Tom Ewell
Acting
Born April 29, 1909 · Owensboro, Kentucky, USA
Died September 12, 1994
Also known as Samuel Yewell Tompkins · Tommy Ewell
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.
Awards & recognition
- Tony Award — Best Actor in a Play · 1953
- Clarence Derwent Awards
- Donaldson Awards
Filmography18 titles
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Murder, She Wrote
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
Taxi
Adam's Rib
The Seven Year Itch
What's My Line?
Fantasy Island
The Great Gatsby
Easy Money
Lights Out
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
The Lieutenant Wore Skirts
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
Tender Is the Night
American Guerrilla in the Philippines
They Only Kill Their Masters