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.
Richard Sherman
The Seven Year Itch
(archive footage)
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
Tiger Kipps
Finders Keepers
Warren Attinger
Adam's Rib
Abel Frake
State Fair
Tom Miller
The Girl Can't Help It
Walter
They Only Kill Their Masters
Scrappleton
Easy Money
Jim Mitchell
American Guerrilla in the Philippines
Bruce Hallerton
The Great American Pastime
Gregory Whitcomb
The Lieutenant Wore Skirts
'Cupcake' Haggerty
Mr. Music
Max Rutgers
A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed
Dr. Hargrove
To Find a Man
Self (archive footage)
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
Tom Caraway
A Life of Her Own
Self (from The Seven Year Itch [1955]) (archive footage)
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
Billy Joe Davis
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?
Willie
Up Front
Willie
Back at the Front
Johnson
Terror at Alcatraz
Paramount Pacemaker: Babies, They're Wonderful
Lubow
The Spy Who Returned from the Dead
Hadley Crabtree
Tropic of Desire
New Hired Hand (uncredited)
They Knew What They Wanted
Texas Ranger Ordway
Desert Bandit
Judge
Promise Him Anything
Nugget Joe McDermott
Lost in Alaska
Richard Sherman (archive footage)
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
Cook
The Return of Mod Squad
Self ("The Seven Year Itch") (archive footage) (uncredited)
Marilyn
Abe North
Tender Is the Night
Nugget Joe McDermott in Lost In Alaska (archive footage)
The World of Abbott and Costello
Concerning a Woman of Sin
Mourner (uncredited)
The Great Gatsby
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
35
Gender
Male
Birthday
1909-04-29
Place of Birth
Owensboro, Kentucky, USA
Also Known As
Samuel Yewell Tompkins