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Tom Ewell

Born
April 29, 1909
Died
September 12, 1994
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 Seven Year Itch
(1955)
Richard Sherman
The Great Gatsby
(1974)
Mourner (uncredited)
Easy Money
(1983)
Scrappleton
Adam's Rib
(1949)
Warren Attinger
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
(2018)
Self (archive footage)
Full Filmography
Acting
They Knew What They Wanted
(1940)
New Hired Hand (uncredited)
Desert Bandit
(1941)
Texas Ranger Ordway
Paramount Pacemaker: Babies, They're Wonderful
(1947)
Concerning a Woman of Sin
(1949)
Adam's Rib
(1949)
Warren Attinger
A Life of Her Own
(1950)
Tom Caraway
Mr. Music
(1950)
'Cupcake' Haggerty
American Guerrilla in the Philippines
(1950)
Jim Mitchell
Up Front
(1951)
Willie
Lost in Alaska
(1952)
Nugget Joe McDermott
Finders Keepers
(1952)
Tiger Kipps
Back at the Front
(1952)
Willie
The Seven Year Itch
(1955)
Richard Sherman
The Lieutenant Wore Skirts
(1956)
Gregory Whitcomb
The Great American Pastime
(1956)
Bruce Hallerton
The Girl Can't Help It
(1956)
Tom Miller
A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed
(1958)
Max Rutgers
State Fair
(1962)
Abel Frake
Tender Is the Night
(1962)
Abe North
Marilyn
(1963)
Self ("The Seven Year Itch") (archive footage) (uncredited)
The World of Abbott and Costello
(1965)
Nugget Joe McDermott in Lost In Alaska (archive footage)
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?
(1970)
Billy Joe Davis
To Find a Man
(1972)
Dr. Hargrove
They Only Kill Their Masters
(1972)
Walter
The Great Gatsby
(1974)
Mourner (uncredited)
The Spy Who Returned from the Dead
(1974)
Lubow
Promise Him Anything
(1975)
Judge
The Return of Mod Squad
(1979)
Cook
Tropic of Desire
(1979)
Hadley Crabtree
Terror at Alcatraz
(1982)
Johnson
Easy Money
(1983)
Scrappleton
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
(1986)
Self (from The Seven Year Itch [1955]) (archive footage)
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
(1990)
(archive footage)
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
(2016)
Richard Sherman (archive footage)
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
(2018)
Self (archive footage)
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