
Tom Ewell
Born: 1909-04-29
Place: 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.
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The Seven Year Itch
Adam's Rib
The Girl Can't Help It
They Only Kill Their Masters
Easy Money
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π Award Stats
- 0 total wins
- 12 nominations
1940
1941
1947
1949
1950
- American Guerrilla in the Philippines as Jim Mitchell π
- Mr. Music as 'Cupcake' Haggerty π
- A Life of Her Own as Tom Caraway π
1951
1952
- Finders Keepers as Tiger Kipps
- Back at the Front as Willie π
- Lost in Alaska as Nugget Joe McDermott
1955
1956
- The Girl Can't Help It as Tom Miller π
- The Great American Pastime as Bruce Hallerton π
- The Lieutenant Wore Skirts as Gregory Whitcomb π