Profile
James Darren
Actor
Male
Born
Jun 8, 1936
Age
77
Hometown
Philadelphia
Other Names
Ercolani, James W...
James William Ercolani, known by his stage name James Darren, is an American television and film actor, television director, and singer.
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Romance
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Evy NorlundMarried 1960
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Gloria TerlitskyFling 1955 - 1959
News + Updates
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Jerry Waxman: The Revolution Was Televised (Only We Didn't Know It)Huffington Post - Apr 20, 2012
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Redlands Bowl Festival Ends Its 88th Season Redlands Daily FactsGoogle News - Aug 28, 2011
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'Star Trek' Celebrates Its 45th Anniversary In Las Vegas Huffington Post (Blog)Google News - Aug 22, 2011
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Ryosuke Irie Wins Men's 50m Back Stroke Title: Day Three – 2011 World ... Bettor.Com (Blog)Google News - Aug 18, 2011
Timeline
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CHILDHOOD
Darren and his wife are godparents to Nancy Sinatra's daughter, Angela Jennifer Lambert, (Frank Sinatra's first grandchild). Darren and Nancy Sinatra also share a birthday, June 8, 1936 and 1940, respectively.
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TWENTIES
This encompassed roles in films, most notably his role as Moondoggie in Gidget in 1959, as well as a string of pop hits for Colpix Records, the biggest of which was "Goodbye Cruel World" (#3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1961).
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1961
25 Years Old
Darren's role in the 1961 World War II film The Guns of Navarone was an attempt to break out of his teen image.
1964
28 Years Old
He was the singing voice of Yogi Bear in the 1964 animated film, Hey There, It's Yogi Bear!, on the song "Ven-e, Ven-o, Ven-a".
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FORTIES
1983
47 Years Old
Later Darren had a regular role as Officer James Corrigan on the television police drama T. J. Hooker from 1983–1986.
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LATE ADULTHOOD
1998
62 Years Old
In 1998, he achieved renewed popularity as a singer through his appearances on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine in the role of holographic crooner and advice-giver Vic Fontaine; many of his performances on the show were re-recorded for the album This One's From the Heart (1999).
2001
65 Years Old
The album showed Darren, a close friend of Frank Sinatra, comfortably singing in the Sinatra style; the 2001 follow-up Because of You showed similar inspiration from Tony Bennett.
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