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Russ Tamblyn

Acting

Born December 30, 1934 · Los Angeles, California, USA

Also known as Russell Tamblyn · Rusty Tamblyn · Rasu Tanburin

Biography

Russell Irving "Russ" Tamblyn (born December 30, 1934) is an American film and television actor, who is arguably best known for his performance in the 1961 movie musical West Side Story as Riff, the leader of the Jets gang. Description above from the Wikipedia article Russ Tamblyn, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

  • Academy AwardBest Supporting Actor · 1958 · nominated

Filmography50+ titles

Twin Peaks

1990as Dr. Jacoby

Django Unchained

2012as Son of a Gunfighter

The Haunting of Hill House

2018as Dr. Montague

Babylon 5

1994as Capt. Jack Maynard

Quantum Leap

1989as Bert Glasserman

Drive

2011as Doc

Gun Crazy

1950as Bart Tare (Age 14)

That's Entertainment!

1974as (archive footage) (uncredited)

Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces

2014as Dr. Lawrence Jacoby

West Side Story

1961as Riff

The Young Guns

1956as Tully Rice

The Haunting

1963as Luke Sanderson

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

1954as Brother Gideon Pontipee

Along for the Ride

2016as Self

How the West Was Won

1962as Confederate Deserter

Father of the Bride

1950as Tommy Banks

That's Dancing!

1985

The Last Hunt

1956as Jimmy O'Brien

The Fastest Gun Alive

1956as Eric Doolittle

Blood & Flesh: The Reel Life & Ghastly Death of Al Adamson

2019

Peyton Place

1957as Norman Page

Reign of Terror

1949as Pierre's Oldest Son (uncredited)

Gunsmoke

1955as Billy Waters

Deep in My Heart

1954as Lazar Berrison, Jr. (uncredited)

Samson and Delilah

1949as Saul

Many Rivers to Cross

1955as Shields

Father's Little Dividend

1951as Tommy Banks

The War of the Gargantuas

1966as Dr. Paul Stewart

Tom Thumb

1958as Tom Thumb

As Young as You Feel

1951as Willie McKinley

Inherit the Wind

1999as Ed Morse

The Boy with Green Hair

1948as Classmate (uncredited)

My Ghost Dog

1997as Vito

The Long Ships

1964as Orm

Cimarron

1960as William Hardy, The Cherokee Kid

The Winning Team

1952as Willie Alexander

The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm

1962as The Woodsman (segment "The Dancing Princess") / Tom Thumb

Paint It Black

2016as Meredith's Friend

The Last Movie

1971as Member of Billy's gang

Captain Carey, U.S.A.

1950as Pietro

Johnny Mysto: Boy Wizard

1997as Blackmoor

Don't Go Near the Water

1957as Ens. Tyson

Cabin Boy

1994as Chocki

Chatty Catties

2015as Bruce

Little Miss Magic

1998as Brenden Moran

Invisible Mom

1996as Dr. Woorter

Hit the Deck

1955as Danny Xavier Smith

Hits

2014as Dale

Who's the Caboose?

1997Co-Executive Producer

Son of a Gunfighter

1965as Johnny Ketchum