Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 29, 1909
Place of Birth
Owensboro, Kentucky, USA
Also Known As
- Samuel Yewell Tompkins
- Tommy Ewell
Tom 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.
Known For - Movies
The Great Gatsby
as Mourner (uncredited)
The Seven Year Itch
as Richard Sherman
Adam's Rib
as Warren Attinger
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
Tropic of Desire
as Hadley Crabtree
Easy Money
as Scrappleton
Tender Is the Night
as Abe North
American Guerrilla in the Philippines
as Jim Mitchell
State Fair
as Abel Frake
The Lieutenant Wore Skirts
as Gregory Whitcomb
Known For - TV Shows
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
Murder, She Wrote
as Josh Corbin
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
Taxi
as Dr. Richmond
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
Fantasy Island
as Burt 'Fingers' Lonegan
Robert Montgomery Presents
as Tom Howard
Baretta
Studio One
as Willie Mason
The Name of the Game
as District Attorney Simpson