MGM loaned Tamblyn to Allied Artists for his first star role, The Young Guns (1957). He served (uncredited) as a choreographer for Elvis Presley in 1957's Jailhouse Rock. Tamblyn supported older actors in two Westerns: Robert Taylor (American actor) and Stewart Granger in The Last Hunt (1956), a flop and Glenn Ford and Broderick Crawford in The Fastest Gun Alive (1956), a big hit, where he performed an extraordinary "shovel" dance at a hoe-down early in the film. Tamblyn appeared in Captain Carey, U.S.A. Tamblyn played the younger Bart Tare (played as an adult by John Dall) in the film noir Gun Crazy (1950) and Elizabeth Taylor's younger brother in Father of the Bride (also 1950) and its sequel, Father's Little Dividend (1951). DeMille's 1949 version of Samson and Delilah where he played young Saul, and What Happened to Jo Jo? (1950). He appeared in Reign of Terror (1949), Cecil B.
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The movie was not a success but it established Tamblyn as a film actor. Tamblyn was given a role in The Kid from Cleveland (1949), billed third (as "Rusty Tamblyn") under stars George Brent and Lynn Bari. At the age of 13 he appeared in the stage play The Stone Jungle. ĭiscovered at the age of 10 by actor Lloyd Bridges after acting in a play, Tamblyn first appeared on film in a small non-speaking role in The Boy With Green Hair (1948), after which he appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show. He developed a musical act that involved singing, dancing, juggling and comedy. Tamblyn wanted to be a circus performer and was skilled in acrobatics and dancing as a child. When he was thirteen he lived in North Hollywood, studied dramatics under Grace Bowman and dancing at the North Hollywood Academy, owned and operated by his parents. As a child, he would take the stage during intermissions at the local movie theater and do tumbling performances.
Tamblyn was a hyperactive child and had a penchant for gymnastics and performing. He has one younger brother, Larry Tamblyn, who was the organist for the 1960s band, the Standells. Tamblyn was born Decemin Los Angeles, California, to actors Sally Aileen (Triplett) and Edward Francis "Eddie" Tamblyn.
2.3 1963–1976: Television and independent films.
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