Eddie Tamblyn

{{short description|American actor}}

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| name = Eddie Tamblyn

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| birthname = Edward Francis Tamblyn

| birth_date = January 5, 1908

| birth_place = Yonkers, New York, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1957|6|22|1908|1|5|}}

| death_place = Hollywood, California, U.S.

| children = 3, including Russ Tamblyn

| relatives = Amber Tamblyn (granddaughter)

| occupation = Actor}}

Edward Francis Tamblyn (January 5, 1908According to the State of California. California Death Index, 1940–1997. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California – 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),{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2g0qAQAAIAAJ&q=edna+brown+tamblyn|title=Vaudeville Times|year=1998}} 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.{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-obituary-for-edwar/49376569/ | title=Obituary for Edward Tamblyn (Aged 50) | newspaper=The Los Angeles Times | date=25 June 1957 | page=76 }}