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Dec 30, 1934 Los Angeles, California, United States 89 years old
American actor
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About Russ Tamblyn
- Russell Irving Tamblyn (born December 30, 1934) is an American film and television actor and dancer.
- Born and raised in Los Angeles, Tamblyn was trained as a gymnast in his youth.
- He began his career as a child actor for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
- Tamblyn appeared in the musical Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954).
- He subsequently portrayed Norman Page in the drama Peyton Place (1957), for which he earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
- This led to Tamblyn being cast in leading roles, such as in the crime film High School Confidential (1958), and in the title role of Tom Thumb (1958). Tamblyn's gymnastic and acrobatic talents were showcased in several other musicals, including West Side Story (1961), in which he portrayed Riff, the leader of the Jets gang.
- The success of West Side Story led to additional leading roles, including parts in the horror film The Haunting (1963), directed by Robert Wise, and the Japanese science fiction film The War of the Gargantuas (1966). Throughout the 1970s, Tamblyn appeared in several exploitation films and worked as a choreographer in the 1980s.
- In 1990, he starred as Dr.
- Lawrence Jacoby in David Lynch's television drama Twin Peaks, reprising the role during its 2017 revival.
