Tom Ewell

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

59

Gender

Male

Birthday

1909-04-29

Day of death

1994-09-12 (85 years old)

Place of Birth

Owensboro, Kentucky, USA

Tom Ewell

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

  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

  • The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

  • Murder, She Wrote

    Murder, She Wrote

  • The Merv Griffin Show

    The Merv Griffin Show

  • Robert Montgomery Presents

    Robert Montgomery Presents

  • Trapper John, M.D.

    Trapper John, M.D.

  • Studio One

    Studio One

  • Taxi

    Taxi

  • What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

  • Burke's Law

    Burke's Law

  • The Name of the Game

    The Name of the Game

  • Baretta

    Baretta

  • Fantasy Island

    Fantasy Island

  • Temperatures Rising

    Temperatures Rising

  • The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

    The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

  • Lights Out

    Lights Out

  • Alias Smith and Jones

    Alias Smith and Jones

  • Your Show of Shows

    Your Show of Shows

  • The Great Gatsby

    The Great Gatsby

  • The Lieutenant Wore Skirts

    The Lieutenant Wore Skirts

  • Easy Money

    Easy Money

  • Flying High

    Flying High

  • American Guerrilla in the Philippines

    American Guerrilla in the Philippines

  • Marilyn

    Marilyn

  • They Only Kill Their Masters

    They Only Kill Their Masters

  • Playwrights '56

    Playwrights '56

  • Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

    Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

  • The Seven Year Itch

    The Seven Year Itch

  • All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone

    All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone

  • The World of Abbott and Costello

    The World of Abbott and Costello

  • Adam's Rib

    Adam's Rib

  • Eischied

    Eischied

  • State Fair

    State Fair

  • The Tom Ewell Show

    The Tom Ewell Show

  • Best of the West

    Best of the West

  • Up Front

    Up Front

  • Lost in Alaska

    Lost in Alaska

  • Tropic of Desire

    Tropic of Desire

  • General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

  • Back at the Front

    Back at the Front

  • The Girl Can't Help It

    The Girl Can't Help It

  • They Knew What They Wanted

    They Knew What They Wanted

  • Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?

    Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?

  • Tender Is the Night

    Tender Is the Night

  • A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed

    A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed

  • The Spy Who Returned from the Dead

    The Spy Who Returned from the Dead

  • A Life of Her Own

    A Life of Her Own

  • The Great American Pastime

    The Great American Pastime

  • Concerning a Woman of Sin

    Concerning a Woman of Sin

  • Desert Bandit

    Desert Bandit

  • To Find a Man

    To Find a Man

  • Finders Keepers

    Finders Keepers

  • Mr. Music

    Mr. Music

  • Terror at Alcatraz

    Terror at Alcatraz

  • Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths

    Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths

  • The Return of Mod Squad

    The Return of Mod Squad

  • Paramount Pacemaker: Babies, They're Wonderful

    Paramount Pacemaker: Babies, They're Wonderful

  • Promise Him Anything

    Promise Him Anything