James Darren

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Biography

Even more compared to the typical teen idol, James Darren’s roots in authentic rock & roll were tenuous. Darren started documenting for Colpix in the past due ’50s at the start of a display career that noticed him star in various films, especially Gidget. More aware of standard MOR, display tune-like materials than rock and roll, and not a lot of a vocalist regardless, Darren was non-etheless marketed like a pop/rock and roll performer to his mainly young woman constituency. He went off a number of novelty-tinged strike singles in the first ’60s, which “Goodbye Cruel Globe,” which produced number 3, was the largest and best. Best Brill Building pop songwriters — like the Goffin-King, Mann-Weil, and Pomus-Shuman groups, in addition to Bob Crewe, Gloria Shayne, and Howard Greenfield — offered Darren materials, albeit material which was well below their typical standards. He documented a lot after his early-’60s heyday, achieving the Best 40 in 1967 with “All” and charting as past due as 1977 with “You Consider My Heart Apart.” Through the ’90s, Darren co-starred over the Superstar Trek spin-off Deep Space Nine as hologram crooner Vic Fontaine, reprising music in the series over the 1999 record This One’s In the Heart.

Quick Facts

Full Name James Darren

Height 1.79 m

Profession Actor, Singer, Television Director

Nationality American, Italian

Spouse Evy Norlund, Gloria Terlitsky

Children Jim Moret, Christian Darren, Tony Darren

Siblings John Darren

IMDB http://imdb.com/name/nm0201626

Allmusic http://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000142531

Music Songs Goodbye Cruel World, Her Royal Majesty, Pin a Medal on Joey, Wild About That Girl, Hail to the Conquering Hero, Come Fly With Me, Here's to the Losers, Mary's Little Lamb, They Should Have Given You the Oscar, There's No Such Thing, Angel Face, Gegetta, Mighty Pretty Territory, Love Among the Young, Just Think of Tonight, You Take My Heart Away, If I Could Only Tell You, Because They're Young, Gotta Have Love, Hear What I Wanna Hear, Our Day Will Come, You Are My Dream, The Life of the Party, My Cup Runneth Over, Young World, The Best Is Yet to Come, Dream Big, Punch and Judy, Young & Warm & Wonderful, You'd Better Love Me, Only the Very Young, Too Young to Be True

Albums This One's from the Heart, Teenage Triangle, Teenage Triangle/More Teenage Triangle, Because of You, Love Among the Young, Love Songs from the Movies (Digitally Remastered), James Darren Sings for All Sizes, My Pledge of Love, Waltzing Matilda, Mammy Blue (Remastered), All, Gidget Goes Hawaiian (Expanded Edition), Your Smile, James Darren Sings for All Sizes/Love Among the Young, The Best of James Darren, Album No. 1, Teenage Triangle Revisited, Goodbye Cruel World the First Four Albums, 1959 - 1962, GIDGET, Young World, The Greatest Hits Collection, Let's Fall In Love, Goodbye Cruel World, Teen Idols, Tears In My Eyes, The Extended Play Collection, Vol. 131, Hand in Hand, YOU, Love Songs, Sweet Lorraine (25 Wonderfull Hits And Songs), Diamond Head, Teen Idol, Classics by James Darren, Vol. 1, Album No. 1: Rarity Music Pop, Vol. 307, Teenage Years - The Best Of, Love Along the Young, Classics by James Darren, Vol. 2, Gidget (Mono Version) [feat. Morris Stoloff et son orchestre], Goodbye My Lady Love, Ps - I Love You, James Darren, Emaline, The Essential James Darren, Classics by James Darren, Vol. 3

Movies Gidget, Gidget Goes Hawaiian, The Guns of Navarone, Gidget Goes to Rome, The Lively Set, The Gene Krupa Story, Rumble on the Docks, For Those Who Think Young, Diamond Head, Gunman's Walk, The Brothers Rico, Let No Man Write My Epitaph, Venus in Furs, Operation Mad Ball, All the Young Men, The Boss’s Son, Hey There, It's Yogi Bear!, City Beneath the Sea, The Lives of Jenny Dolan, The Tijuana Story, Mooch Goes to Hollywood, Lucky, Turnover Smith, Blood Sport, Police Story: Gladiator School, Old Legends Never Die, Hawaii Five-0: Number One With a Bullet, Revenge of the Gods, Raiders From Outer Space, Kill or Be Killed, Scruples

TV Shows T. J. Hooker, The Time Tunnel

#	Fact
1	Is a longtime friend of the late Julie London and the late Bobby Troup. In Darren's young career, he co-starred opposite her second husband in The Gene Krupa Story (1959).
2	Brother of John Darren.
3	He is the only actor to appear in all three "Gidget" films (as the same character): Gidget (1959), Gidget Goes Hawaiian (1961) and Gidget Goes to Rome (1963). Joby Baker also appeared in all 3 Gidget movies (as different characters).
4	Interviewed in Tom Weaver's book "I Talked with a Zombie" (McFarland & Co., 2008).
5	As a teen he commuted from South Philly to New York to attend Stella Adler's drama classes.
6	Introduced to talent agent Joyce Selznick by a secretary at a Photography Shop, on Broadway in New York City, called "Maurice Seymour of Hollywood". He was signed by Columbia Pictures in 1956 and given the name "James Darren" by the studio, in honor of the Kaiser-Darrin sports car.
7	He was originally not given the Moondoggie character in Columbia Pictures' Gidget (1959) because the role required two songs to sing and Darren had not proven himself a capable enough singer. On his own, he cut a single with the studio's recording subsidiary, Colpix Records, which charted. Columbia changed its mind and gave him the role despite the fact that he couldn't surf and was a weak swimmer. He nevertheless became a huge teen idol and reprised the Moondoggie role in both Gidget Goes Hawaiian (1961) and Gidget Goes to Rome (1963), all with different Gidgets: Sandra Dee; Deborah Walley and Cindy Carol.
8	First wife Gloria Terlitzky was a childhood sweetheart. They had a child named Jimmy. Second wife Evy Norlund, Miss Denmark of 1958, gave him two sons, Christian and Anthony.
9	At one time in the 1970s he toured the country with comedian Buddy Hackett as a singer.
10	He is of Italian ancestry.
11	Godfather of A.J. Lambert, who is the daughter of Nancy Sinatra and granddaughter of Frank Sinatra. Darren was a close friend of Sinatra and his family.
12	His current surname, Darren, since 1959, was inspired by the famous automobile of the 1950s.
13	His wife, Evy Norlund, is the former Miss Denmark of 1958.
14	Father of CNN anchorman Jim Moret.
15	Also known as a singer and his singing talents are revealed as the portrayal of the hologram Vic Fontaine on a couple of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993) episodes.

Actor

Title	Year	Status	Character
Lucky	2017/I	post-production	Paulie
Random Acts	2001		Allen
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine	1998-1999	TV Series	Vic Fontaine
Melrose Place	1999	TV Series	Tony Marlin
Diagnosis Murder	1997	TV Series	Councilman Watson
Silk Stalkings	1994	TV Series
Renegade	1992	TV Series	Lou Delgado
Raven	1992	TV Series	Billy Sharp
T.J. Hooker	1982-1986	TV Series	Officer Jim Corrigan Jim Corrigan Dan Danko
One Day at a Time	1983	TV Series	Roger Alexander
Fantasy Island	1979-1982	TV Series	Claude Duvalle / Brian Holmes / Michael Duvall
Scruples	1981	TV Movie	Vito
The Love Boat	1981	TV Series	Tony Streeter
Turnover Smith	1980	TV Movie	Georgie Green
Vega$	1980	TV Series	Paul Bracken
That's Life	1979	rumored
Hawaii Five-O	1978-1979	TV Series	Johnny Munroe
The Boss' Son	1978		Buddy Weistein
Police Story	1977	TV Series	Roger Lewis
Charlie's Angels	1977	TV Series	David Barzak
The Feather and Father Gang	1977	TV Series	Praeger
Black Sheep Squadron	1977	TV Series	Lt. Col. Rod Towers, Movie Star
Police Woman	1976	TV Series	Rick Matteo
S.W.A.T.	1976	TV Series	Joey Wade
The Lives of Jenny Dolan	1975	TV Movie	Orlando
Love, American Style	1971	TV Series	Roger Barnes (segment "Love and the Monsters")
City Beneath the Sea	1971	TV Movie	Dr. Talty
Venus in Furs	1969		Jimmy Logan
The Man from the 25th Century	1968	TV Short	Tomo / Robert Prentiss
The Time Tunnel	1966-1967	TV Series	Dr. Tony Newman Tony Newman
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea	1966	TV Series	Omir
The Flintstones	1965	TV Series	Jimmy Darrock
The Lively Set	1964		Casey Owens
Hey There, It's Yogi Bear	1964		Yogi Bear ('Ven-e, Ven-o, Ven-a') (singing voice)
For Those Who Think Young	1964		Gardner 'Ding' Pruitt III
Gidget Goes to Rome	1963		Moondoggie (Jeff Matthews)
Diamond Head	1962		Paul Kahana
The Donna Reed Show	1959-1961	TV Series	Kip Dennis / Jim Bryce / Buzz Berry
Gidget Goes Hawaiian	1961		Moondoggie (Jeffrey Matthews)
The Guns of Navarone	1961		Pappadimos
Let No Man Write My Epitaph	1960		Nick Romano
All the Young Men	1960		Pvt. Cotton
The Lineup	1959	TV Series	Vezey
The Gene Krupa Story	1959		Eddie Sirota
Kovacs on Music	1959	TV Movie	Various
Gidget	1959		Jeffrey Matthews aka Moondoggie
Gunman's Walk	1958		Davy Hackett
The Tijuana Story	1957		Mitch
The Brothers Rico	1957		Johnny Rico
Operation Mad Ball	1957		Pvt. Widowskas
The Web	1957	TV Series	Tony Roberts
Rumble on the Docks	1956		Jimmy Smigelski

Director

Title	Year	Status
The A-Team	1986	TV Series 1 episode
T.J. Hooker	1986	TV Series 1 episode
Melrose Place	1996-1997	TV Series 2 episodes
Savannah	1996-1997	TV Series 4 episodes
Beverly Hills, 90210	1996	TV Series 2 episodes
Silk Stalkings	1994-1995	TV Series 3 episodes
Nowhere Man	1995	TV Series 1 episode
Renegade	1994	TV Series 1 episode
Walker, Texas Ranger	1993	TV Series 1 episode
Raven	1992-1993	TV Series 4 episodes
Tequila and Bonetti	1992	TV Series 1 episode
Hunter	1987-1991	TV Series 7 episodes
Hardball	1990	TV Series 1 episode
Police Story: Gladiator School	1988	TV Movie
Something Is Out There	1988/I	TV Series
Werewolf	1987-1988	TV Series 8 episodes
Stingray	1987	TV Series 1 episode

Soundtrack

Title	Year	Status
Vegas	2013	TV Series performer - 1 episode
The King of Queens	2004	TV Series performer - 1 episode
Chooch	2003	performer: "MORE TODAY THAN YESTERDAY"
Hearts in Atlantis	2001	performer: "Come Fly With Me" 1958
Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The Early Years (1955-1970)	2000	TV Movie documentary performer: "Because They're Young"
Down to You	2000	performer: "You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You"
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine	1998-1999	TV Series performer - 7 episodes
Hollywood a Go Go	1966	TV Series performer - 1 episode
The Lively Set	1964	performer: "The Lively Set"
Hey There, It's Yogi Bear	1964	performer: "Ven-E, Ven-O, Ven-A"
For Those Who Think Young	1964	performer: "For Those Who Think Love"
The 36th Annual Academy Awards	1964	TV Special performer: "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World"
Under the Yum Yum Tree	1963	performer: "Under the Yum Yum Tree"
Gidget Goes to Rome	1963	performer: "Gegetta", "Big Italian Moon"
The Donna Reed Show	1959-1961	TV Series performer - 2 episodes
Gidget Goes Hawaiian	1961	performer: "Wild About the Girl", "Gidget Goes Hawaiian"
All the Young Men	1960	performer: "All The Young Men"
Because They're Young	1960	performer: "Because They're Young"
The Gene Krupa Story	1959	performer: "Let There Be Love"
Gidget	1959	performer: "Gidget", "The Next Best Thing to Love"
The 31st Annual Academy Awards	1959	TV Special performer: "Almost in Your Arms Love Song from Houseboat"

Thanks

Title	Year	Status	Character
Get a Life!	2012	TV Movie documentary special thanks

Self

Title	Year	Status	Character
New Dimensions	2016	Documentary	Himself
Get a Life!	2012	TV Movie documentary	Himself
Accidental Icon: The Real Gidget Story	2010		Himself
Larry King Live	2005	TV Series	Himself
Hollywood Squares	2000-2002	TV Series	Himself
Elvis Forever	2002	TV Movie documentary	Himself
Memories of Navarone	2000	Video documentary short	Himself - Pappadimos
The Fantasy Worlds of Irwin Allen	1995	TV Movie documentary	Himself
Downey	1994	TV Series	Himself
Vicki!	1993	TV Series	Himself
One on One with John Tesh	1992	TV Series	Himself
The 6th Annual American Cinema Awards	1989	TV Special	Himself
Star's Table	1986	TV Series	Himself - Co-Host
The Merv Griffin Show	1986	TV Series	Himself
The 36th Primetime Emmy Awards	1984	TV Special	Himself - Presenter: Creative Arts Awards
Battle of the Network Stars XVI	1984	TV Special	Himself - ABC Team
The Hollywood Squares	1972-1980	TV Series	Himself
The Mike Douglas Show	1968-1980	TV Series	Himself - Actor / Himself - Co-Host / Vocalist / ...
Sha Na Na	1979	TV Series	Himself
The Donna Fargo Show	1978	TV Series	Himself (1978)
Little Richard: Portrait of a Legend	1977	TV Movie documentary	Himself - Host
Celebrity Sweepstakes	1974-1977	TV Series	Himself
New American Bandstand 1965	1962-1977	TV Series	Himself
Plymouth Fury	1977	Short	Himself
Liar's Club	1976	TV Series	Himself
Dinah!	1976	TV Series	Himself
Match Game 73	1974-1975	TV Series	Himself - Panelist
All-Star Baffle	1974	TV Series	Himself
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	1973	TV Series	Himself
Mooch Goes to Hollywood	1971	TV Movie	Himself
The David Frost Show	1971	TV Series	Himself
The Virginia Graham Show	1971	TV Series	Himself
The Barbara McNair Show	1969	TV Series	Himself
It Takes Two	1969	TV Series	Panelist
The Joey Bishop Show	1967-1969	TV Series	Himself
Romp!!!	1968	TV Special	Himself
The Woody Woodbury Show	1967	TV Series	Himself
Dream Girl of '67	1967	TV Series	Himself - Bachelor Judge
Malibu U.	1967	TV Series	Himself
The Pat Boone Show	1967	TV Series	Himself
Hollywood a Go Go	1965-1966	TV Series	Himself - Singer
Where the Action Is	1966	TV Series	Himself
Shivaree	1965	TV Series	Himself
Freedom Spectacular	1964	TV Movie	Himself
The 36th Annual Academy Awards	1964	TV Special	Himself - Performer
Under the Yum Yum Tree	1963		Himself - Singer Behind Title Credits
The Jack Paar Tonight Show	1962	TV Series	Himself
The Tonight Show	1962	TV Series	Himself - Actor / Vocalist / Himself - Vocalist / ...
Honeymoon on Rhodes	1961	Short	Himself / Narrator
The Jo Stafford Show	1961	TV Series	Himself
Here's Hollywood	1961	TV Series	Himself
The Bob Hope Show	1959-1961	TV Series	Himself - Guest / Himself
The Ed Sullivan Show	1961	TV Series	Himself
Because They're Young	1960		Himself - Singer
The Dick Clark Show	1959-1960	TV Series	Himself
The 31st Annual Academy Awards	1959	TV Special	Himself - Performer
The Steve Allen Plymouth Show	1959	TV Series	Himself - Singer

Archive Footage

Title	Year	Status	Character
Pioneers of Television	2011	TV Mini-Series documentary	Dr. Tony Newman in Time Tunnel
Aliens from Another Planet	1982	TV Movie	Tony Newman
Teen Scene	1964	Video short	Himself
Hollywood: The Great Stars	1963	TV Movie documentary	Actor 'Diamondhead' (uncredited)

Nominated awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie	Award shared with
1959	Golden Laurel	Laurel Awards	Top Male New Personality	9th place.

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#	Quote
1	I think Ricky Nelson said it best in "Garden Party": "You can't please everyone, so you got to please yourself." If you're content with doing what you're doing, stick with it. If not, find the road that takes you there.
2	[on being a teen idol] At times it was Chinese torture.

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