Russ Tamblyn might as well face it...he will be a Jet till his last dying day. Indelibly linked to the womb to tomb role of Riff, the knife-wielding, rocket-tempered, Baryshnikov-styled gang leader of the streetwise Jets in the musical film masterpiece West Side Story (1961), it's not a bad way to be remembered! Russ was actually 27 when he portrayed the teenage troublemaker who became the '50s equivalent of the Mercutio character in the Romeo and Juliet-inspired adaptation.To describe Tambl ...[Read Story]