Tom Ewell

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

58

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 Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

  • Murder, She Wrote

    Murder, She Wrote

  • What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

  • The Merv Griffin Show

    The Merv Griffin Show

  • Taxi

    Taxi

  • Studio One

    Studio One

  • Robert Montgomery Presents

    Robert Montgomery Presents

  • The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

    The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

  • Fantasy Island

    Fantasy Island

  • Burke's Law

    Burke's Law

  • Baretta

    Baretta

  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

  • Trapper John, M.D.

    Trapper John, M.D.

  • The Name of the Game

    The Name of the Game

  • Alias Smith and Jones

    Alias Smith and Jones

  • Lights Out

    Lights Out

  • Up Front

    Up Front

  • Tender Is the Night

    Tender Is the Night

  • Temperatures Rising

    Temperatures Rising

  • Your Show of Shows

    Your Show of Shows

  • The Seven Year Itch

    The Seven Year Itch

  • Flying High

    Flying High

  • Mr. Music

    Mr. Music

  • The Great Gatsby

    The Great Gatsby

  • Playwrights '56

    Playwrights '56

  • Tropic of Desire

    Tropic of Desire

  • They Knew What They Wanted

    They Knew What They Wanted

  • Eischied

    Eischied

  • Best of the West

    Best of the West

  • Adam's Rib

    Adam's Rib

  • The Tom Ewell Show

    The Tom Ewell Show

  • Easy Money

    Easy Money

  • General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

  • Lost in Alaska

    Lost in Alaska

  • Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

    Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

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

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

  • Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?

    Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?

  • The Girl Can't Help It

    The Girl Can't Help It

  • American Guerrilla in the Philippines

    American Guerrilla in the Philippines

  • The Return of Mod Squad

    The Return of Mod Squad

  • They Only Kill Their Masters

    They Only Kill Their Masters

  • The Great American Pastime

    The Great American Pastime

  • Concerning a Woman of Sin

    Concerning a Woman of Sin

  • Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths

    Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths

  • Back at the Front

    Back at the Front

  • A Life of Her Own

    A Life of Her Own

  • To Find a Man

    To Find a Man

  • A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed

    A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed

  • State Fair

    State Fair

  • The Lieutenant Wore Skirts

    The Lieutenant Wore Skirts

  • Promise Him Anything

    Promise Him Anything

  • Terror at Alcatraz

    Terror at Alcatraz

  • The Spy Who Returned from the Dead

    The Spy Who Returned from the Dead

  • Finders Keepers

    Finders Keepers

  • Desert Bandit

    Desert Bandit

  • The World of Abbott and Costello

    The World of Abbott and Costello

  • Paramount Pacemaker: Babies, They're Wonderful

    Paramount Pacemaker: Babies, They're Wonderful