Russ Tamblyn
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1934-12-30 (91 years old)
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Also known As
Russell Tamblyn
Rusty Tamblyn
Rasu Tanburin
Russell Irving Tamblyn
Russ 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.
Acting
1961
as Riff
1971
as Rico
1950
as Tommy Banks
1951
as Tommy Banks
1997
as Brenden Moran
1963
as Luke Sanderson
1962
as Confederate Deserter
1956
as Eric Doolittle
2012
as Son of a Gunfighter
1987
as Bill
1971
as Bill
1991
as Ulric
1993
as Doc Clapton
1976
as Ziggy
1969
as Anchor
1958
as Tony Baker / Mike Wilson
1957
as Norman Page
1964
as Orm
1954
as Brother Gideon Pontipee
2011
as Doc
1960
as William Hardy, The Cherokee Kid
1950
as Bart Tare (Age 14)
1971
as Member of Billy's gang
1982
as Fred Kelly
1955
as Shields
1963
as Smitty
1958
as Tom Thumb
1975
as Raymond
1952
as Willie Alexander
1997
as Vito
1957
as Ens. Tyson
1956
as Jimmy O'Brien
1965
as Johnny Ketchum
1956
as Tully Rice
1969
as Link
1955
as Danny Xavier Smith
1997
as Blackmoor
1990
as Hank Franklin
2002
as Self
2001
as Self
1950
as Tino
1962
as The Woodsman (segment "The Dancing Princess") / Tom Thumb
1976
as Kelly
1951
as Willie McKinley
1974
as Tink Wilson
1991
1952
as Jimmy W. McDermid
1989
as Frank
1949
as Saul
2013
as Tom Thumb (archive footage)
1949
as Pierre's Oldest Son (uncredited)
1949
as Johnny Barrows
1974
as (archive footage)
1989
as Hugh
2015
as Bruce
1994
as Chocki
1995
as Gas Attendant
1995
as Wheeler / Homeless Man
1996
as Dr. Woorter
2014
as Dale
1988
as Charles DeLonge
1992
as Frank Usher
1999
as Ed Morse
1950
as Pietro
1954
as Lazar Berrison, Jr. (uncredited)
1987
as Anchor
1953
as Paul Jamison
1995
as Old Guy
1994
as Tate
2016
as Self
1989
as Dr. Lawrence Jacoby
1948
as Classmate (uncredited)
1966
as Dr. Paul Stewart
1985
2003
as Self
2020
as Self
2014
as Dr. Lawrence Jacoby
1987
2016
as Meredith's Friend
Production
1982
as Screenplay
1997
as Co-Executive Producer
1965
as Director
1968
as Director
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