Darren was third billed in the surf film, Gidget (1959), starring Sandra Dee and Cliff Robertson, playing Moondoggie, essentially the film's leading man. He also sang the title track. "They were thinking about having someone do the vocal and I would lip sync", he recalled. "I …

2024年9月3日 · James Darren, the teen idol who famously played dreamy surfer Moondoggie in the “Gidget” films of the 1950s and 1960s and segued into roles behind the camera, has died. He was 88. Darren...

2024年9月3日 · James Darren, an actor, director and singer who had his breakout role of Moondoggie in the 1959 movie “Gidget,” died Monday at age 88, Variety reported. The entertainer died at Cedars-Sinai...

2024年9月2日 · James Darren, the former teen idol and pop singer who played the dreamy surfer Moondoggie in three Gidget movies before starring on television on The Time Tunnel and T.J. Hooker, died Monday....

2024年9月2日 · James Darren, who went from teen idol status acting in youth-oriented movies like “ Gidget ” to becoming an actor in TV shows such as “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine” and “T.J. Hooker” and a singer...

Co-star in one of the most impactful Hollywood films about surfing, Darren was the only actor to star in all three of the "Gidget" films.

2024年9月3日 · James Darren, who found teen heartthrob fame as Moondoggie in the 1959 surfer film “Gidget” and whose scenes of sun-kissed beaches with star Sandra Dee helped launch the California surfing...

2024年9月2日 · James Darren, the former teen idol who Baby Boomers remember as Gidget's far out boyfriend Moondoggie, has died at 88. His son Jim Moret, an "Inside Edition" host, confirmed to Variety that...

2024年9月3日 · James Darren, a teen idol who helped ignite the 1960s surfing craze as a charismatic beach boy paired off with Sandra Dee in the hit film “Gidget,” died Monday at 88.

2024年9月4日 · LOS ANGELES -- James Darren, the teen idol who famously played dreamy surfer Moondoggie in the "Gidget" films of the 1950s and 1960s and segued into roles behind the camera, has died. He was...