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

  • Murder, She Wrote

    Murder, She Wrote

  • The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

  • The Merv Griffin Show

    The Merv Griffin Show

  • Robert Montgomery Presents

    Robert Montgomery Presents

  • Taxi

    Taxi

  • Studio One

    Studio One

  • Burke's Law

    Burke's Law

  • Fantasy Island

    Fantasy Island

  • The Name of the Game

    The Name of the Game

  • What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

  • Baretta

    Baretta

  • Trapper John, M.D.

    Trapper John, M.D.

  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

  • Alias Smith and Jones

    Alias Smith and Jones

  • Your Show of Shows

    Your Show of Shows

  • The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

    The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

  • Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

    Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

  • Lights Out

    Lights Out

  • The Great Gatsby

    The Great Gatsby

  • Up Front

    Up Front

  • Flying High

    Flying High

  • Easy Money

    Easy Money

  • A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed

    A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed

  • Temperatures Rising

    Temperatures Rising

  • American Guerrilla in the Philippines

    American Guerrilla in the Philippines

  • The Seven Year Itch

    The Seven Year Itch

  • State Fair

    State Fair

  • Marilyn

    Marilyn

  • Playwrights '56

    Playwrights '56

  • The Tom Ewell Show

    The Tom Ewell Show

  • They Only Kill Their Masters

    They Only Kill Their Masters

  • Adam's Rib

    Adam's Rib

  • The Spy Who Returned from the Dead

    The Spy Who Returned from the Dead

  • The Lieutenant Wore Skirts

    The Lieutenant Wore Skirts

  • Tender Is the Night

    Tender Is the Night

  • The Girl Can't Help It

    The Girl Can't Help It

  • Best of the West

    Best of the West

  • Lost in Alaska

    Lost in Alaska

  • Back at the Front

    Back at the Front

  • They Knew What They Wanted

    They Knew What They Wanted

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

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

  • Eischied

    Eischied

  • The Great American Pastime

    The Great American Pastime

  • Mr. Music

    Mr. Music

  • Tropic of Desire

    Tropic of Desire

  • A Life of Her Own

    A Life of Her Own

  • General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

  • Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?

    Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?

  • To Find a Man

    To Find a Man

  • The World of Abbott and Costello

    The World of Abbott and Costello

  • Concerning a Woman of Sin

    Concerning a Woman of Sin

  • Finders Keepers

    Finders Keepers

  • Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths

    Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths

  • The Return of Mod Squad

    The Return of Mod Squad

  • Promise Him Anything

    Promise Him Anything

  • Terror at Alcatraz

    Terror at Alcatraz

  • Desert Bandit

    Desert Bandit

  • Paramount Pacemaker: Babies, They're Wonderful

    Paramount Pacemaker: Babies, They're Wonderful