Tom Ewell
Known for
Acting
Born
April 29, 1909
Birthplace
Owensboro, Kentucky, USA
Died
September 12, 1994 (aged 85)
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.
Best known work
The Seven Year Itch
1955
The Great Gatsby
1974
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Adam's Rib
1949
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Taxi
1978
Easy Money
1983
Fantasy Island
1978
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Girl Can't Help It
1956Filmography
2018
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywoodas Self (archive footage)
2016
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stoneas Richard Sherman (archive footage)
2015
Jayne Mansfield: The Tragedy of a Blondeas Self (archive footage)
1990
1984
1983
Easy Moneyas Scrappleton
1982
Terror at Alcatrazas Johnson
1981
1979
1979
EischiedTV1979
Tropic of Desireas Hadley Crabtree
1979
The Return of Mod Squadas Cook
1978
1978
1978
1975
Promise Him Anythingas Judge
1975
1974
The Great Gatsbyas Mourner (uncredited)
1974
1972
They Only Kill Their Mastersas Walter
1972
1972
To Find a Manas Dr. Hargrove
1971
1970
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?as Billy Joe Davis
1968