Russ Tamblyn
Gender: Male
Born: 30th December 1934 (currently 77 years old)
Nationality: United States of America
TV programs: Twin Peaks
Movies: Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Stephen Sondheim, War of the Gargantuas, West Side Story, The Fastest Gun Alive, The Long Ships, Take the High Ground!, Human Highway, The Haunting, Samson and Delilah, Cimarron, The Female Bunch, Satan's Sadists, Father's Little Dividend, The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm, Aftershock, High School Confidential, Johnny Mysto: Boy Wizard, Merchants of Death, Wizards of the Demon Sword, Rebellious, Invisible Dad, Invisible Mom, Peyton Place, The Kid from Cleveland, Tom thumb, Gun Crazy, Hit the Deck, Running Mates, As Young as You Feel, Many Rivers to Cross , Attack of the 60 Foot Centerfold, Dracula vs. Frankenstein, Don't Go Near the Water, My Magic Dog, The Phantom Empire, Father of the Bride, The Winning Team, Cabin Boy, Cyclone, Captain Carey, U.S.A., Necromancer, The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal
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.
Tamblyn was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of actors Sally Triplett and Eddie Tamblyn. He is the older brother of Larry Tamblyn, organist for the 1960s band The Standells.
Discovered at the age of ten by actor Lloyd Bridges after acting in a play, Tamblyn's first film appearance was a small non-speaking role in 1948's The Boy With Green Hair. He also appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show as a child. He portrayed the young Saul in Cecil B. DeMille's 1949 version of Samson and Delilah. He played the younger version of John Dall's character in the 1950 film noir Gun Crazy. Later the same year, he had a minor role as Spencer Tracy's son and Elizabeth Taylor's younger brother in Father of the Bride, as well as in the following year's sequel, Father's Little Dividend, both directed by Vincente Minnelli. He was also a young soldier in boot camp in 1953's Take the High Ground. His training as a gymnast in high school and abilities as an acrobat prepared him for his
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