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Tom Ewell
Acting
Born: April 29, 1909
Owensboro, Kentucky, USA
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

Tropic of Desire
as Hadley Crabtree

The Great Gatsby
as Mourner (uncredited)

The Seven Year Itch
as Richard Sherman

Adam's Rib
as Warren Attinger

Easy Money
as Scrappleton

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)

They Only Kill Their Masters
as Walter

All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
as Richard Sherman (archive footage)

American Guerrilla in the Philippines
as Jim Mitchell

Tender Is the Night
as Abe North