Russ Tamblyn

89 · Born: Dec 30, 1934

Personal Details

Born Dec 30, 1934 Los Angeles, California, USA

Spouse

Bonnie Tamblyn
( Dec 31, 1969 to May 4, 2024 )
Sheila Elizabeth Kempton
( May 7, 1960 to Dec 18, 1979 )
Venetia Stevenson
( Feb 14, 1956 to Apr 1, 1957 )

Parents

Sally Triplett
Eddie Tamblyn

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.

Career

acting

2015

Chatty Catties as Bruce

2003

Joan of Arcadia

Joan of Arcadia

1997

Little Miss Magic

Little Miss Magic as Brenden Moran

My Ghost Dog as Vito

Johnny Mysto: Boy Wizard

Johnny Mysto: Boy Wizard as Blackmoor

1996

Invisible Mom as Dr. Woorter

1995

Starstruck as Wheeler / Homeless Man

1994

Desert Steel as Tate

1993

Little Devils: The Birth

Little Devils: The Birth as Doc Clapton

1992

Running Mates as Frank Usher

1991

Wizards of the Demon Sword

Wizards of the Demon Sword as Ulric

1990

Aftershock as Hank Franklin

Twin Peaks as Lawrence Jacoby

1989

B.O.R.N. as Hugh

Quantum Leap as Bert Glasserman

1988

Necromancer as Charles DeLonge

The Bloody Monks

The Bloody Monks as Frank

1987

The Phantom Empire

The Phantom Empire as Bill

1982

Human Highway as Fred Kelly

1976

Black Heat as Ziggy

1975

Win, Place or Steal

Win, Place or Steal as Raymond

1971

The Female Bunch

The Female Bunch as Bill

Dracula vs. Frankenstein

Dracula vs. Frankenstein as Rico

1969

Scream Free! as Link

Satan's Sadists

Satan's Sadists as Anchor

1966

The War of the Gargantuas

The War of the Gargantuas as Dr. Paul Stewart

Tarzan as Bell

1965

Son of a Gunfighter

Son of a Gunfighter as Johnny Ketchum

1964

The Long Ships as Orm

Gunsmoke as Billy Waters

1963

Follow the Boys

Follow the Boys as Smitty

The Haunting as Luke Sanderson

1961

West Side Story

West Side Story as Riff

1960

Cimarron as William Hardy / The Cherokee Kid

1958

High School Confidential!

High School Confidential! as Tony Baker / Mike Wilson

Tom Thumb as Tom Thumb

1957

Don't Go Near the Water

Don't Go Near the Water as Ens. Tyson

Peyton Place as Norman Page

1956

The Young Guns as Tully Rice

The Fastest Gun Alive

The Fastest Gun Alive as Eric Doolittle

The Last Hunt as Jimmy O'Brien

1955

Hit the Deck as Danny Xavier Smith

Many Rivers to Cross

Many Rivers to Cross as Shields

1954

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers as Brother Gideon Pontipee

1953

Take the High Ground!

Take the High Ground! as Paul Jamison

1952

The Winning Team

The Winning Team as Willie Alexander

Retreat, Hell! as Jimmy W. McDermid

1951

Father's Little Dividend

Father's Little Dividend as Tommy Banks

1950

Gun Crazy as Bart Tare (age 14)

The Vicious Years

The Vicious Years as Tino

1949

The Kid from Cleveland

The Kid from Cleveland as Johnny Barrows

Samson and Delilah

Samson and Delilah as Saul

appearances

1997

Sobbin' Women: The Making of 'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers'

Sobbin' Women: The Making of 'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers'

writing

1982

Human Highway as Screenplay