Tom Ewell

Tom Ewell

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.

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Filmography

2018

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 7/27/2018

2016

All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
as Richard Sherman (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 11/4/2016

1990

Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
as (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 1/1/1990

1986

Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
as Self (from The Seven Year Itch [1955]) (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 4/19/1986

1984

Murder, She Wrote
Murder, She Wrote
as Josh Corbin
TV - Released: 9/30/1984

1983

Easy Money
Easy Money
as Scrappleton
Movie - Released: 8/19/1983

1982

Terror at Alcatraz
Terror at Alcatraz
as Johnson
Movie - Released: 7/4/1982

1981

Best of the West
Best of the West
as Jerome Kullens
TV - Released: 9/10/1981

1979

Tropic of Desire
Tropic of Desire
as Hadley Crabtree
Movie - Released: 6/15/1979
The Return of Mod Squad
The Return of Mod Squad
as Cook
Movie - Released: 5/18/1979
Trapper John, M.D.
Trapper John, M.D.
TV - Released: 9/23/1979
Eischied
Eischied
TV - Released: 9/21/1979

1978

Flying High
Flying High
TV - Released: 9/29/1978
Taxi
Taxi
as Dr. Richmond
TV - Released: 9/12/1978
Fantasy Island
Fantasy Island
as Burt 'Fingers' Lonegan
TV - Released: 1/28/1978

1975

Promise Him Anything
Promise Him Anything
as Judge
Movie - Released: 5/15/1975
Baretta
Baretta
TV - Released: 1/17/1975

1974

The Spy Who Returned from the Dead
The Spy Who Returned from the Dead
as Lubow
Movie - Released: 1/8/1974
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby
as Mourner (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 3/27/1974

1972

They Only Kill Their Masters
They Only Kill Their Masters
as Walter
Movie - Released: 11/22/1972
To Find a Man
To Find a Man
as Dr. Hargrove
Movie - Released: 1/20/1972
TV
Temperatures Rising
as Harry Butler
TV - Released: 9/12/1972

1971

Alias Smith and Jones
Alias Smith and Jones
TV - Released: 1/5/1971

1970

Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?
as Billy Joe Davis
Movie - Released: 9/11/1970

1968

The Name of the Game
The Name of the Game
as District Attorney Simpson
TV - Released: 9/20/1968

1965

The World of Abbott and Costello
The World of Abbott and Costello
as Nugget Joe McDermott in Lost In Alaska (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 4/1/1965

1963

Marilyn
Marilyn
as Self ("The Seven Year Itch") (archive footage) (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 4/18/1963
Burke's Law
Burke's Law
as Leander Clement
TV - Released: 9/20/1963

1962

State Fair
State Fair
as Abel Frake
Movie - Released: 3/9/1962
Tender Is the Night
Tender Is the Night
as Abe North
Movie - Released: 1/19/1962
The Merv Griffin Show
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
TV - Released: 10/1/1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
TV - Released: 10/1/1962

1961

The Mike Douglas Show
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
TV - Released: 12/11/1961

1960

TV
The Tom Ewell Show
TV - Released: 9/27/1960

1958

A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed
A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed
as Max Rutgers
Movie - Released: 12/1/1958

1956

The Girl Can't Help It
The Girl Can't Help It
as Tom Miller
Movie - Released: 12/1/1956
The Great American Pastime
The Great American Pastime
as Bruce Hallerton
Movie - Released: 11/28/1956
The Lieutenant Wore Skirts
The Lieutenant Wore Skirts
as Gregory Whitcomb
Movie - Released: 1/11/1956
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
TV - Released: 10/5/1956

1955

The Seven Year Itch
The Seven Year Itch
as Richard Sherman
Movie - Released: 6/3/1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Albert Pelham
TV - Released: 10/2/1955
TV
Playwrights '56
TV - Released: 10/4/1955

1953

General Electric Theater
General Electric Theater
as John Emmet Owens
TV - Released: 2/1/1953

1952

Finders Keepers
Finders Keepers
as Tiger Kipps
Movie - Released: 1/1/1952
Back at the Front
Back at the Front
as Willie
Movie - Released: 10/1/1952
Lost in Alaska
Lost in Alaska
as Nugget Joe McDermott
Movie - Released: 8/13/1952

1951

Up Front
Up Front
as Willie
Movie - Released: 3/5/1951

1950

American Guerrilla in the Philippines
American Guerrilla in the Philippines
as Jim Mitchell
Movie - Released: 11/8/1950
Mr. Music
Mr. Music
as 'Cupcake' Haggerty
Movie - Released: 12/8/1950
A Life of Her Own
A Life of Her Own
as Tom Caraway
Movie - Released: 9/1/1950
Your Show of Shows
Your Show of Shows
TV - Released: 2/25/1950
Robert Montgomery Presents
Robert Montgomery Presents
as Tom Howard
TV - Released: 1/30/1950
What's My Line?
What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
TV - Released: 2/2/1950

1949

Adam's Rib
Adam's Rib
as Warren Attinger
Movie - Released: 11/18/1949
Concerning a Woman of Sin
Concerning a Woman of Sin
Movie - Released: 3/24/1949
Lights Out
Lights Out
TV - Released: 7/19/1949

1948

Studio One
Studio One
as Willie Mason
TV - Released: 11/7/1948

1947

Movie

1941

Desert Bandit
Desert Bandit
as Texas Ranger Ordway
Movie - Released: 5/24/1941

1940

They Knew What They Wanted
They Knew What They Wanted
as New Hired Hand (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 10/19/1940