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Samuel Yewell Tompkins
Tommy Ewell
Tom Ewell
Acting
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
Filmography
Movies
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
as Richard Sherman (archive footage)
Jayne Mansfield: The Tragedy of a Blonde
as (archive footage)
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
as (archive footage)
Easy Money
as Scrappleton
Terror at Alcatraz
as Johnson
Tropic of Desire
as Hadley Crabtree
The Return of Mod Squad
as Cook
Promise Him Anything
as Judge
The Great Gatsby
as Mourner (uncredited)
TV Shows
Murder, She Wrote
as Josh Corbin · 1 ep.
Best of the West
as Jerome Kullens · 22 ep.
Trapper John, M.D.
1 ep.
Eischied
1 ep.
Taxi
as Dr. Richmond · 1 ep.
Fantasy Island
as Burt 'Fingers' Lonegan · 1 ep.
Flying High
1 ep.
Baretta
2 ep.
Temperatures Rising
as Harry Butler · 1 ep.
Alias Smith and Jones
1 ep.