Name
Bobby Darin
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1936-05-14
Deathday
1973-12-20 (37 years old)
Place of Birth
New York, New York, USA
Biography
Bobby Darin (born Walden Robert Cassotto; May 14, 1936 – December 20, 1973) was an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, impressionist, and actor in film and television. He performed jazz, pop, rock and roll, folk, swing, and country music.
He started his career as a songwriter for Connie Francis. He recorded his first million-selling single, "Splish Splash", in 1958. That was followed by "Dream Lover", "Mack the Knife", and "Beyond the Sea", which brought him worldwide fame. In 1962 he won a Golden Globe Award for his first film, Come September, co-starring his first wife, actress Sandra Dee.
During the 1960s, he became more politically active and worked on Robert F. Kennedy's Democratic presidential campaign. He was present on the night of June 4/5, 1968, at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles at the time of Kennedy's assassination. During the same year, he discovered he had been raised by his grandmother, not his mother, and that the woman he thought was his sister was actually his mother. Those events deeply affected Darin and sent him into a long period of seclusion.
Although he made a successful comeback (in television) in the early 1970s, his health was beginning to fail, as he had always expected, following bouts of rheumatic fever in childhood. The knowledge of his vulnerability had always spurred him on to use his musical talent while still young. He died at the age of 37 after a heart operation in Los Angeles.
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- 1961 Come September as Tony
- 1962 Hell Is for Heroes as Pvt. Dave 'J.J.' Corby
- 1963 Captain Newman, M.D. as Cpl. Jim Tomkins
- 1962 Pressure Point as Patient
- 1962 State Fair as Jerry Dundee
- 1965 That Funny Feeling as Tom
- 1962 If a Man Answers as Eugene Wright
- 1960 Pepe as Bobby Darin
- 1961 Too Late Blues as John 'Ghost' Wakefield
- 1967 Gunfight in Abilene as Cal Wayne
- 1973 Happy Mother's Day, Love George as Eddie
- 1967 Stranger in the House as Barney Teale
- 1972 The Marshal of Madrid as Billy Dobbs
- 1971 The Jackson 5: Goin' Back to Indiana as Self
- 2012 The True Buddy Holly Story as Self (archive footage)
- 2006 In Concert Series: Bobby Darin as Self (archive footage)
- 1969 The Happy Ending as Franco
- 2005 Judy Garland Duets as Self (archive footage)
- 2003 Rock 'n' Roll and the 1950's Vol. 2 as Self (archive footage)
- 1962 President Kennedy's Birthday Salute as Self
- 1960 Shadows as Man at Rehearsal (uncredited)
- 1973 Bobby Darin: Mack is Back
- 1967 Bobby Darin in London as Self
- 1963 Burke's Law ( 1 episode ) as Roland Trivers (uncredited)
- 1957 American Bandstand ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1970 Night Gallery ( 1 episode )
- 1967 Ironside ( 1 episode )
- 1965 Run for Your Life ( 1 episode ) as Mark Shepherd
- 1968 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1952 This Is Your Life ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1970 The Flip Wilson Show ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 1966 ABC Stage 67 ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1956 The Dinah Shore Chevy Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1959 The Music Shop ( 9 episodes )
- 1969 The Barbara McNair Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1957 The Big Beat ( 4 episodes )
- 1953 The Oscars ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1973 The Bobby Darin Show ( 15 episodes )
- 1958 The Bob Crosby Show ( 1 episode )
- 1958 The Dick Clark Show ( 9 episodes ) as Self
- 1972 The Midnight Special ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1961 The Mike Douglas Show ( 1 episode ) as Self - Co-Host
- 1959 The Grammys ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1963 The Judy Garland Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 1948 The Ed Sullivan Show ( 5 episodes ) as Self
- 1950 The Jack Benny Program ( 1 episode ) as Bobby Darin
- 1950 What's My Line? ( 3 episodes ) as Self - Mystery Guest
- 1959 The Big Party ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1958 Kraft Music Hall ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1962 The Merv Griffin Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1959 Startime ( 1 episode ) as Self
