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Tom Ewell
Born: 1909-04-29 in Owensboro, Kentucky, USA
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.
Rated Filmography (34)
Sorted by Score10.0
Finders Keepers
1952
10.0
Back at the Front
1952
10.0
Terror at Alcatraz
1982
10.0
Promise Him Anything
1975
10.0
Concerning a Woman of Sin
1949
9.0
Desert Bandit
1941
7.5
Marilyn
1963
7.4
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
2016
7.1
Adam's Rib
1949
7.0
The Seven Year Itch
1955
7.0
The Great American Pastime
1956
7.0
Up Front
1951
7.0
The Return of Mod Squad
1979
6.8
The World of Abbott and Costello
1965
6.5
Mr. Music
1950
6.4
Jayne Mansfield: The Tragedy of a Blonde
2015
6.4
To Find a Man
1972
6.4
Tropic of Desire
1979
6.3
The Girl Can't Help It
1956
6.3
The Great Gatsby
1974
6.2
Lost in Alaska
1952
6.0
Easy Money
1983
6.0
They Knew What They Wanted
1940
5.9
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
2018
5.8
The Lieutenant Wore Skirts
1956
5.7
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
1990
5.7
Tender Is the Night
1962
5.5
American Guerrilla in the Philippines
1950
5.5
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?
1970
5.3
A Life of Her Own
1950
5.2
The Spy Who Returned from the Dead
1974
5.1
They Only Kill Their Masters
1972
4.9
State Fair
1962
4.8
A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed
1958