Tom Ewell

Actor

Born April 29, 1909 in Owensboro, Kentucky, USA. 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.

Acting

Murder, She Wrote
TV series, 1984
as Josh Corbin
Easy Money
Film, 1983
as Scrappleton
Terror at Alcatraz
Film, 1982
as Johnson
Best of the West
TV series, 1981
as Jerome Kullens
Trapper John, M.D.
TV series, 1979
1 episode
Eischied
TV series, 1979
1 episode
Tropic of Desire
Film, 1979
as Hadley Crabtree
The Return of Mod Squad
Film, 1979
as Cook
Flying High
TV series, 1978
1 episode
Taxi
TV series, 1978
as Dr. Richmond
Fantasy Island
TV series, 1978
as Burt 'Fingers' Lonegan
Promise Him Anything
Film, 1975
as Judge
Baretta
TV series, 1975
2 episodes
The Great Gatsby
Film, 1974
as Mourner (uncredited)
The Spy Who Returned from the Dead
Film, 1974
as Lubow
They Only Kill Their Masters
Film, 1972
as Walter
Temperatures Rising
TV series, 1972
as Harry Butler
To Find a Man
Film, 1972
as Dr. Hargrove
Alias Smith and Jones
TV series, 1971
1 episode
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?
Film, 1970
as Billy Joe Davis
The Name of the Game
TV series, 1968
as District Attorney Simpson
Burke's Law
TV series, 1963
as Leander Clement
State Fair
Film, 1962
as Abel Frake
Tender Is the Night
Film, 1962
as Abe North
The Tom Ewell Show
TV series, 1960
32 episodes
A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed
Film, 1958
as Max Rutgers
The Girl Can't Help It
Film, 1956
as Tom Miller
The Great American Pastime
Film, 1956
as Bruce Hallerton
The Lieutenant Wore Skirts
Film, 1956
as Gregory Whitcomb
Playwrights '56
TV series, 1955
1 episode