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.
Acted in 50
2010s
- 2016
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
Richard Sherman (archive footage)
1980s
- 1984
- 1983
- 1982
Terror at Alcatraz
Johnson
- 1981
Best of the West
Jerome Kullens · 22 episodes
1970s
- 1979
Eischied
TV
The Return of Mod Squad
Cook
- 1978
- 1975
Promise Him Anything
Judge
- 1974
The Spy Who Returned from the Dead
Lubow
- 1972
They Only Kill Their Masters
Walter
To Find a Man
Dr. Hargrove
- 1971
- 1970
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?
Billy Joe Davis
1960s
- 1968
- 1965
The World of Abbott and Costello
Nugget Joe McDermott in Lost In Alaska (archive footage)
- 1963
Marilyn
archive footage
- 1962
State Fair
Abel Frake
Tender Is the Night
Abe North
- 1960
The Tom Ewell Show
TV
1950s
- 1958
A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed
Max Rutgers
- 1956
The Great American Pastime
Bruce Hallerton
The Lieutenant Wore Skirts
Gregory Whitcomb
- 1955
- 1953
General Electric Theater
John Emmet Owens · 1 episode
- 1952
Back at the Front
Willie
Lost in Alaska
Nugget Joe McDermott
Finders Keepers
Tiger Kipps
- 1951
Up Front
Willie
- 1950
Mr. Music
'Cupcake' Haggerty
1940s
- 1949
Concerning a Woman of Sin
Movie
- 1948
- 1941
Desert Bandit
Texas Ranger Ordway
- 1940
They Knew What They Wanted
New Hired Hand (uncredited)
Appearances9
2010s
- 2018
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
- 2015
Jayne Mansfield: The Tragedy of a Blonde
Self (archive footage)
1960s
- 1962
- 1961
