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Tom Ewell

Tom Ewell

Acting·1909–1994·34 films

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.

Filmography

The Seven Year Itch
The Seven Year Itch (1955)Richard Sherman
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby (1974)Mourner (uncredited)
Adam's Rib
Adam's Rib (1949)Warren Attinger
Easy Money
Easy Money (1983)Scrappleton
The Girl Can't Help It
The Girl Can't Help It (1956)Tom Miller
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood (2018)Self (archive footage)
A Life of Her Own
A Life of Her Own (1950)Tom Caraway
American Guerrilla in the Philippines
American Guerrilla in the Philippines (1950)Jim Mitchell
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone (2016)Richard Sherman (archive footage)
Lost in Alaska
Lost in Alaska (1952)Nugget Joe McDermott
State Fair
State Fair (1962)Abel Frake
They Only Kill Their Masters
They Only Kill Their Masters (1972)Walter
Tender Is the Night
Tender Is the Night (1962)Abe North
They Knew What They Wanted
They Knew What They Wanted (1940)New Hired Hand (uncredited)
The World of Abbott and Costello
The World of Abbott and Costello (1965)Nugget Joe McDermott in Lost In Alaska (archive footage)
Jayne Mansfield: The Tragedy of a Blonde
Jayne Mansfield: The Tragedy of a Blonde (2015)Self (archive footage)
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came? (1970)Billy Joe Davis
The Lieutenant Wore Skirts
The Lieutenant Wore Skirts (1956)Gregory Whitcomb
To Find a Man
To Find a Man (1972)Dr. Hargrove
Tropic of Desire
Tropic of Desire (1979)Hadley Crabtree
A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed
A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed (1958)Max Rutgers
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths (1990)(archive footage)
The Return of Mod Squad
The Return of Mod Squad (1979)Cook
Marilyn
Marilyn (1963)archive footage
The Great American Pastime
The Great American Pastime (1956)Bruce Hallerton
Mr. Music
Mr. Music (1950)'Cupcake' Haggerty
The Spy Who Returned from the Dead
The Spy Who Returned from the Dead (1974)Lubow
Terror at Alcatraz
Terror at Alcatraz (1982)Johnson
Promise Him Anything
Promise Him Anything (1975)Judge
Back at the Front
Back at the Front (1952)Willie
Desert Bandit
Desert Bandit (1941)Texas Ranger Ordway
Finders Keepers
Finders Keepers (1952)Tiger Kipps
Concerning a Woman of Sin
Concerning a Woman of Sin (1949)
Up Front
Up Front (1951)Willie