His number 1 pic appearance was inside 1948 in The Boy With Green Hair. Within 1954 he was one of the singing & dancing brothers -- 'Gideon' -- in the film of the musical Seven Brides for Seven Brothers for which his abilities as a champion gymnast & acrobat were swell suited. His farther musical roles involved a picture show Tom Thumb, Hit the Deck and West Side Story where he played Riff, the leader of the Jets.

He appeared in the picture show Peyton Place in 1957, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Within 1962 he appeared in the cinerama movie How the West Was Won. Inside 1963 he appeared in The Long Ships.

Extra recently he has appeared around television series like Nash Bridges, Twin Peaks (in which he played an nonconcentric head-shrinker), & a Babylon 5 episode A Distant Star in which he played 'Captain Jack Maynard'.

His girl is Amber Tamblyn with whom he has appeared in "Rebellious" & "Johnny Mysto: Boy Wizard", & inside cameo roles around two or three episodes of Joan of Arcadia. His brother, Larry Tamblyn, was a drummer by having 1960s band The Standells.