- Films
- 30
- Avg rating
- 6.44
- Peak run
- 1958’63
- Oscar noms
- 1
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Russ by the numbers
Average
6.44
20 rated films
Vote weighted
6.53
bigger films count more
Median
6.5
half are better
Consistency
±0.96
rating spread
Career
45y
1949 to 1993
Total votes
278K
across every film
Best
7.6
West Side Story
Worst
6.8
Samson and Delilah
Newest first
Filmography
| 1993 | Little Devils: The Birth | Doc Clapton | · | 343 |
| 1991 | Wizards of the Demon Sword | Ulric | · | 678 |
| 1989 | B.O.R.N. | Hugh | · | 273 |
| 1982 | Human Highway | Fred Kelly | · | 922 |
| 1976 | Black Heat | Ziggy | · | 291 |
| 1971 | The Female Bunch | Bill | · | 630 |
| 1971 | Dracula vs. Frankenstein | Rico | 3.5 | 2,422 |
| 1969 | Satan's Sadists | Anchor | 4.8 | 1,274 |
| 1966 | The War of the Gargantuas | Dr. Paul Stewart | 6.1 | 4,159 |
| 1965 | Son of a Gunfighter | Johnny Ketchum | · | 327 |
| 1964 | The Long Ships | Orm | 6.0 | 3,503 |
| 1963 | Follow the Boys | Lt. (j.g.) Wadsworth 'Smitty' Smith | · | 474 |
| 1963 |  The Haunting | Luke Sannerson | 7.4 | 45,082 |
| 1961 |  West Side Story | Riff | 7.6 | 129K |
| 1960 | Cimarron | William Hardy | 6.4 | 3,920 |
| 1958 | High School Confidential! | Tony Baker | 6.1 | 1,277 |
| 1958 | Tom Thumb | Tom Thumb | 6.5 | 3,162 |
| 1957 | Don't Go Near the Water | Ens. Tyson | · | 974 |
| 1957 | Peyton Place | Norman Page | 7.2 | 7,341 |
| 1956 | The Fastest Gun Alive | Eric Doolittle | 7.1 | 4,207 |
Better together?
Russ Tamblyn's regulars
- Al AdamsonDirector and actor · 3 films · 4.80 avg▼−0.33
- Robert WiseDirector and actor · 2 films · 7.50 avg▲+0.79
- Richard BrooksDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.40 avg▼−0.22
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Russ Tamblyn
1 nominations, 0 wins
Awards record
- NominatedBest Supporting Actor · Academy Awards 1958Russ Tamblyn
Information courtesy of IMDb (https://www.imdb.com). Used with permission. Ratings and votes as of the latest nightly refresh.