Tom Ewell

Tom Ewell

Deceased · Born: Apr 29, 1909 · Died: Sep 12, 1994

Personal Details

Born Apr 29, 1909 Owensboro, Kentucky, USA
Spouse
  • Marjorie Sanborn

    ( May 5, 1948 to Sep 12, 1994 )
  • Judy Abbott

    ( Mar 18, 1946 to Dec 31, 1969 )

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.

Career

2022
The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes
1990
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths as (Archive footage)
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1985
Murder, She Wrote
Murder, She Wrote as Josh Corbin
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1983
Easy Money
Easy Money as Scrappleton
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1981
Best of the West
Best of the West as Jerome Kullens
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1979
Butterflies in Heat
Butterflies in Heat as Hadley Crabtree
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1975
Promise Him Anything
Promise Him Anything as Judge
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1974
The Wide World of Mystery
The Wide World of Mystery as Lebow
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1972
They Only Kill Their Masters
They Only Kill Their Masters as Walter
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To Find a Man
To Find a Man as Dr. Hargrove
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1970
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came as Billy Joe Davis
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1965
The World of Abbott and Costello
The World of Abbott and Costello as Nugget Joe McDermott in Lost In Alaska (archive footage)
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1962
State Fair
State Fair as Abel Frake
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Tender Is the Night
Tender Is the Night as Abe North
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1958
A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed
1956
The Girl Can't Help It
The Girl Can't Help It as Tom Miller
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The Great American Pastime
The Great American Pastime as Bruce Hallerton
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The Lieutenant Wore Skirts
The Lieutenant Wore Skirts as Gregory Whitcomb
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1955
The Seven Year Itch
The Seven Year Itch as Richard Sherman
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1952
Finders Keepers
Finders Keepers as Tiger Kipps
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Lost in Alaska
Lost in Alaska as Nugget Joe McDermott
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1951
Up Front
Up Front as Willie
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1950
A Life of Her Own
A Life of Her Own as Tom Caraway
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American Guerrilla in the Philippines
American Guerrilla in the Philippines as Jim Mitchell
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Mr. Music
Mr. Music as 'Cupcake' Haggerty
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1949
Adam's Rib
Adam's Rib as Warren Attinger
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1941
Desert Bandit
Desert Bandit as Texas Ranger Ordway
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2017
Marilyn Monroe: Auction of a Lifetime
2006
Billy Wilder Speaks
1987
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
1963
Marilyn
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