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 Seven Year Itch

Richard Sherman

The Great Gatsby

Mourner (uncredited)

Tropic of Desire

Hadley Crabtree

Easy Money

Scrappleton

Adam's Rib

Warren Attinger

The Girl Can't Help It

Tom Miller

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

Self (archive footage)

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

Richard Sherman (archive footage)