Tom Ewell

Tom Ewell

1909-04-29 – 1994-09-12 (age 85) Owensboro, Kentucky, USA
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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.

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Known For

Tropic of Desire
Tropic of Desire

1979

as Hadley Crabtree

The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby

1974

as Mourner (uncredited)

The Seven Year Itch
The Seven Year Itch

1955

as Richard Sherman

American Guerrilla in the Philippines
Adam's Rib
Adam's Rib

1949

as Warren Attinger

Easy Money
Easy Money

1983

as Scrappleton

Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
The Girl Can't Help It
The Girl Can't Help It

1956

as Tom Miller

State Fair
State Fair

1962

as Abel Frake

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

2018

as Self (archive footage)

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

1950

as 'Cupcake' Haggerty

Tender Is the Night
Tender Is the Night

1962

as Abe North

Marilyn
Marilyn

1963

as archive footage

The Return of Mod Squad
A Life of Her Own
A Life of Her Own

1950

as Tom Caraway

Terror at Alcatraz
Terror at Alcatraz

1982

as Johnson

Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?
The World of Abbott and Costello
The World of Abbott and Costello

1965

as Nugget Joe McDermott in Lost In Alaska (archive footage)

Jayne Mansfield: The Tragedy of a Blonde
Jayne Mansfield: The Tragedy of a Blonde

2015

as Self (archive footage)