Tom Ewell

Tom Ewell

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

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Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood ★ 5.9 Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood 2018 All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone ★ 7.4 All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone 2016 Jayne Mansfield: The Tragedy of a Blonde ★ 6.4 Jayne Mansfield: The Tragedy of a Blonde 2015 Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths ★ 5.7 Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths 1990 Murder, She Wrote ★ 7.5 Murder, She Wrote 1984 Easy Money ★ 6.0 Easy Money 1983 Terror at Alcatraz ★ 10.0 Terror at Alcatraz 1982 Best of the West ★ 6.8 Best of the West 1981 Trapper John, M.D. ★ 6.6 Trapper John, M.D. 1979 Eischied ★ 7.0 Eischied 1979 Tropic of Desire ★ 6.4 Tropic of Desire 1979 The Return of Mod Squad ★ 7.0 The Return of Mod Squad 1979 Flying High ★ 6.3 Flying High 1978 Taxi ★ 7.3 Taxi 1978 Fantasy Island ★ 6.5 Fantasy Island 1978 Promise Him Anything ★ 10.0 Promise Him Anything 1975 Baretta ★ 6.5 Baretta 1975 The Great Gatsby ★ 6.3 The Great Gatsby 1974 The Spy Who Returned from the Dead ★ 5.2 The Spy Who Returned from the Dead 1974 They Only Kill Their Masters ★ 5.1 They Only Kill Their Masters 1972 Temperatures Rising ★ 7.5 Temperatures Rising 1972 To Find a Man ★ 6.4 To Find a Man 1972 Alias Smith and Jones ★ 7.0 Alias Smith and Jones 1971 Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came? ★ 5.5 Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came? 1970 The Name of the Game ★ 7.0 The Name of the Game 1968 The World of Abbott and Costello ★ 6.8 The World of Abbott and Costello 1965 Burke's Law ★ 6.3 Burke's Law 1963 Marilyn ★ 7.5 Marilyn 1963 The Merv Griffin Show ★ 6.6 The Merv Griffin Show 1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson ★ 7.5 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 1962 State Fair ★ 4.8 State Fair 1962 Tender Is the Night ★ 5.7 Tender Is the Night 1962 The Mike Douglas Show ★ 5.8 The Mike Douglas Show 1961 The Tom Ewell Show ★ 9.0 The Tom Ewell Show 1960 A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed ★ 4.8 A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed 1958 The Girl Can't Help It ★ 6.3 The Girl Can't Help It 1956 The Great American Pastime ★ 7.0 The Great American Pastime 1956 The Dinah Shore Chevy Show ★ 6.4 The Dinah Shore Chevy Show 1956 The Lieutenant Wore Skirts ★ 5.8 The Lieutenant Wore Skirts 1956 Playwrights '56 ★ 6.3 Playwrights '56 1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents ★ 7.8 Alfred Hitchcock Presents 1955 The Seven Year Itch ★ 7.0 The Seven Year Itch 1955 General Electric Theater ★ 6.8 General Electric Theater 1953 Back at the Front ★ 10.0 Back at the Front 1952 Lost in Alaska ★ 6.1 Lost in Alaska 1952 Finders Keepers ★ 10.0 Finders Keepers 1952 Up Front ★ 7.0 Up Front 1951 Mr. Music ★ 6.5 Mr. Music 1950 American Guerrilla in the Philippines ★ 5.5 American Guerrilla in the Philippines 1950 A Life of Her Own ★ 5.3 A Life of Her Own 1950 Your Show of Shows ★ 7.3 Your Show of Shows 1950 What's My Line? ★ 7.0 What's My Line? 1950 Robert Montgomery Presents ★ 6.0 Robert Montgomery Presents 1950 Adam's Rib ★ 7.1 Adam's Rib 1949 Lights Out ★ 6.0 Lights Out 1949 Concerning a Woman of Sin ★ 10.0 Concerning a Woman of Sin 1949 Studio One ★ 5.4 Studio One 1948 Paramount Pacemaker: Babies, They're Wonderful ★ 9.0 Paramount Pacemaker: Babies, They're Wonderful 1947 Desert Bandit ★ 9.0 Desert Bandit 1941 They Knew What They Wanted ★ 6.0 They Knew What They Wanted 1940