Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Samuel Yewell Tompkins , Tommy Ewell
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Owensboro, Kentucky, USA
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Movie Involvements: 14
TV Involvements: 8
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
What's My Line?
(1950) Self - Mystery GuestMurder, She Wrote
(1984) Josh CorbinAlfred Hitchcock Presents
(1955) Albert PelhamThe Great Gatsby
(1974) Mourner (uncredited)Robert Montgomery Presents
(1950) Tom HowardBurke's Law
(1963) Leander ClementStudio One
(1948) Willie MasonTropic of Desire
(1979) Hadley CrabtreeActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2016 | Richard Sherman (archive footage) | |
| 1990 | (Archive footage) | |
| 1987 | Self (from The Seven Year Itch [1955]) (archive footage) | |
| 1984 | Josh Corbin | |
| 1983 | Scrappleton | |
| 1982 | Johnson | |
| 1981 | Jerome Kullens | |
| 1979 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| Hadley Crabtree | ||
| Cook | ||
| 1978 | N/A | |
| Dr. Richmond | ||
| 1975 | Judge | |
| N/A | ||
| 1974 | Mourner (uncredited) | |
| 1972 | Walter | |
| Harry Butler | ||
| Dr. Hargrove | ||
| 1971 | N/A | |
| 1970 | Billy Joe Davis | |
| 1965 | Nugget Joe McDermott in Lost In Alaska (archive footage) | |
| 1963 | Leander Clement | |
| Self ("The Seven Year Itch") (archive footage) (uncredited) | ||
| 1962 | Self | |
| Abel Frake | ||
| Abe North | ||
| 1960 | N/A | |
| 1958 | Max Rutgers | |
| 1956 | Tom Miller | |
| Bruce Hallerton | ||
| Self | ||
| Gregory Whitcomb | ||
| 1955 | N/A | |
| Albert Pelham | ||
| Richard Sherman | ||
| 1953 | John Emmet Owens | |
| 1952 | Willie | |
| Nugget Joe McDermott | ||
| Tiger Kipps | ||
| 1951 | Willie | |
| 1950 | 'Cupcake' Haggerty | |
| Jim Mitchell | ||
| Tom Caraway | ||
| N/A | ||
| Self - Mystery Guest | ||
| Tom Howard | ||
| 1949 | Warren Attinger | |
| N/A | ||
| 1948 | Willie Mason | |
| 1947 | N/A | |
| 1946 | N/A | |
| 1941 | Texas Ranger Ordway | |
| 1940 | New Hired Hand (uncredited) | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |