RUSS TAMBLYN BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY:
Russ Tamblyn was born on December 30th, 1934 in Los Angeles, California to parents Eddie Tamblyn and Sally Triplett who were both working actors. As a young boy growing up around parents in the entertainment industry, Tamblyn began to show an interest in acting. At the age of six he began taking gymnastic and dancing lessons.
By the age of ten another actor by the name of Lloyd Bridges discovered Tamblyn after he saw him acting in a stage play. With Bridges help along with the connections Tamblyn's parents had he was cast in his first film, "The Boy With Green Hair" (1948) followed by an appearance on, "The Ed Sullivan Show".
As he became a teenage actor he was seen in such films as, "The Kid from Cleveland" (1949),"Gun Crazy" (1950), "Father of the Bride" (1950), "Take The High Ground" (1953) and his biggest role yet in the film, "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" (1954).
Transitioning from a child actor in the industry to a working adult actor was not too difficult for Tamblyn. As his career progressed he was seen on such films as, "The Fastest Gun Alive" (1956), "High School Confidential" (1958), "West Side Story" (1961) and "How the West Was Won" (1962).
He continued to work during the mid 60's, but offers were not as frequent. He was seen in a couple other films such as, "The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm" (1962), "The Long Ships" (1964) and "Follow the Boys" (1963) and "The Last Movie" (1971).
Russ began turning to television roles to continue making a living appearing on such series as, "Quantum Leap", "Fame", "Twin Peaks", "Burke's Law", "Gunsmoke", "Iron Horse" and the soap opera's, "Days of Our Lives" and "General Hospital". Tamblyn's most recent role was in 2011 in, "Drive".
He has married three times throughout his lifetime, first to Venetia Stevenson whom he wed in 1956 and they were together only one year. His second marriage was to Sheila Elizabeth Kepton briefly in 1960 and they had two children together before this marriage too, ended in divorce. He is currently married to his third wife, Bonnie and they have one child together.
Filmography
2011 Drive
2000 Inviati speciali
1999 Days of Our Lives
1999 Inherit the Wind
1998 Little Miss Magic
1997 Johnny Mysto: Boy Wizard
1997 Nash Bridges
1997 My Ghost Dog
1996 Invisible Mom
1995 Starstruck
1995 Rebellious
1995 Attack of the 60 Foot Centerfolds
1994 Babylon 5
1994 Cabin Boy
1993 Little Devils: The Birth
1992 Running Mates
1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
1990-1991 Twin Peaks
1991 Wizards of the Demon Sword
1990 Aftershock
1989 Quantum Leap
1989 The Phantom Empire
1989 Desert Steel
1988 B.O.R.N.
1988 The Bloody Monks
1988 Necromancer
1987 Commando Squad
1987 Cyclone
1986-1987 Fame
1982 Human Highway
1981 Nero Wolfe
1978 The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams
1976 The Quest
1976 Black Heat
1975 The World Through the Eyes of Children
1975 Win, Place or Steal
1972 Cade's County
1971 Dracula vs. Frankenstein
1971 The Female Bunch
1971 The Last Movie
1969 Scream Free!
1969 The Name of the Game
1969 Satan's Sadists
1968 The War of the Gargantuas
1967 Iron Horse
1966 Tarzan
1965 Son of a Gunfighter
1965 Gunsmoke
1965 Burke's Law
1964 The Long Ships
1963 Channing
1963 The Greatest Show on Earth
1963 The Haunting
1963 Follow the Boys
1962 How the West Was Won
1962 The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
1961 West Side Story
1960 Cimarron
1958 tom thumb
1958 High School Confidential!
1957 Peyton Place
1957 Don't Go Near the Water
1956 The Young Guns
1956 The Fastest Gun Alive
1956 The Last Hunt
1955 Hit the Deck
1955 Many Rivers to Cross
1954 Deep in My Heart
1954 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
1953 Take the High Ground!
1952 The Winning Team
1952 Retreat, Hell!
1951 Cave of Outlaws
1951 As Young as You Feel
1951 Father's Little Dividend
1950 Father of the Bride
1950 The Vicious Years
1950 Captain Carey, U.S.A.
1950 Gun Crazy
1950 What Happened to Jo Jo?
1949 Samson and Delilah
1949 Reign of Terror
1949 The Kid from Cleveland
1948 The Boy with Green Hair
