Russ Tamblyn

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Russ "Rusty" Tamblyn (* thirtieth December 1934 in Los Angeles , California as Russell Irving Tamblyn ) is an American actor . He is considered a talented dancer, acrobat and gymnast. He is known among other things for his participation in the film West Side Story from 1961, where he played Riff, the leader of the "Jets".

Life

Tamblyn was born into a family who worked in show business . His father Eddie Tamblyn (1908–1957) was also an actor, Russ' brother Larry Tamblyn (* 1943) later became the drummer in the 1960s band The Standells . Lloyd Bridges gave Russ Tamblyn his first role in the play Stone Jungle when Russ was ten years old. He made his first small film appearance in 1948 in The Boy with Green Hair , the following year he received his first major film role alongside George Brent in the sports film The Kid from Cleveland . In 1950 he was seen in the comedy Father of the Bride as the son or brother of Spencer Tracy's and Elizabeth Taylor's characters, and he played this role again in the sequel A Gift from Heaven .

In 1954 he played Gideon, one of the dancing brothers in the film musical A Bride for Seven Brothers . For his performance in the feature film In Frisco Anchor , he received the Golden Globe Award for Best Young Actor in 1956 . For his role in the melodrama Embers under the Ashes from 1957, he was nominated for an Oscar for best supporting actor . He embodied singing and dancing fairy tale characters under the direction of George Pal in his films The Little Thumble (1958) and The Wonder World of the Brothers Grimm (1962). He played another well-known musical role in the 1961 film classic West Side Story , which won ten Academy Awards , where he played Riff, the leader of the "Jets". He has appeared in westerns, directed by Russell Rouse in The First Bullet Meets (1956), Anthony Mann in Cimarron (1960), and John Ford in That Was the Wild West (1961).

From the late 1960s faltered his career, and he played in some budget low - horror films like the Japanese Frankenstein - battle of the giants with. In later years he moved more to television and made guest appearances on the series Nash Bridges , Babylon 5 , General Hospital , Back to the Past, and The Heavenly Joan . He made a comeback in the late 1980s, among other things, through his permanent role in David Lynch's TV series Twin Peaks (1989/1990), in which he met the eccentric psychiatrist Dr. Lawrence Jacoby played.

Russ Tamblyn is married for the third time. The first marriage with the actress Venetia Stevenson remained childless, the second marriage resulted in two children. From the third marriage to the singer and artist Bonnie Murray, the daughter Amber Tamblyn emerged in 1983 , who is now also an actress and whose career Tamblyn manages. In the film Django Unchained (2012) he plays the role of "Son of the Gunslinger", a tribute to his role in the western Son of the Gunslinger from 1965. His daughter Amber can also be seen in Django Unchained as "Granddaughter of the Gunslinger". In 2017, Tamblyn returned to his role as Dr. Jacoby is back in the new edition of Twin Peaks .

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Commons : Russ Tamblyn  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Russ Tamblyn | Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos | AllMovie. Retrieved January 23, 2018 .
  2. ^ Russ Tamblyn | Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos | AllMovie. Retrieved January 23, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Tamblyn, Russ
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tamblyn, Russell Irving (real name); Tamblyn, Rusty
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH December 30, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Los Angeles , California , United States