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.
35 movies · 25 shows
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
2018·5.9
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
2016·7.4
Jayne Mansfield: The Tragedy of a Blonde
2015·6.4
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
1990·5.7
Easy Money
1983·6.0
Terror at Alcatraz
1982·10.0
Tropic of Desire
1979·6.4
The Return of Mod Squad
1979·7.0
Promise Him Anything
1975·10.0
The Great Gatsby
1974·6.3
The Spy Who Returned from the Dead
1974·5.2
They Only Kill Their Masters
1972·5.1
To Find a Man
1972·6.4
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?
1970·5.5
The World of Abbott and Costello
1965·6.8
Marilyn
1963·7.5
State Fair
1962·4.8
Tender Is the Night
1962·5.7
A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed
1958·4.8
The Girl Can't Help It
1956·6.3
The Great American Pastime
1956·7.0
The Lieutenant Wore Skirts
1956·5.8
The Seven Year Itch
1955·7.0
Back at the Front
1952·10.0
Lost in Alaska
1952·6.2
Finders Keepers
1952·10.0
Up Front
1951·7.0
Mr. Music
1950·6.5
American Guerrilla in the Philippines
1950·5.5
A Life of Her Own
1950·5.3
Adam's Rib
1949·7.1
Concerning a Woman of Sin
1949·10.0
Paramount Pacemaker: Babies, They're Wonderful
1947·9.0
Desert Bandit
1941·9.0
They Knew What They Wanted
1940·6.0