Tom Ewell
Samuel Yewell Tompkins | Tommy Ewell
About the person
Career:
Acting
Date of birth:1909-04-29
Place of birth:Owensboro, Kentucky, USA
Gender:Male
Popularity:1
Date of death1994-09-12
85Biography
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.
Filmography
Rating by year
- Scotty and the Secret History of HollywoodSelf (archive footage)2018-07-275.944
- All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. StoneRichard Sherman (archive footage)2016-11-047.419
- Jayne Mansfield: The Tragedy of a BlondeSelf (archive footage)2015-03-226.48
- Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths(archive footage)1990-01-015.73
- Murder, She WroteJosh Corbin1984-09-307.5448
- Easy MoneyScrappleton1983-08-196.0146
- Terror at AlcatrazJohnson1982-07-0410.01
- Best of the WestJerome Kullens1981-09-106.85
- Trapper John, M.D.1979-09-236.622
- Eischied1979-09-217.03
- Tropic of DesireHadley Crabtree1979-06-156.44
- The Return of Mod SquadCook1979-05-187.02
- Flying High1978-09-296.33
- TaxiDr. Richmond1978-09-127.3174
- Fantasy IslandBurt 'Fingers' Lonegan1978-01-286.5122
- Promise Him AnythingJudge1975-05-1410.01
- Baretta1975-01-176.542
- The Great GatsbyMourner (uncredited)1974-03-276.3515
- The Spy Who Returned from the DeadLubow1974-01-085.22
- They Only Kill Their MastersWalter1972-11-225.113
- Temperatures RisingHarry Butler1972-09-127.52
- To Find a ManDr. Hargrove1972-01-206.45
- Alias Smith and Jones1971-01-057.033
- Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?Billy Joe Davis1970-09-115.56
- The Name of the GameDistrict Attorney Simpson1968-09-207.013
- The World of Abbott and CostelloNugget Joe McDermott in Lost In Alaska (archive footage)1965-04-016.89
- Burke's LawLeander Clement1963-09-206.312
- Marilynarchive footage1963-04-187.52
- State FairAbel Frake1962-03-094.816
- Tender Is the NightAbe North1962-01-195.712
- The Tom Ewell Show1960-09-279.01
- A Nice Little Bank That Should Be RobbedMax Rutgers1958-12-014.84
- The Girl Can't Help ItTom Miller1956-12-226.381
- The Great American PastimeBruce Hallerton1956-11-287.02
- The Lieutenant Wore SkirtsGregory Whitcomb1956-01-115.85
- Alfred Hitchcock PresentsAlbert Pelham1955-10-027.8252
- The Seven Year ItchRichard Sherman1955-06-037.0992
- General Electric TheaterJohn Emmet Owens1953-02-016.86
- Back at the FrontWillie1952-10-0110.01
- Lost in AlaskaNugget Joe McDermott1952-08-136.220
- Finders KeepersTiger Kipps1952-01-0110.01
- Up FrontWillie1951-03-057.01
- Mr. Music'Cupcake' Haggerty1950-12-086.52
- American Guerrilla in the PhilippinesJim Mitchell1950-11-085.519
- A Life of Her OwnTom Caraway1950-09-015.320
- Your Show of Shows1950-02-257.34
- What's My Line?Self1950-02-027.029
- Robert Montgomery PresentsTom Howard1950-01-306.08
- Adam's RibWarren Attinger1949-11-177.1337
- Concerning a Woman of Sin1949-03-2410.01
- Studio OneWillie Mason1948-11-075.413
- Paramount Pacemaker: Babies, They're Wonderful1947-11-149.03
- Desert BanditTexas Ranger Ordway1941-05-249.01
- They Knew What They WantedNew Hired Hand (uncredited)1940-10-196.012