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Tom Ewell
Born 1909-04-29Owensboro, Kentucky, USA
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.
Screen work
Movies & roles
Scotty and the Secret History of HollywoodSelf (archive footage)All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. StoneRichard Sherman (archive footage)Jayne Mansfield: The Tragedy of a BlondeSelf (archive footage)Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths(archive footage)Easy MoneyScrappletonTerror at AlcatrazJohnsonTropic of DesireHadley CrabtreeThe Return of Mod SquadCookPromise Him AnythingJudgeThe Great GatsbyMourner (uncredited)The Spy Who Returned from the DeadLubowThey Only Kill Their MastersWalterTo Find a ManDr. HargroveSuppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?Billy Joe DavisThe World of Abbott and CostelloNugget Joe McDermott in Lost In Alaska (archive footage)Marilynarchive footageState FairAbel FrakeTender Is the NightAbe NorthA Nice Little Bank That Should Be RobbedMax RutgersThe Girl Can't Help ItTom MillerThe Great American PastimeBruce HallertonThe Lieutenant Wore SkirtsGregory WhitcombThe Seven Year ItchRichard ShermanBack at the FrontWillie