Tom Ewell
32 movies · 19 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Apr 29, 1909
- Died
- Sep 12, 1994 (age 85)
- Place of birth
- Owensboro, Kentucky, USA
- Also known as
- Samuel Yewell Tompkins · Tommy Ewell
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.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
Tom Ewell: movies and TV shows
Acting (51)
- 2016 All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
as Richard Sherman (archive footage)
- 1984
- 1983 Easy Money
as Scrappleton
- 1982 Terror at Alcatraz
as Johnson
- 1981
- 1979
- 1979
- 1979 Tropic of Desire
as Hadley Crabtree
- 1979 The Return of Mod Squad
as Cook
- 1978
- 1978
- 1978
- 1975 Promise Him Anything
as Judge
- 1975
- 1974 The Great Gatsby
as Mourner (uncredited)
- 1974 The Spy Who Returned from the Dead
as Lubow
- 1972 They Only Kill Their Masters
as Walter
- 1972
- 1972 To Find a Man
as Dr. Hargrove
- 1971
- 1970 Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?
as Billy Joe Davis
- 1968
- 1965 The World of Abbott and Costello
as Nugget Joe McDermott in Lost In Alaska (archive footage)
- 1963
- 1963 Marilyn
as archive footage
- 1962 State Fair
as Abel Frake
- 1962 Tender Is the Night
as Abe North
- 1960
- 1958 A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed
as Max Rutgers
- 1956 The Girl Can't Help It
as Tom Miller
- 1956 The Great American Pastime
as Bruce Hallerton
- 1956 The Lieutenant Wore Skirts
as Gregory Whitcomb
- 1955
- 1955
- 1955 The Seven Year Itch
as Richard Sherman
- 1953
- 1952 Back at the Front
as Willie
- 1952 Lost in Alaska
as Nugget Joe McDermott
- 1952 Finders Keepers
as Tiger Kipps
- 1951 Up Front
as Willie
- 1950 Mr. Music
as 'Cupcake' Haggerty
- 1950 American Guerrilla in the Philippines
as Jim Mitchell
- 1950 A Life of Her Own
as Tom Caraway
- 1950
- 1950
- 1949 Adam's Rib
as Warren Attinger
- 1949
- 1948
- 1947
- 1941 Desert Bandit
as Texas Ranger Ordway
- 1940 They Knew What They Wanted
as New Hired Hand (uncredited)
Talk shows and appearances (9)
- 2018
- 2015
- 1990
- 1962 The Merv Griffin Show
7 episodes
- 1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1 episode
- 1961 The Mike Douglas Show
1 episode
- 1956 The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
2 episodes
- 1950 What's My Line?
1 episode
- 1949 Lights Out
1 episode