Acting
Tom Ewell
Born 1909-04-29
Owensboro, Kentucky, USA
Department: Acting
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.
Known For
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
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Murder, She Wrote
1984
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The Seven Year Itch
1955
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The Mike Douglas Show
1961
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The Merv Griffin Show
1962
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The Great Gatsby
1974
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Taxi
1978
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What's My Line?
1950
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
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Fantasy Island
1978
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (61 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2018 |
 | All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone | Richard Sherman (archive footage) | Movie | 2016 |
 | Jayne Mansfield: The Tragedy of a Blonde | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2015 |
 | Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths | (archive footage) | Movie | 1990 |
 | Murder, She Wrote | Josh Corbin | TV Series | 1984 |
 | Easy Money | Scrappleton | Movie | 1983 |
 | Terror at Alcatraz | Johnson | Movie | 1982 |
 | Best of the West | Jerome Kullens | TV Series | 1981 |
 | Trapper John, M.D. | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1979 |
 | Eischied | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1979 |
 | Tropic of Desire | Hadley Crabtree | Movie | 1979 |
 | The Return of Mod Squad | Cook | Movie | 1979 |
 | Flying High | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1978 |
 | Taxi | Dr. Richmond | TV Series | 1978 |
 | Fantasy Island | Burt 'Fingers' Lonegan | TV Series | 1978 |
 | Promise Him Anything | Judge | Movie | 1975 |
 | Baretta | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1975 |
| Baretta | Billy Truman | TV Series | 1975 |
 | The Great Gatsby | Mourner (uncredited) | Movie | 1974 |
 | The Spy Who Returned from the Dead | Lubow | Movie | 1974 |
 | They Only Kill Their Masters | Walter | Movie | 1972 |
 | Temperatures Rising | Harry Butler | TV Series | 1972 |
 | To Find a Man | Dr. Hargrove | Movie | 1972 |
 | Alias Smith and Jones | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1971 |
 | Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came? | Billy Joe Davis | Movie | 1970 |
 | The Name of the Game | District Attorney Simpson | TV Series | 1968 |
 | The World of Abbott and Costello | Nugget Joe McDermott in Lost In Alaska (archive footage) | Movie | 1965 |
 | Burke's Law | Leander Clement | TV Series | 1963 |
 | Marilyn | archive footage | Movie | 1963 |
 | The Merv Griffin Show | Self | TV Series | 1962 |
 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | TV Series | 1962 |
 | State Fair | Abel Frake | Movie | 1962 |
 | Tender Is the Night | Abe North | Movie | 1962 |
 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self | TV Series | 1961 |
 | The Tom Ewell Show | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1960 |
 | A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed | Max Rutgers | Movie | 1958 |
 | The Girl Can't Help It | Tom Miller | Movie | 1956 |
 | The Great American Pastime | Bruce Hallerton | Movie | 1956 |
 | The Dinah Shore Chevy Show | Self | TV Series | 1956 |
 | The Lieutenant Wore Skirts | Gregory Whitcomb | Movie | 1956 |
| Playwrights '56 | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1955 | |
 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Albert Pelham | TV Series | 1955 |
 | The Seven Year Itch | Richard Sherman | Movie | 1955 |
 | General Electric Theater | John Emmet Owens | TV Series | 1953 |
 | Back at the Front | Willie | Movie | 1952 |
 | Lost in Alaska | Nugget Joe McDermott | Movie | 1952 |
 | Finders Keepers | Tiger Kipps | Movie | 1952 |
 | Up Front | Willie | Movie | 1951 |
 | Mr. Music | 'Cupcake' Haggerty | Movie | 1950 |
 | American Guerrilla in the Philippines | Jim Mitchell | Movie | 1950 |
 | A Life of Her Own | Tom Caraway | Movie | 1950 |
 | Your Show of Shows | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1950 |
 | What's My Line? | Self | TV Series | 1950 |
 | Robert Montgomery Presents | Tom Howard | TV Series | 1950 |
 | Adam's Rib | Warren Attinger | Movie | 1949 |
 | Lights Out | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1949 |
 | Concerning a Woman of Sin | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1949 |
 | Studio One | Willie Mason | TV Series | 1948 |
| Paramount Pacemaker: Babies, They're Wonderful | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1947 | |
 | Desert Bandit | Texas Ranger Ordway | Movie | 1941 |
 | They Knew What They Wanted | New Hired Hand (uncredited) | Movie | 1940 |