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Tom Ewell

Cast & creator

Tom Ewell

1909-04-29 (died at 85) Owensboro, Kentucky, USAIMDb

Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Mike Douglas Show, The Merv Griffin Show

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.

Also known as: Samuel Yewell Tompkins, Tommy Ewell

Movies

35

film credits

Series

26

television credits

Career

61

1940–2018 · acting roles

Credit score

6.8

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Self · 1962

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

Self · 1961

The Merv Griffin Show

The Merv Griffin Show

Self · 1962

What's My Line?

What's My Line?

Self · 1950

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

Josh Corbin · 1984

Across film & television

Filmography (61)

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Showing 61 of 61 credits

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Self

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

Self

The Merv Griffin Show

The Merv Griffin Show

Self

What's My Line?

What's My Line?

Self

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

Josh Corbin

Taxi

Taxi

Dr. Richmond

Robert Montgomery Presents

Robert Montgomery Presents

Tom Howard

Studio One

Studio One

Willie Mason

The Name of the Game

The Name of the Game

District Attorney Simpson

Burke's Law

Burke's Law

Leander Clement

Trapper John, M.D.

Trapper John, M.D.

Fantasy Island

Fantasy Island

Burt 'Fingers' Lonegan

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

Self

Baretta

Baretta

Baretta

Baretta

Billy Truman

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Albert Pelham

Alias Smith and Jones

Alias Smith and Jones

Lights Out

Lights Out

Your Show of Shows

Your Show of Shows

Temperatures Rising

Temperatures Rising

Harry Butler

Flying High

Flying High

Playwrights '56

The Seven Year Itch

The Seven Year Itch

Richard Sherman

Tropic of Desire

Tropic of Desire

Hadley Crabtree

The Tom Ewell Show

The Tom Ewell Show

Best of the West

Best of the West

Jerome Kullens

The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby

Mourner (uncredited)

General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater

John Emmet Owens

Eischied

Eischied

Adam's Rib

Adam's Rib

Warren Attinger

Easy Money

Easy Money

Scrappleton

The Girl Can't Help It

The Girl Can't Help It

Tom Miller

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

Self (archive footage)

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

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

Richard Sherman (archive footage)

American Guerrilla in the Philippines

American Guerrilla in the Philippines

Jim Mitchell

Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?

Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?

Billy Joe Davis

They Knew What They Wanted

They Knew What They Wanted

New Hired Hand (uncredited)

They Only Kill Their Masters

They Only Kill Their Masters

Walter

A Life of Her Own

A Life of Her Own

Tom Caraway

Tender Is the Night

Tender Is the Night

Abe North

To Find a Man

To Find a Man

Dr. Hargrove

Jayne Mansfield: The Tragedy of a Blonde

Jayne Mansfield: The Tragedy of a Blonde

Self (archive footage)

State Fair

State Fair

Abel Frake

Mr. Music

Mr. Music

'Cupcake' Haggerty

The Lieutenant Wore Skirts

The Lieutenant Wore Skirts

Gregory Whitcomb

Lost in Alaska

Lost in Alaska

Nugget Joe McDermott

A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed

A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed

Max Rutgers

Back at the Front

Back at the Front

Willie

The Return of Mod Squad

The Return of Mod Squad

Cook

The Spy Who Returned from the Dead

The Spy Who Returned from the Dead

Lubow

The Great American Pastime

The Great American Pastime

Bruce Hallerton

Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths

Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths

Self

Marilyn

Marilyn

archive footage

Finders Keepers

Finders Keepers

Tiger Kipps

Paramount Pacemaker: Babies, They're Wonderful

The World of Abbott and Costello

The World of Abbott and Costello

Nugget Joe McDermott in Lost In Alaska (archive footage)

Concerning a Woman of Sin

Concerning a Woman of Sin

Up Front

Up Front

Willie

Terror at Alcatraz

Terror at Alcatraz

Johnson

Desert Bandit

Desert Bandit

Texas Ranger Ordway

Promise Him Anything

Promise Him Anything

Judge