Eddie Tamblyn

Edward Francis Tamblyn (January 5, 1908 – June 22, 1957) was an American actor. He was the father of actor Russ Tamblyn and keyboardist Larry Tamblyn (The Standells), and the grandfather of actress Amber Tamblyn.

Born in Yonkers, New York, the son of Edna (née Brown; 1883–1975) and Joseph Tamblyn (1878–1941), he became an actor in the 1930s and made uncredited roles in some movies.

Tamblyn died of a brain tumor at the age of 49 in Hollywood, California on June 22, 1957.

Selected filmography The Main Event (1938) (uncredited) – Program Seller Mountain Music (1937) (uncredited) – Bellboy Star for a Night (1936) (uncredited) – Messenger Palm Springs (1936) (off screen credits) – Soda Clerk Follow the Fleet (1936) (uncredited) – Sailor In Old Kentucky (1935) (uncredited) – Jockey It's in the Air (1935) (uncredited) – Jockey Dante's Inferno (1935) (uncredited) – Page Boy The Daring Young Man (1935) (uncredited) – Office Boy A Shot in the Dark (1935) – Bill Smart Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1934) (as Edward Tamblyn) – Usher Money Means Nothing (1934) (as Edward Tamblyn) – Robert 'Robby' Ferris Hollywood Party (1934) (uncredited) – Bob's Friend Harold Teen (1934) – Shadow I've Got Your Number (1934) (uncredited) – Messenger Flying Down to Rio (1933) (uncredited) – Yankee Clipper The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (1933) – Harry