Tom Ewell
Acting
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
2018Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
2016All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
Richard Sherman (archive footage)
2015Jayne Mansfield: The Tragedy of a Blonde
(archive footage)
1990Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
(archive footage)
1983Easy Money
Scrappleton
1982Terror at Alcatraz
Johnson
1979Tropic of Desire
Hadley Crabtree
1979The Return of Mod Squad
Cook
1975Promise Him Anything
Judge
1974The Spy Who Returned from the Dead
Lubow
1974The Great Gatsby
Mourner (uncredited)
1972They Only Kill Their Masters
Walter
1972To Find a Man
Dr. Hargrove
1970Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?
Billy Joe Davis
1965The World of Abbott and Costello
Nugget Joe McDermott in Lost In Alaska (archive footage)
1963Marilyn
archive footage
1962State Fair
Abel Frake
1962Tender Is the Night
Abe North
1958A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed
Max Rutgers
1956The Girl Can't Help It
Tom Miller
1956The Great American Pastime
Bruce Hallerton
1956The Lieutenant Wore Skirts
Gregory Whitcomb
1955The Seven Year Itch
Richard Sherman
1952Finders Keepers
Tiger Kipps