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Tom Ewell

Tom Ewell

Known For Acting
Birthday Apr 29, 1909
Died Sep 12, 1994 (85)
Birthplace Owensboro, Kentucky, USA
Popularity 0.3 (history)
Updated Aug 09, 2025
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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 consid ... ered 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.

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Easy Money

Easy Money

1983

as Scrappleton

Terror at Alcatraz

Terror at Alcatraz

1982

as Johnson

Tropic of Desire

Tropic of Desire

1979

as Hadley Crabtree

Promise Him Anything

Promise Him Anything

1975

as Judge

The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby

1974

as Mourner (uncredited)

To Find a Man

To Find a Man

1972

as Dr. Hargrove

The World of Abbott and Costello

The World of Abbott and Costello

1965

as Nugget Joe McDermott in Lost In Alaska (archive footage)

Tender Is the Night

Tender Is the Night

1962

as Abe North

State Fair

State Fair

1962

as Abel Frake

The Lieutenant Wore Skirts

The Lieutenant Wore Skirts

1956

as Gregory Whitcomb

The Great American Pastime

The Great American Pastime

1956

as Bruce Hallerton

The Girl Can't Help It

The Girl Can't Help It

1956

as Tom Miller

The Seven Year Itch

The Seven Year Itch

1955

as Richard Sherman

Back at the Front

Back at the Front

1952

as Willie

Finders Keepers

Finders Keepers

1952

as Tiger Kipps

Lost in Alaska

Lost in Alaska

1952

as Nugget Joe McDermott

Up Front

Up Front

1951

as Willie

A Life of Her Own

A Life of Her Own

1950

as Tom Caraway

Mr. Music

Mr. Music

1950

as 'Cupcake' Haggerty

Adam's Rib

Adam's Rib

1949

as Warren Attinger

Desert Bandit

Desert Bandit

1941

as Texas Ranger Ordway

They Knew What They Wanted

They Knew What They Wanted

1940

as New Hired Hand (uncredited)

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Venice Film Festival Best Supporting Actor The Seven Year Itch Nominated
Television Credits

Best of the West

as Jerome Kullens

Episodes: 22

First Aired: Sep 10, 1981

Murder, She Wrote

as Josh Corbin

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1984

Burke's Law

as Leander Clement

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1963

General Electric Theater

as John Emmet Owens

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 01, 1953

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Albert Pelham

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1955

Robert Montgomery Presents

as Tom Howard

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 30, 1950

Taxi

as Dr. Richmond

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 12, 1978

Studio One

as Willie Mason

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 07, 1948

Temperatures Rising

as Harry Butler

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 12, 1972

The Name of the Game

as District Attorney Simpson

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1968

Fantasy Island

as Burt 'Fingers' Lonegan

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 28, 1978

The Tom Ewell Show

Episodes: 32

First Aired: Sep 27, 1960

The Merv Griffin Show

as Self

Episodes: 7

First Aired: Oct 01, 1962

Baretta

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jan 17, 1975

Your Show of Shows

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Feb 25, 1950

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Oct 05, 1956

Trapper John, M.D.

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 23, 1979

Alias Smith and Jones

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 05, 1971

Playwrights '56

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 04, 1955

Eischied

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 21, 1979

Lights Out

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 19, 1949

Flying High

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 29, 1978

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 11, 1961

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 01, 1962

What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 02, 1950

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