Actor profile

Tom Ewell

29th April 1909 Owensboro, Kentucky, USA 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.

34 Movies 24 TV Shows 61 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood poster

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood 27th July 2018 as Self (archive footage)

All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone poster

All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone 4th November 2016 as Richard Sherman (archive footage)

Jayne Mansfield: The Tragedy of a Blonde poster

Jayne Mansfield: The Tragedy of a Blonde 22nd March 2015 as Self (archive footage)

Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths poster

Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths 1st January 1990 as (archive footage)

Easy Money poster

Easy Money 19th August 1983 as Scrappleton

Terror at Alcatraz poster

Terror at Alcatraz 4th July 1982 as Johnson

Tropic of Desire poster

Tropic of Desire 15th June 1979 as Hadley Crabtree

The Return of Mod Squad poster

The Return of Mod Squad 18th May 1979 as Cook

Promise Him Anything poster

Promise Him Anything 14th May 1975 as Judge

The Great Gatsby poster

The Great Gatsby 27th March 1974 as Mourner (uncredited)

The Spy Who Returned from the Dead poster

The Spy Who Returned from the Dead 8th January 1974 as Lubow

They Only Kill Their Masters poster

They Only Kill Their Masters 22nd November 1972 as Walter

To Find a Man poster

To Find a Man 20th January 1972 as Dr. Hargrove

Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came? poster

Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came? 11th September 1970 as Billy Joe Davis

The World of Abbott and Costello poster

The World of Abbott and Costello 1st April 1965 as Nugget Joe McDermott in Lost In Alaska (archive footage)

Marilyn poster

Marilyn 18th April 1963 as archive footage

State Fair poster

State Fair 9th March 1962 as Abel Frake

Tender Is the Night poster

Tender Is the Night 19th January 1962 as Abe North

A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed poster

A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed 1st December 1958 as Max Rutgers

The Girl Can't Help It poster

The Girl Can't Help It 22nd December 1956 as Tom Miller

The Great American Pastime poster

The Great American Pastime 28th November 1956 as Bruce Hallerton

The Lieutenant Wore Skirts poster

The Lieutenant Wore Skirts 11th January 1956 as Gregory Whitcomb

The Seven Year Itch poster

The Seven Year Itch 3rd June 1955 as Richard Sherman

Back at the Front poster

Back at the Front 1st October 1952 as Willie

Lost in Alaska poster

Lost in Alaska 13th August 1952 as Nugget Joe McDermott

Finders Keepers poster

Finders Keepers 1st January 1952 as Tiger Kipps

Up Front poster

Up Front 5th March 1951 as Willie

Mr. Music poster

Mr. Music 8th December 1950 as 'Cupcake' Haggerty

American Guerrilla in the Philippines poster

American Guerrilla in the Philippines 8th November 1950 as Jim Mitchell

A Life of Her Own poster

A Life of Her Own 1st September 1950 as Tom Caraway

Adam's Rib poster

Adam's Rib 17th November 1949 as Warren Attinger

Concerning a Woman of Sin poster

Concerning a Woman of Sin 24th March 1949

Desert Bandit poster

Desert Bandit 24th May 1941 as Texas Ranger Ordway

They Knew What They Wanted poster

They Knew What They Wanted 19th October 1940 as New Hired Hand (uncredited)

Murder, She Wrote poster

Murder, She Wrote 30th September 1984 as Josh Corbin

Best of the West poster

Best of the West 10th September 1981 as Jerome Kullens

Trapper John, M.D. poster

Trapper John, M.D. 23rd September 1979

Eischied poster

Eischied 21st September 1979

Flying High poster

Flying High 29th September 1978

Taxi poster

Taxi 12th September 1978 as Dr. Richmond

Fantasy Island poster

Fantasy Island 28th January 1978 as Burt 'Fingers' Lonegan

Baretta poster

Baretta 17th January 1975

Baretta poster

Baretta 17th January 1975 as Billy Truman

Temperatures Rising poster

Temperatures Rising 12th September 1972 as Harry Butler

Alias Smith and Jones poster

Alias Smith and Jones 5th January 1971

The Name of the Game poster

The Name of the Game 20th September 1968 as District Attorney Simpson

Burke's Law poster

Burke's Law 20th September 1963 as Leander Clement

The Merv Griffin Show poster

The Merv Griffin Show 1st October 1962 as Self

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 1st October 1962 as Self

The Mike Douglas Show poster

The Mike Douglas Show 11th December 1961 as Self

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show poster

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show 5th October 1956 as Self

Alfred Hitchcock Presents poster

Alfred Hitchcock Presents 2nd October 1955 as Albert Pelham

General Electric Theater poster

General Electric Theater 1st February 1953 as John Emmet Owens

Your Show of Shows poster

Your Show of Shows 25th February 1950

What's My Line? poster

What's My Line? 2nd February 1950 as Self

Robert Montgomery Presents poster

Robert Montgomery Presents 30th January 1950 as Tom Howard

Lights Out poster

Lights Out 19th July 1949

Studio One poster

Studio One 7th November 1948 as Willie Mason