her Own

1950

Drama

as Tom Caraway

5.3
0.4
Adam's Rib
Adam's Rib

1949

Comedy • Drama • Romance

as Warren Attinger

7.1
0.8
Desert Bandit
Desert Bandit

1941

Western

as Texas Ranger Ordway

0
0.1
They Knew What They Wanted
They Knew What They Wanted

1940

Drama • Romance

as New Hired Hand (uncredited)

5.6
0.4

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