Trivia

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.

At one time in the 1970s he toured the country as a singer, with comedian Buddy Hackett.

As a teen, he commuted from South Philly to New York to attend Stella Adler's drama classes.

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 Drum Crazy (1959).

His wife, Evy Norlund, is the former Miss Denmark of 1958.

His current surname, Darren, since 1959, was inspired by the famous automobile of the 1950s.

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.

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.

First wife Gloria Terlitzky was a childhood sweetheart. They had a son named Jim Moret. Second wife Evy Norlund, Miss Denmark of 1958, gave him two sons, Christian and Anthony.

Father of CNN anchorman Jim Moret.

He is of Italian ancestry.

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.

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).

He is the only regular cast member of The Time Tunnel (1966) TV series, who did not appear on the Land of the Giants (1968) TV series (the other four members were Robert Colbert, Whit Bissell, John Zaremba, and Lee Meriwether), which was also an Irwin Allen-produced show.

Interviewed in Tom Weaver's book "I Talked with a Zombie" (McFarland & Co., 2008).

Brother of John Darren.

During the late 1950s and early 1960s, he had notable starring and supporting roles in films including Gidget (1959) and its sequels; The Gene Krupa Story (1959); All the Young Men (1960); The Guns of Navarone (1961) and Diamond Head (1962).

He was an American television and film actor, television director, and singer.

Before his death, he was experiencing issues to his aortic valve and was unable to undergo surgery to correct it.

As a teen pop singer, he achieved hit singles including "Goodbye Cruel World" in 1961. He later became more active in television, starring as Dr. Anthony Newman in the science fiction series The Time Tunnel (1966).