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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)
Adam's Rib
(1949)
Warren Attinger
They Only Kill Their Masters
(1972)
Walter
The Girl Can't Help It
(1956)
Tom Miller
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
(2018)
Self (archive footage)
Easy Money
(1983)
Scrappleton
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)
Adam's Rib
(1949)
Warren Attinger
Concerning a Woman of Sin
(1949)
American Guerrilla in the Philippines
(1950)
Jim Mitchell
Mr. Music
(1950)
'Cupcake' Haggerty
A Life of Her Own
(1950)
Tom Caraway
Up Front
(1951)
Willie
Finders Keepers
(1952)
Tiger Kipps
Lost in Alaska
(1952)
Nugget Joe McDermott
Back at the Front
(1952)
Willie
The Seven Year Itch
(1955)
Richard Sherman
The Girl Can't Help It
(1956)
Tom Miller
The Great American Pastime
(1956)
Bruce Hallerton
The Lieutenant Wore Skirts
(1956)
Gregory Whitcomb
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
They Only Kill Their Masters
(1972)
Walter
To Find a Man
(1972)
Dr. Hargrove
The Great Gatsby
(1974)
Mourner (uncredited)
The Spy Who Returned from the Dead
(1974)
Lubow
Promise Him Anything
(1975)
Judge
Tropic of Desire
(1979)
Hadley Crabtree
The Return of Mod Squad
(1979)
Cook
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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