Tom Ewell
Known for 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.
Filmography
The Great Gatsby
1974
as Mourner (uncredited)
The Seven Year Itch
1955
as Richard Sherman
Easy Money
1983
as Scrappleton
Tropic of Desire
1979
as Hadley Crabtree
Adam's Rib
1949
as Warren Attinger
The Girl Can't Help It
1956
as Tom Miller
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Tender Is the Night
1962
as Abe North
American Guerrilla in the Philippines
1950
as Jim Mitchell
State Fair
1962
as Abel Frake
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
2016
as Richard Sherman (archive footage)
The Return of Mod Squad
1979
as Cook
Marilyn
1963
as archive footage
A Life of Her Own
1950
as Tom Caraway
Mr. Music
1950
as 'Cupcake' Haggerty
They Knew What They Wanted
1940
as New Hired Hand (uncredited)
The Lieutenant Wore Skirts
1956
as Gregory Whitcomb
The Great American Pastime
1956
as Bruce Hallerton
Terror at Alcatraz
1982
as Johnson
Jayne Mansfield: The Tragedy of a Blonde
2015
as (archive footage)