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Tom Ewell

Acting

Born: 1909-04-29
Died: 1994-09-12
From: Owensboro, Kentucky, USA
Gender: Male
Popularity: 1

Also Known As

Samuel Yewell TompkinsTommy 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 & Nominations3 won · 0 nominated

🏆 Won

Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play

1953
🏆 Won

Donaldson Awards

🏆 Won

Clarence Derwent Awards

Acting57 titles

Finders Keepers
10.0
Movie

Finders Keepers

1952Comedy
Back at the Front
10.0
Movie

Back at the Front

1952Comedy
Terror at Alcatraz
10.0
Movie

Terror at Alcatraz

1982Comedy
Promise Him Anything
10.0
Movie

Promise Him Anything

1975Comedy
Concerning a Woman of Sin
10.0
Movie

Concerning a Woman of Sin

1949Drama
Desert Bandit
9.0
Movie

Desert Bandit

1941Action
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
7.8
Series

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955-1962Thriller
Marilyn
7.5
Movie

Marilyn

1963Documentary
Murder, She Wrote
7.5
Series

Murder, She Wrote

1984-1996Thriller
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
7.5
Series

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962-1992Documentary
Temperatures Rising
7.5
Series

Temperatures Rising

1972-1974Comedy
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
7.4
Movie

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

2016Documentary
Your Show of Shows
7.3
Series

Your Show of Shows

1950-1954Comedy
Taxi
7.3
Series

Taxi

1978-1983Comedy
Adam's Rib
7.1
Movie

Adam's Rib

1949Comedy
The Seven Year Itch
7.0
Movie

The Seven Year Itch

1955Comedy
The Great American Pastime
7.0
Movie

The Great American Pastime

1956Comedy
Up Front
7.0
Movie

Up Front

1951Action
The Return of Mod Squad
7.0
Movie

The Return of Mod Squad

1979Action
Alias Smith and Jones
7.0
Series

Alias Smith and Jones

1971-1973Action
Eischied
7.0
Series

Eischied

1979-1980Drama
What's My Line?
7.0
Series

What's My Line?

1950-1967Drama
The Name of the Game
7.0
Series

The Name of the Game

1968-1971Action
The World of Abbott and Costello
6.8
Movie

The World of Abbott and Costello

1965Comedy
Best of the West
6.8
Series

Best of the West

1981-1982Comedy
General Electric Theater
6.8
Series

General Electric Theater

1953-1962Comedy
Trapper John, M.D.
6.6
Series

Trapper John, M.D.

1979-1986Drama
The Merv Griffin Show
6.6
Series

The Merv Griffin Show

1962-1986Documentary
Mr. Music
6.5
Movie

Mr. Music

1950Comedy
Baretta
6.5
Series

Baretta

1975-1978Thriller
Fantasy Island
6.5
Series

Fantasy Island

1978-1984Sci-Fi
To Find a Man
6.4
Movie

To Find a Man

1972Comedy
Tropic of Desire
6.4
Movie

Tropic of Desire

1979Drama
Jayne Mansfield: The Tragedy of a Blonde
6.4
Movie

Jayne Mansfield: The Tragedy of a Blonde

2015Documentary
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
6.4
Series

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

1956-1963Documentary
The Girl Can't Help It
6.3
Movie

The Girl Can't Help It

1956Comedy
The Great Gatsby
6.3
Movie

The Great Gatsby

1974Drama
Burke's Law
6.3
Series

Burke's Law

1963-1966Drama
Flying High
6.3
Series

Flying High

1978-1979Drama
Lost in Alaska
6.1
Movie

Lost in Alaska

1952Comedy
Easy Money
6.0
Movie

Easy Money

1983Comedy
They Knew What They Wanted
6.0
Movie

They Knew What They Wanted

1940Drama
Robert Montgomery Presents
6.0
Series

Robert Montgomery Presents

1950-1957Drama
Lights Out
6.0
Series

Lights Out

1949-1972Sci-Fi
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
5.9
Movie

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

2018Documentary
The Lieutenant Wore Skirts
5.8
Movie

The Lieutenant Wore Skirts

1956Comedy
The Mike Douglas Show
5.8
Series

The Mike Douglas Show

1961 - ...Comedy
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
5.7
Movie

Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths

1990Documentary
Tender Is the Night
5.7
Movie

Tender Is the Night

1962Drama
American Guerrilla in the Philippines
5.5
Movie

American Guerrilla in the Philippines

1950Drama
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?
5.5
Movie

Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?

1970Drama
Studio One
5.4
Series

Studio One

1948-1958Drama
A Life of Her Own
5.3
Movie

A Life of Her Own

1950Drama
The Spy Who Returned from the Dead
5.2
Movie

The Spy Who Returned from the Dead

1974Drama
They Only Kill Their Masters
5.1
Movie

They Only Kill Their Masters

1972Thriller
State Fair
4.8
Movie

State Fair

1962Comedy
A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed
4.8
Movie

A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed

1958Comedy