Tom Ewell
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Apr 29, 1909 (117 years old)
Place of Birth
Owensboro, Kentucky, USA
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.
Known For
| 2018 | Scotty and the Secret History of HollywoodSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2016 | All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. StoneRichard Sherman (archive footage) | |
| 1990 | Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths(archive footage) | |
| 1984 | Murder, She WroteJosh Corbin | |
| 1983 | Easy MoneyScrappleton | |
| 1982 | Terror at AlcatrazJohnson | |
| 1981 | Best of the WestJerome Kullens | |
| 1979 | Tropic of DesireHadley Crabtree | |
| 1979 | The Return of Mod SquadCook | |
| 1979 | Trapper John, M.D. | |
| 1979 | Eischied | |
| 1978 | Flying High | |
| 1978 | TaxiDr. Richmond | |
| 1978 | Fantasy IslandBurt 'Fingers' Lonegan | |
| 1975 | Promise Him AnythingJudge | |
| 1975 | Baretta | |
| 1974 | The Spy Who Returned from the DeadLubow | |
| 1974 | The Great GatsbyMourner (uncredited) | |
| 1972 | They Only Kill Their MastersWalter | |
| 1972 | To Find a ManDr. Hargrove | |
| 1972 | Temperatures RisingHarry Butler | |
| 1971 | Alias Smith and Jones | |
| 1970 | Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?Billy Joe Davis | |
| 1968 | The Name of the GameDistrict Attorney Simpson | |
| 1965 | The World of Abbott and CostelloNugget Joe McDermott in Lost In Alaska (archive footage) | |
| 1963 | Marilynarchive footage | |
| 1963 | Burke's LawLeander Clement | |
| 1962 | State FairAbel Frake | |
| 1962 | Tender Is the NightAbe North | |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin ShowSelf | |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf | |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas ShowSelf | |
| 1960 | The Tom Ewell Show | |
| 1958 | A Nice Little Bank That Should Be RobbedMax Rutgers | |
| 1956 | The Girl Can't Help ItTom Miller | |
| 1956 | The Great American PastimeBruce Hallerton | |
| 1956 | The Lieutenant Wore SkirtsGregory Whitcomb | |
| 1956 | The Dinah Shore Chevy ShowSelf | |
| 1955 | The Seven Year ItchRichard Sherman | |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock PresentsAlbert Pelham | |
| 1955 | Playwrights '56 | |
| 1953 | General Electric TheaterJohn Emmet Owens | |
| 1952 | Finders KeepersTiger Kipps | |
| 1952 | Back at the FrontWillie | |
| 1952 | Lost in AlaskaNugget Joe McDermott | |
| 1951 | Up FrontWillie | |
| 1950 | American Guerrilla in the PhilippinesJim Mitchell | |
| 1950 | Mr. Music'Cupcake' Haggerty | |
| 1950 | A Life of Her OwnTom Caraway | |
| 1950 | Your Show of Shows | |
| 1950 | Robert Montgomery PresentsTom Howard | |
| 1950 | What's My Line?Self - Mystery Guest | |
| 1949 | Adam's RibWarren Attinger | |
| 1949 | Concerning a Woman of Sin | |
| 1949 | Lights Out | |
| 1948 | Studio OneWillie Mason | |
| 1947 | Paramount Pacemaker: Babies, They're Wonderful | |
| 1941 | Desert BanditTexas Ranger Ordway | |
| 1940 | They Knew What They WantedNew Hired Hand (uncredited) |