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Home/People/Tom Ewell
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Born
Apr 29, 1909Died: Sep 12, 1994
Lived 85 years
Place of Birth
Owensboro, Kentucky, USA
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male

Career Highlights

33
Movies
25
TV Shows
Also Known As
Samuel Yewell Tompkins
Tommy Ewell
IMDb Profile

Tom Ewell

Acting

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.
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood poster

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

as Self (archive footage)
2018
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

as Richard Sherman (archive footage)
2016
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths poster

Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths

as (archive footage)
1990
Easy Money poster

Easy Money

as Scrappleton
1983
Terror at Alcatraz poster

Terror at Alcatraz

as Johnson
1982
Tropic of Desire poster

Tropic of Desire

as Hadley Crabtree
1979
The Return of Mod Squad poster

The Return of Mod Squad

as Cook
1979
Promise Him Anything poster

Promise Him Anything

as Judge
1975
The Great Gatsby poster

The Great Gatsby

as Mourner (uncredited)
1974
The Spy Who Returned from the Dead poster

The Spy Who Returned from the Dead

as Lubow
1974
They Only Kill Their Masters poster

They Only Kill Their Masters

as Walter
1972
To Find a Man poster

To Find a Man

as Dr. Hargrove
1972
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came? poster

Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?

as Billy Joe Davis
1970
The World of Abbott and Costello poster

The World of Abbott and Costello

as Nugget Joe McDermott in Lost In Alaska (archive footage)
1965
State Fair poster

State Fair

as Abel Frake
1962
Tender Is the Night poster

Tender Is the Night

as Abe North
1962
A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed poster

A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed

as Max Rutgers
1958
The Girl Can't Help It poster

The Girl Can't Help It

as Tom Miller
1956
The Great American Pastime poster

The Great American Pastime

as Bruce Hallerton
1956
The Lieutenant Wore Skirts poster

The Lieutenant Wore Skirts

as Gregory Whitcomb
1956