Tom Ewell
Acting
Born April 29, 1909 · Owensboro, Kentucky, USA
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.
Known For · 40 titles
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Mike Douglas Show
Murder, She Wrote
The Merv Griffin Show
Trapper John, M.D.
Robert Montgomery Presents
What's My Line?
Fantasy Island
Taxi
Studio One
Baretta
Burke's Law
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
The Name of the Game
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Lights Out
Alias Smith and Jones
Your Show of Shows
Temperatures Rising
Flying High
Playwrights '56
General Electric Theater
The Seven Year Itch
Best of the West
The Great Gatsby
The Tom Ewell Show
Eischied
Tropic of Desire
Easy Money
The Girl Can't Help It
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
Adam's Rib
State Fair
The Great American Pastime
They Only Kill Their Masters
The Lieutenant Wore Skirts
A Life of Her Own
Jayne Mansfield: The Tragedy of a Blonde
Tender Is the Night
American Guerrilla in the Philippines