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
Also known As
James & Evy
James & Gloria
James William Ercolani
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
as Pvt. Spyros Pappadimos
1969
as Jimmy Logan
1957
as Johnny Rico
1963
as Moondoggie (Jeffrey Matthews)
1958
as Davy Hackett
1957
as Pvt. Widowskas
1961
as Jeffrey "Moondoggy" Matthews
1959
as Moondoggie
1959
as Eddie Sirota
1971
as Dr. Talty
1956
as Jimmy Smigelski
1964
as Gardner "Ding" Pruitt III
1971
as James Darren
1960
as Nick Romano
1960
as Pvt. Cotton
1964
as Casey Owens
1962
as Paul Kahana
1957
as Mitch
1964
as Yogi Bear ('Ven-e, Ven-o, Ven-a') (singing voice)
1960
as Self
1981
as Vito Orsini
2017
as Paulie
1978
as Buddy Weistein
1982
as Tony Newman
1975
as Orlando
1980
as Georgie Green
2018
as Self
1986
as Officer Jim Corrigan
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