Tom Ewell
Actor
- Born
- April 29, 1909 · Owensboro, Kentucky, USA
- Died
- September 12, 1994 (age 85)
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
The Seven Year Itch
June 3, 1955
The Great Gatsby
March 27, 1974
Adam's Rib
November 17, 1949
Easy Money
August 19, 1983
The Girl Can't Help It
December 22, 1956
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
July 27, 2018
Lost in Alaska
August 13, 1952
American Guerrilla in the Philippines
November 8, 1950
A Life of Her Own
September 1, 1950
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
November 4, 2016
State Fair
March 9, 1962
They Only Kill Their Masters
November 22, 1972
Acting35
- 2018Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood as Self (archive footage)
- 2016All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone as Richard Sherman (archive footage)
- 2015Jayne Mansfield: The Tragedy of a Blonde as Self (archive footage)
- 1990Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths as Self
- 1983Easy Money as Scrappleton
- 1982Terror at Alcatraz as Johnson
- 1979Tropic of Desire as Hadley Crabtree
- 1979The Return of Mod Squad as Cook
- 1975Promise Him Anything as Judge