Russell Irving Tamblyn (born December 30, 1934 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actor and dancer.
He's best known for West Side Story (1961), The Haunting (1963), and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954).
He was married to actress Venetia Stevenson, Elizabeth Kempton, currently married to Bonnie Murray, and has two children, including Amber Tamblyn. His father was Eddie Tamblyn.
Filmography
Film Roles
- 1948: The Boy With Green Hair as Classmate (Uncredited Role)
- 1949: Reign Of Terror as Pierre's Oldest Son (uncredited)
- 1949: The Kid From Cleveland as Johnny Barrows
- 1949: Sampson And Delilah as Saul
- 1949: Captain Carey USA as Pietro
- 1950: Gun Crazy as Bart Tare, 14 years old
- 1950: The Vicious Years as Tino
- 1950: Father Of The Bride as Tommy Banks
- 1951: Fathers Little Dividend as Tommy Banks
- 1951: As Young As You Feel as Willie McKinley
- 1951: Cave Of Outlaws as Young Peter
- 1952: Retreat Hell as Jimmy W. McDermid
- 1952: The Winning Team as Willie Alexander
- 1953: Take The High Ground as Paul Jamison
- 1954: Seven Brides for Seven Brothers as Gideon Pontipee
- 1954: Deep In My Heart as Lazar Berrison Jr.
- 1955: Many Rivers To Cross as Shields Cherne
- 1955: Hit The Deck as Danny Xavier Smith
- 1956: The Last Hunt as Jimmy O'Brien
- 1956: The Fastest Gun Alive as Eric Doolittle
- 1956: The Young Guns as Tully Rice
- 1957: Dont Go Near The Water as Ens. Tyson
- 1957: Peyton Place as Norman Page
- 1958: High School Confidential as Tony Baker/Mike Wilson
- 1958: Tom Thumb as Tom Thumb
- 1960: Cimarron as William Hardy/The Cherokee Kid
- 1961: West Side Story as Riff Lorton, leader of the Jets
- 1962: The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm as The Woodsman/Tom Thumb
- 1962: How the West Was Won as Confederate Deserter
- 1963: Follow The Boys as Lt. jg. Wadsworth 'Smitty' Smith
- 1963: The Haunting (1963) as Luke Sanderson
- 1964: The Long Ships as Orm
- 1965: Son Of A Gunfighter as Johnny Ketchum
- 1966: War of the Gargantuas as Dr. Paul Stewart
- 1969: Satans Sadists as Anchor (also writer)
- 1969: Scream Free as Link
- 1971: The Female Bunch as Bill
- 1971: The Last Movie as Member of Billy's Gang
- 1971: Dracula vs. Frankenstein as Rico
- 1974: Win Place Or Steal as Raymond
- 1975: The World Through The Eyes Of Children as Devil
- 1976: Black Heat as Ziggy
- 1982: Human Highway as Fred Kelly (also writer)
- 1987: Commando Squad as Anchor
- 1988: Necromancer as Charles DeLonge
- 1988: The Phantom Empire as Bill
- 1989: BORN as Hugh
- 1989: The Bloody Monks as Frank
- 1990: Aftershock as Hank Franklin
- 1991: Wizards of the Demon Sword as Ulric
- 1992: Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me as Dr. Lawrence Jacoby (Deleted Role)
- 1992: Running Mates as Frank Usher
- 1993: Little Devils The Birth as Doc Clapton
- 1994: Cabin Boy as Chocki
- 1994: Desert Steel as Tate
- 1995: Attack Of The 60 Foot Centerfolds as Gas Attendant
- 1995: Starstruck 1995 as Wheeler/Homeless Man
- 1995: Rebellious as Old Guy
- 1997: Johnny Mysto Boy Wizard as Blackmoor
- 1997: My Ghost Dog as Vito
- 1998: Little Miss Magic as Brenden Moran
- 1999: Inherit the Wind as Ed Morse
- 2011: Drive (2011) as Doc
- 2012: Django Unchained as Son of a Gunfighter
- 2014: Hits as Dale
- 2015: Chatty Catties as Bruce
- 2016: Paint It Black as Meredith's Friend
Television Roles
- 1963: The Greatest Show On Earth as Tom Tuttle
- 1963: Channing as Hal Langley
- 1965: Burke's Law as Maximillian
- 1965: Gunsmoke as Billy Waters
- 1966: Tarzan as Bell
- 1967: Iron Horse as Kehoe
- 1969: The Name Of The Game as John Earl
- 1972: Cade's County as Brewster
- 1976: The Quest as Kelly
- 1978: The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams as Milton Wright
- 1981: Nero Wolfe as Police Detective
- 1986-1987: Fame as Michael Taftner/Russ, The Choreographer/The Choreographer
- 1987: Rags to Riches as Roger
- 1989: Quantum Leap as Bert Glasserman
- 1990-1991, 2017: Twin Peaks as Dr. Lawrence Jacoby
- 1994: Babylon 5 as Capt. Jack Maynard
- 1997: Nash Bridges as Jim the Penman
- 1999: Days of Our Lives as Dr. Hayden
- 2000: General Hospital as Dr. Jacoby
- 2004: Joan of Arcadia as Dog Walker God
- 2010-2016: The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret as Chuck Margaret/Billy the Cheesegrater
- 2018: The Haunting of Hill House (2018) as Dr. Montague
