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.
Movies & TV Shows
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The Seven Year Itch (1955) — Richard Sherman
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The Great Gatsby (1974) — Mourner (uncredited)
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Murder, She Wrote (1984) — Josh Corbin
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Adam's Rib (1949) — Warren Attinger
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) — Albert Pelham
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Taxi (1978) — Dr. Richmond
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Easy Money (1983) — Scrappleton
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Fantasy Island (1978) — Burt 'Fingers' Lonegan
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) — Self
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The Girl Can't Help It (1956) — Tom Miller
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Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood (2018) — Self (archive footage)
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Baretta (1975)
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Alias Smith and Jones (1971)
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What's My Line? (1950) — Self
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Lost in Alaska (1952) — Nugget Joe McDermott
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Trapper John, M.D. (1979)
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American Guerrilla in the Philippines (1950) — Jim Mitchell
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A Life of Her Own (1950) — Tom Caraway
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All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone (2016) — Richard Sherman (archive footage)
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State Fair (1962) — Abel Frake
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They Only Kill Their Masters (1972) — Walter
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Studio One (1948) — Willie Mason
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The Name of the Game (1968) — District Attorney Simpson
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They Knew What They Wanted (1940) — New Hired Hand (uncredited)
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Tender Is the Night (1962) — Abe North
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Burke's Law (1963) — Leander Clement
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The Merv Griffin Show (1962) — Self
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The Mike Douglas Show (1961) — Self
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The World of Abbott and Costello (1965) — Nugget Joe McDermott in Lost In Alaska (archive footage)
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Jayne Mansfield: The Tragedy of a Blonde (2015) — Self (archive footage)
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Robert Montgomery Presents (1950) — Tom Howard
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Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came? (1970) — Billy Joe Davis
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General Electric Theater (1953) — John Emmet Owens
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The Lieutenant Wore Skirts (1956) — Gregory Whitcomb
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To Find a Man (1972) — Dr. Hargrove
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Best of the West (1981) — Jerome Kullens
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The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1956) — Self
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Lights Out (1949)
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A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed (1958) — Max Rutgers
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Tropic of Desire (1979) — Hadley Crabtree