Tom Ewell
Known for 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.
Filmography
Tropic of Desire
1979
as Hadley Crabtree
The Great Gatsby
1974
as Mourner (uncredited)
The Seven Year Itch
1955
as Richard Sherman
Adam's Rib
1949
as Warren Attinger
Easy Money
1983
as Scrappleton
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Tender Is the Night
1962
as Abe North
They Only Kill Their Masters
1972
as Walter
Mr. Music
1950
as 'Cupcake' Haggerty
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
2016
as Richard Sherman (archive footage)
The Great American Pastime
1956
as Bruce Hallerton
They Knew What They Wanted
1940
as New Hired Hand (uncredited)
A Life of Her Own
1950
as Tom Caraway
Lost in Alaska
1952
as Nugget Joe McDermott
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?
1970
as Billy Joe Davis
The Return of Mod Squad
1979
as Cook
The Girl Can't Help It
1956
as Tom Miller
American Guerrilla in the Philippines
1950
as Jim Mitchell
To Find a Man
1972
as Dr. Hargrove
A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed
1958
as Max Rutgers