Person
Tom Ewell
Acting · 1909–1994 · Owensboro, Kentucky, USA
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
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
Murder, She Wrote
Josh Corbin
Robert Montgomery Presents
Tom Howard
Taxi
Dr. Richmond
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
Studio One
Willie Mason
Fantasy Island
Burt 'Fingers' Lonegan
What's My Line?
Self
Burke's Law
Leander Clement
Filmography
- 2018Scotty and the Secret History of HollywoodSelf (archive footage)
- 2016All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. StoneRichard Sherman (archive footage)
- 2015Jayne Mansfield: The Tragedy of a BlondeSelf (archive footage)
- 1990Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths(archive footage)
- 1984Murder, She WroteJosh Corbin
- 1983Easy MoneyScrappleton
- 1982Terror at AlcatrazJohnson
- 1981Best of the WestJerome Kullens
- 1979Trapper John, M.D.
- 1979Eischied
- 1979Tropic of DesireHadley Crabtree
- 1979The Return of Mod SquadCook
- 1978Flying High
- 1978TaxiDr. Richmond
- 1978Fantasy IslandBurt 'Fingers' Lonegan
- 1975Promise Him AnythingJudge
- 1975Baretta
- 1974The Great GatsbyMourner (uncredited)
- 1974The Spy Who Returned from the DeadLubow
- 1972They Only Kill Their MastersWalter
- 1972Temperatures RisingHarry Butler
- 1972To Find a ManDr. Hargrove
- 1971Alias Smith and Jones
- 1970Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?Billy Joe Davis
- 1968The Name of the GameDistrict Attorney Simpson
- 1965The World of Abbott and CostelloNugget Joe McDermott in Lost In Alaska (archive footage)
- 1963Burke's LawLeander Clement
- 1963Marilynarchive footage
- 1962The Merv Griffin ShowSelf
- 1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf
- 1962State FairAbel Frake
- 1962Tender Is the NightAbe North
- 1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf
- 1960The Tom Ewell Show
- 1958A Nice Little Bank That Should Be RobbedMax Rutgers
- 1956The Girl Can't Help ItTom Miller
- 1956The Great American PastimeBruce Hallerton
- 1956The Dinah Shore Chevy ShowSelf
- 1956The Lieutenant Wore SkirtsGregory Whitcomb
- 1955Playwrights '56
- 1955Alfred Hitchcock PresentsAlbert Pelham
- 1955The Seven Year ItchRichard Sherman
- 1953General Electric TheaterJohn Emmet Owens
- 1952Back at the FrontWillie
- 1952Lost in AlaskaNugget Joe McDermott
- 1952Finders KeepersTiger Kipps
- 1951Up FrontWillie
- 1950Mr. Music'Cupcake' Haggerty
- 1950American Guerrilla in the PhilippinesJim Mitchell
- 1950A Life of Her OwnTom Caraway
- 1950Your Show of Shows
- 1950What's My Line?Self
- 1950Robert Montgomery PresentsTom Howard
- 1949Adam's RibWarren Attinger
- 1949Lights Out
- 1949Concerning a Woman of Sin
- 1948Studio OneWillie Mason
- 1947Paramount Pacemaker: Babies, They're Wonderful
- 1941Desert BanditTexas Ranger Ordway
- 1940They Knew What They WantedNew Hired Hand (uncredited)
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