Tom Ewell
Actor
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.
Filmography
The Great Gatsby
as Mourner (uncredited) 1974
Adam's Rib
as Warren Attinger 1949
Easy Money
as Scrappleton 1983
The Girl Can't Help It
as Tom Miller 1956
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
as Self (archive footage) 2018
A Life of Her Own
as Tom Caraway 1950
Lost in Alaska
as Nugget Joe McDermott 1952
American Guerrilla in the Philippines
as Jim Mitchell 1950
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
as Richard Sherman (archive footage) 2016
State Fair
as Abel Frake 1962
They Only Kill Their Masters
as Walter 1972
They Knew What They Wanted
as New Hired Hand (uncredited) 1940
Tender Is the Night
as Abe North 1962
The World of Abbott and Costello
as Nugget Joe McDermott in Lost In Alaska (archive footage) 1965
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?
as Billy Joe Davis 1970
The Lieutenant Wore Skirts
as Gregory Whitcomb 1956