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Tom Ewell

Acting · 1909–1994 · Owensboro, Kentucky, USA

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 Seven Year Itch

7.0

The Seven Year Itch

1955 · Richard Sherman

Adam's Rib

7.1

Adam's Rib

1949 · Warren Attinger

The Girl Can't Help It

6.3

The Girl Can't Help It

1956 · Tom Miller

Murder, She Wrote

7.5

Murder, She Wrote

1984 · Series · Josh Corbin

A Life of Her Own

5.3

A Life of Her Own

1950 · Tom Caraway

American Guerrilla in the Philippines

5.5

American Guerrilla in the Philippines

1950 · Jim Mitchell

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

7.8

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955 · Series · Albert Pelham

Taxi

7.3

Taxi

1978 · Series · Dr. Richmond

Lost in Alaska

6.2

Lost in Alaska

1952 · Nugget Joe McDermott

Fantasy Island

6.5

Fantasy Island

1978 · Series · Burt 'Fingers' Lonegan

State Fair

4.8

State Fair

1962 · Abel Frake

Tender Is the Night

5.7

Tender Is the Night

1962 · Abe North

All acting credits53

All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone

7.4

All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone

2016 · Richard Sherman (archive footage)

Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths

5.7

Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths

1990 · (archive footage)

Murder, She Wrote

7.5

Murder, She Wrote

1984 · Series · Josh Corbin

Easy Money

6.0

Easy Money

1983 · Scrappleton

Terror at Alcatraz

10.0

Terror at Alcatraz

1982 · Johnson

Best of the West

6.8

Best of the West

1981 · Series · Jerome Kullens

Trapper John, M.D.

6.6

Trapper John, M.D.

1979 · Series

Eischied

7.0

Eischied

1979 · Series

Tropic of Desire

6.4

Tropic of Desire

1979 · Hadley Crabtree

The Return of Mod Squad

7.0

The Return of Mod Squad

1979 · Cook

Fantasy Island

6.5

Fantasy Island

1978 · Series · Burt 'Fingers' Lonegan

Taxi

7.3

Taxi

1978 · Series · Dr. Richmond

Flying High

6.3

Flying High

1978 · Series

Baretta

6.5

Baretta

1975 · Series

Promise Him Anything

10.0

Promise Him Anything

1975 · Judge

The Great Gatsby

6.3

The Great Gatsby

1974 · Mourner (uncredited)

The Spy Who Returned from the Dead

5.2

The Spy Who Returned from the Dead

1974 · Lubow

Temperatures Rising

7.5

Temperatures Rising

1972 · Series · Harry Butler