James Darren

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1936-06-08 (88 years old)

Deathday

2024-09-02

Place of Birth

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

James Darren

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   James William Ercolani (June 8, 1936 - September 2, 2024), known by his stage name James Darren, was an American television and film actor, television director, and singer. He wanted to be an actor and studied in New York City with Stella Adler for a number of years. He would also occasionally sing although he later said "I wasn't really a singer. I was a kid in Philly whose dad would take him to bars and nightclubs and I would get up and sing two songs." Darren was discovered by talent agent and casting director Joyce Selznick after he got some photographs taken by Maurice Seymour to show potential...

Acting

1961

The Guns of Navarone

as Pvt. Spyros Pappadimos

1969

Venus in Furs

as Jimmy Logan

1957

The Brothers Rico

as Johnny Rico

1963

Gidget Goes to Rome

as Moondoggie (Jeffrey Matthews)

1958

Gunman's Walk

as Davy Hackett

1957

Operation Mad Ball

as Pvt. Widowskas

1961

Gidget Goes Hawaiian

as Jeffrey "Moondoggy" Matthews

1959

Gidget

as Moondoggie

1959

The Gene Krupa Story

as Eddie Sirota

1971

1956

Rumble on the Docks

as Jimmy Smigelski

1964

For Those Who Think Young

as Gardner "Ding" Pruitt III

1971

1960

1960

All the Young Men

as Pvt. Cotton

1964

The Lively Set

as Casey Owens

1962

Diamond Head

as Paul Kahana

1957

1964

Hey There, It's Yogi Bear!

as Yogi Bear ('Ven-e, Ven-o, Ven-a') (singing voice)

1981

Scruples

as Vito Orsini

2017

Lucky

as Paulie

1978

The Boss' Son

as Buddy Weistein

1982

1980

Turnover Smith

as Georgie Green

2018

1986

T.J. Hooker - Blood Sport

as Officer Jim Corrigan

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