Tom Ewell

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

as Richard Sherman

The Great Gatsby

as Mourner (uncredited)

Murder, She Wrote

as Josh Corbin

Adam's Rib

as Warren Attinger

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Albert Pelham

Taxi

as Dr. Richmond

Easy Money

as Scrappleton

Fantasy Island

as Burt 'Fingers' Lonegan

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

The Girl Can't Help It

as Tom Miller