Acting
Tom Ewell
Born April 29, 1909 · Owensboro, Kentucky, USA · Died September 12, 1994
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.
Known for
7.0
The Seven Year Itch
Richard Sherman
6.4
The Great Gatsby
Mourner (uncredited)
7.3
Murder, She Wrote
Josh Corbin
7.4
Adam's Rib
Warren Attinger
8.5
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Albert Pelham
7.7
Taxi
Dr. Richmond
6.2
Easy Money
Scrappleton
6.6
Fantasy Island
Burt 'Fingers' Lonegan
8.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
6.8
The Girl Can't Help It
Tom Miller
6.7
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
6.8
Baretta
1975 · Series
7.6
Alias Smith and Jones
1971 · Series
8.5
What's My Line?
Self
6.2
Lost in Alaska
Nugget Joe McDermott
6.6
Trapper John, M.D.
1979 · Series
6.0
American Guerrilla in the Philippines
Jim Mitchell
6.3
A Life of Her Own
Tom Caraway
7.3
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
Richard Sherman (archive footage)
5.9
State Fair
Abel Frake
Filmography
- 2018Scotty and the Secret History of HollywoodSelf (archive footage)Movie
- 2016All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. StoneRichard Sherman (archive footage)Movie
- 2015Jayne Mansfield: The Tragedy of a BlondeSelf (archive footage)Movie
- 1990Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic DeathsSelfMovie
- 1984Murder, She WroteJosh CorbinSeries
- 1983Easy MoneyScrappletonMovie
- 1982Terror at AlcatrazJohnsonMovie
- 1981Best of the WestJerome KullensSeries
- 1979Trapper John, M.D.Series
- 1979EischiedSeries
- 1979Tropic of DesireHadley CrabtreeMovie
- 1979The Return of Mod SquadCookMovie
- 1978Flying HighSeries
- 1978TaxiDr. RichmondSeries
- 1978Fantasy IslandBurt 'Fingers' LoneganSeries
- 1975Promise Him AnythingJudgeMovie
- 1975BarettaSeries
- 1974The Great GatsbyMourner (uncredited)Movie
- 1974The Spy Who Returned from the DeadLubowMovie
- 1972They Only Kill Their MastersWalterMovie
- 1972Temperatures RisingHarry ButlerSeries
- 1972To Find a ManDr. HargroveMovie
- 1971Alias Smith and JonesSeries
- 1970Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?Billy Joe DavisMovie
- 1968The Name of the GameDistrict Attorney SimpsonSeries
- 1965The World of Abbott and CostelloNugget Joe McDermott in Lost In Alaska (archive footage)Movie
- 1963Burke's LawLeander ClementSeries
- 1963Marilynarchive footageMovie
- 1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelfSeries
- 1962The Merv Griffin ShowSelfSeries
- 1962State FairAbel FrakeMovie
- 1962Tender Is the NightAbe NorthMovie
- 1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelfSeries
- 1960The Tom Ewell ShowSeries
- 1958A Nice Little Bank That Should Be RobbedMax RutgersMovie
- 1956The Girl Can't Help ItTom MillerMovie
- 1956The Great American PastimeBruce HallertonMovie
- 1956The Dinah Shore Chevy ShowSelfSeries
- 1956The Lieutenant Wore SkirtsGregory WhitcombMovie
- 1955Playwrights '56Series
- 1955Alfred Hitchcock PresentsAlbert PelhamSeries
- 1955The Seven Year ItchRichard ShermanMovie
- 1953General Electric TheaterJohn Emmet OwensSeries
- 1952Back at the FrontWillieMovie
- 1952Lost in AlaskaNugget Joe McDermottMovie
- 1952Finders KeepersTiger KippsMovie
- 1951Up FrontWillieMovie
- 1950Mr. Music'Cupcake' HaggertyMovie
- 1950American Guerrilla in the PhilippinesJim MitchellMovie
- 1950A Life of Her OwnTom CarawayMovie
- 1950Your Show of ShowsSeries
- 1950What's My Line?SelfSeries
- 1950Robert Montgomery PresentsTom HowardSeries
- 1949Adam's RibWarren AttingerMovie
- 1949Lights OutSeries
- 1949Concerning a Woman of SinMovie
- 1948Studio OneWillie MasonSeries
- 1947Paramount Pacemaker: Babies, They're WonderfulMovie
- 1941Desert BanditTexas Ranger OrdwayMovie
- 1940They Knew What They WantedNew Hired Hand (uncredited)Movie