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Russ Tamblyn (born Russell Tamblyn on December 30, 1934) is an American actor and former dancer.

Born in Los Angeles, California, Tamblyn's first movie appearance was in 1948 in The Boy With Green Hair. He portrayed the young Saul in Cecil B. DeMille's version of Samson and Delilah (1949 film). In 1954 his break-out role was as one of the singing and dancing brothers, Gideon, in the film musical Seven Brides for Seven Brothers for which his abilities as a champion gymnast and acrobat were well suited.

Other musical roles included the title role in Tom Thumb, as one of the sailors in the 1955 film version of Hit the Deck and his role in the 1961 Best Picture West Side Story, where he played Riff, the leader of the Jets.

He appeared in the movie Peyton Place in 1957, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. In 1962 he appeared in the cinerama movie How the West Was Won. In 1963 he appeared in The Long Ships. In 1966, he starred in the Japanese kaiju film War of the Gargantuas.

More recently he has appeared in television series such as Nash Bridges, Twin Peaks (in which he played an eccentric psychiatrist), and the Babylon 5 episode A Distant Star in which he played 'Captain Jack Maynard'.

His daughter is Amber Tamblyn with whom he has appeared in "Rebellious" and "Johnny Mysto: Boy Wizard"; she has the starring role in the CBS television series Joan of Arcadia. His brother, Larry Tamblyn, was the drummer with 1960s band The Standells.

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