Tom Ewell
April 29, 1909 – 1994
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
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Murder, She Wrote
1984
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Taxi
1978
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
Fantasy Island
1978
Studio One
1948
Burke's Law
1963
Baretta
1975
The Name of the Game
1968
What's My Line?
1950
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
Alias Smith and Jones
1971