Russ Tamblyn’s Memoir Shows There’s Life After Child Stardom
’s creativity and longevity is proof that there’s life after child stardom. In Tamblyn’s case, there’s also been a bounty of juicy film and TV roles long after his legendary legs no longer kicked up movie musicals such as “” and “West Side Story.” His decades in film and TV include all genres, from Robert Wise’s suspense classic “The Haunting” to George Pal’s colorful kidfare, such as “Tom Thumb” and “Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm” and Lynch’s “Twin Peaks” series.
I had a great audition for “Samson and Delilah,” and when it finished DeMille came out and said, “Congrats, Rusty you got the part.”There was a bad day on “Samson.” We were doing a huge scene on stage two, with maybe 200-300 extras. I had to run up to Victor Mature, who was Samson, and say: “Samson, I‘ve got my slingshot. We can fight our way out of here!” And I held up the slingshot in front of my face. DeMille shouted out: “No! Rusty, put it on the back of your head.
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