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Tom Ewell

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Tom Ewell

Apr 29, 1909 – Sep 12, 199460 titles 35 movies · 25 TV
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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.

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Samuel Yewell Tompkins · Tommy Ewell

Born

Apr 29, 1909 – Sep 12, 1994

Owensboro, Kentucky, USA

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Roles across career

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